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What do you guys do with your old heatsinks?
- Thread starter robollama
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If they can still be used and you'll bever use them, give them to a school with a good electronics/PC program.
They look neat attached to the ceiling hanging down too.
They look neat attached to the ceiling hanging down too.
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I keep a few around as spares for when I have to test out systems, boards, CPU's, etc. So that way I don't have to tear down one of my main systems to get a heatsink just to test something real quick.
I've actually found it handy to keep a couple of stock heatsinks on hand, because they're usually quicker and easier to mount just for testing something out than most aftermarket heatsinks.
Or you could try selling them, there are still people out there with uses for older heatsinks if they don't have one on hand and need one for a system.
I've actually found it handy to keep a couple of stock heatsinks on hand, because they're usually quicker and easier to mount just for testing something out than most aftermarket heatsinks.
Or you could try selling them, there are still people out there with uses for older heatsinks if they don't have one on hand and need one for a system.
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Lordred uses his 212 to cool his phone off when its charging 
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If they are solid Copper? I toss them in a bin I have and eventually I will likely sell the bin contents for scrap.
Otherwise. Some bounce around for years filling different duties (I had a couple PentiumII/III Slot Heatsinks that were used as standoffs, wedges, and a few other things. Some I keep for grins and chuckles, and the rest go into the recycle bin.
Otherwise. Some bounce around for years filling different duties (I had a couple PentiumII/III Slot Heatsinks that were used as standoffs, wedges, and a few other things. Some I keep for grins and chuckles, and the rest go into the recycle bin.
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i keep a drawer full of them never know when im gonna need one, keep atelast one good one for a backup incase i have to drop my WC
ive hacked up old ones to fit videocards and hacked them up to use for cooling v-regulators on custom fan controllers and all kinds of stuff
ive hacked up old ones to fit videocards and hacked them up to use for cooling v-regulators on custom fan controllers and all kinds of stuff
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I collect heatsinks for my AMD Athlon XP 3200+, gotta love the jet turbine look or Thermalright copper, among several others. Big Typhoon, lol!
Someone will usually buy the better aftermarket old heatsinks for more than scrap prices.
Some are works of art.
Others are indeed scrap. OTOH ocassionally one comes in handy when asked to "rescue" an old computer.
Someone will usually buy the better aftermarket old heatsinks for more than scrap prices.
Some are works of art.
Others are indeed scrap. OTOH ocassionally one comes in handy when asked to "rescue" an old computer.
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You can get a big chain and wear them around your neck.Be a gangster computer pimp
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Nice mantlepiece.
What was that one called?
Looks familiar but can't remember the name of it...
It was a Swiftech something-or-other
By the way... she did notice and it is now MIA
It was a Swiftech something-or-other
By the way... she did notice and it is now MIA
Swiftech MCX462-V, no doubt, one of the best non heat pipes cpu heatsink.
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Btw, if you have old/vintage "oc-ing" gears, please, join this thread -> http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=510325
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Looks a lot better than the rock.
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beautiful!
I'll have you know the so-called "rock" in the foreground is a large chunk of obsidian I found when I was a boy in southern California. They were all over the place - some smaller, some larger. As volcanic glass, some edges were as sharp as razor blades (but usually rounded off smooth by eons of being rubbed by other rocks). This is the only piece I have left. But I guess it would depend on whether you viewed technology as more beautiful than nature.
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