Spare heatsinc. what do

rubber_pants · 27th January 2010, 9:10 AM

hey. is there anything cool you can do with stock heatsincs once u've installed an aftermarket one?
like use it as a gpu heatsinc or something. i dunno?

Domokun · 27th January 2010, 9:24 AM

Put it on another CPU of the same socket? Sell it? You can't really fit it onto something it wasn't designed for without a lot of modding, and even then it wouldn't be worth the time and effort.

rubber_pants · 27th January 2010, 9:39 AM

are these stock hsf's actually worth anything? i could sell it to my roommate.. i just made him up a pc with a phenom 550. The hsf on that is small and horrible

Domokun · 27th January 2010, 6:54 PM

Maybe $5-10.

NormM · 28th January 2010, 1:05 PM

I don't know about AMD, but if it were an Intel, you'd need the original HSF to claim warranty.

Sammus187 · 28th January 2010, 1:14 PM

Yeah theyre pretty much for the bin. My only thought is if you're other kinds of electronics that need heatsinking then you could thermal epoxy it onto something, it'd probably be overkill though.

jozlod · 28th January 2010, 1:44 PM

i'd just give it to my room mate, not even worth the hassle of mucking round with.

putting heatsinks on things they arent designed for can be a pain, as i have recently discovered with stupid btx systems...
I would only muck around with it if you actually need to cool something, and the cooler is broken or in-adequate that you currently have.

Scoobth · 28th January 2010, 2:32 PM

Paper weight.

Nosrulz · 28th January 2010, 2:59 PM

My old AMD cooler sits ontop of my router :P I was moving things around to clean one day and i sat it ontop, when i came back it felt quite warm as it was taking some of the heat out of the router XD haha.

Its insignificant but i just left it there because it would only be sitting on the shelf anyway.

dahli_lama · 28th January 2010, 3:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobth

Paper weight.

To keep your paper cool and on the desk

Spork! · 28th January 2010, 3:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosrulz

My old AMD cooler sits ontop of my router :P I was moving things around to clean one day and i sat it ontop, when i came back it felt quite warm as it was taking some of the heat out of the router XD haha.

Its insignificant but i just left it there because it would only be sitting on the shelf anyway.

hehehe, I have a stock q6600 hs on (under) my modem and a p4 one on my switch. I think the one under the modem actually helps, as it does run warm and used to need reseting at least 1 x week during summer. /touches wood - haven't needed to do that since "installing" the HS.

edzknows · 28th January 2010, 3:14 PM

those look 100% better then the phenom 550 heatstinks..

I wouldnt mind a spare heatsink to play around with my peltiers.

karlcloudy · 28th January 2010, 3:25 PM

I plugged a spare 230mm fan in and turned it into a desk FAN LOL

3stars · 28th January 2010, 3:31 PM

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Originally Posted by edzknows

those look 100% better then the phenom 550 heatstinks..

I wouldnt mind a spare heatsink to play around with my peltiers.

you'll more than a stock heatsink to cool anything over a 80w peilter nad a 80w peiter doesn't have much cooling power.

edzknows · 28th January 2010, 4:02 PM

I have an 89qmax pelt and been playing with it using my phenom 550 stock heatsink.
Running it at 5v is fine, i get some nice ice on it =)
it cant handle 12v though, it slowly warms up..

I think this heatsink would do quite a bit better though.

If your thinking of selling cheap OP =)
Or free and ill post some of my fun.

27th January 2010, 9:10 AM	#1
rubber_pants Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 297	Spare heatsinc. what do hey. is there anything cool you can do with stock heatsincs once u've installed an aftermarket one? like use it as a gpu heatsinc or something. i dunno?

28th January 2010, 1:05 PM	#5
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28th January 2010, 1:44 PM	#7
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28th January 2010, 2:59 PM	#9
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27th January 2010, 9:24 AM	#2
Domokun Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,882	Put it on another CPU of the same socket? Sell it? You can't really fit it onto something it wasn't designed for without a lot of modding, and even then it wouldn't be worth the time and effort.

27th January 2010, 9:39 AM	#3
rubber_pants Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 297	are these stock hsf's actually worth anything? i could sell it to my roommate.. i just made him up a pc with a phenom 550. The hsf on that is small and horrible

27th January 2010, 6:54 PM	#4
Domokun Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,882	Maybe $5-10.

28th January 2010, 1:14 PM	#6
Sammus187 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Mount Keira, NSW Posts: 358	Yeah theyre pretty much for the bin. My only thought is if you're other kinds of electronics that need heatsinking then you could thermal epoxy it onto something, it'd probably be overkill though.

28th January 2010, 2:32 PM	#8
Scoobth Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Adelaide Posts: 172	Paper weight.

28th January 2010, 3:25 PM	#13
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28th January 2010, 4:02 PM	#15
edzknows Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney 2112 Posts: 528	I have an 89qmax pelt and been playing with it using my phenom 550 stock heatsink. Running it at 5v is fine, i get some nice ice on it =) it cant handle 12v though, it slowly warms up.. I think this heatsink would do quite a bit better though. If your thinking of selling cheap OP =) Or free and ill post some of my fun. __________________ Intel i3 530 2.9ghz \| Gigabyte H55N-USB3 mitx\| Gigabyte HD6850 \| 2x2gb DDR3 1333 low profile \| 240GB Crucial M4 + 2TB storage \| IBM PC 300 case \| 150W Pico + Xbox 360 psu 54 Successful trades