what do u use your amd retail heatsink for

[bobt17]

what do u use your amd stock heatsink for? i just found out that mine makes a great incents burner

 

[Monaco]

the stock heatsinks are wonderful things, IMHO! Just not for use on a modern CPU

I'm using some of mine for:

a vid card cooler
a homemade waterblock
a paperweight

just thought of another use: business card holder! lol

 

[MajinSSJVegetto]

Lol, they would make wonderful business card holders!

 

[eli]

I have one cooling my GeForce 3 Ti500.. i don't think it's doing so well though. Might have to get something else.

 

[obliv]

i cut mine up into little ramsinks.

 

[beezee]

inscense burner huh? what a wonderful idea! thanks!

 

[RedDeathDrinker]

I think mine is helping weigh down a box of computer parts in my cupboard.....

 

[spazzkid]

i used mine as a hardisk cooler. yep, just stick it in with sum thermal adhesive/pads and ur good to go!

 

[john240sx]

if i had a retail HSF i would use it on my Duron 750Mhz in my dad's computer. the stock HSF for that processor really sucks

i would imagine that they make great ram sinks. all the fins....

 

[RoadWarrior]

Y'all could send them to me for my K6-2s

 

[Preachr46]

I cut mine up for vid card ram sinks lol.

 

[Kid Payne]

I use mine on my Pentium III since it's not OC'ed yet.

 

[srwven]

Fishing sinker

 

[Iron Hawk]

Hmm, I never got one of those, decided to buy OEM and get my own HSF. Now that I watercool I keep my heatsink in its box, In my closet, just in case i had to switch over to Air cooling while a work on the Watercooling setup.

 

[AmigoThree]

I use it for cooling my processor! Imagine that....

Well acctually that is what I use it for because I used to have a volcano 7+ but I learned that it isnt very wise for some people to buy big heavy heatsinks when they are still n00bs. So I put it on, crushed the core, and was afraid to put it back on. So once when my comptuer was at a repair show (I was still a n00b), the guy took my heatsink off and had it laying on the counter copper side down, so now it has scratches on the bottom. So the other day I overclocked my video card some and I couldnt get enough of this overclocking stuff, so I went to put it back on, but my temps weren't much better than with my stock HS. So I took it off, and I am going to lap it. Then I will put it on again.

 

[HeXenViRii]

lol , i have used it as a card holder , now its in my "modern industrial art" exibit in my room ; hehe

 

[Tismedt]

lol , i have used it as a card holder , now its in my "modern industrial art" exibit in my room ; hehe

Well that exibit sounds interesting. I would love to see a pix. BTW I use mine on the wifes stock duron 1000.

 

[wildfrogman]

I may be using one cut a little bit to fit as a north bridge chipset cooler. I dont need the fan on the heatsink though it wouldnt hurt. Especially in a water cooled setup needing a little extra airflow in that area.

 

[Deadphishy]

i play with mine, i keep it as a dashboard toy. anyone who gets in my car and asks what it is i till them to stick it out side the car a while then put it on thier face. it always shocks them how cold it gets at 60 miles an hour.

 

[ziah]

just sat and collected dust untill the day i stuck my finger in my volcano7. i used it for 2 weeks and could not take it anymore. i strapped the 60mm fan from the amd fan onto the volcano sink and the temp dropped 7c instantly. i was thinking of turning it into a waterblock.

~z