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cool for kids i guess? but growed ups should be making desktops!! it's totally easy. the only step that can not be described as screwing/un-screwing/plugging-i
by fat0wl 13y ago
cool for kids i guess? but growed ups should be making desktops!!
it's totally easy. the only step that can not be described as screwing/un-screwing/plugging-in is when you have to put the thermal paste on the processor. & heat efficiency of modern parts is so good that cooling otherwise isn't really an issue anymore -- i have an i7 running with a single case fan.
i did it a few months ago, built a BLAZING computer with multiple hard drives for ~$900
- lmz 13y agoFor new builds you don't even have to apply the thermal paste. The Intel boxed processors I used have come with pre-applied paste on the cooler. No additional paste needed.
- fat0wl 13y agoo weird i got an boxed unlocked i7 a few months ago, no paste. it was 3000 series tho (3770k?) so maybe that is a VERY new consideration in packaging
- robzyb 13y agoNo, it's been like that for years. Years and years. Thats how my AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz came in 2001. I suspect that your unlocked CPU didn't come with pre-applied thermal paste because it's aimed at enthusiasts who can get their CPUs a few degrees cooler by using proper thermal paste. (The gunk that comes standards can cost you a few degrees of CPU temp)
- fat0wl 13y agoah true I was thinking maybe it was an unlocked thing as well. sometimes i don't realize what a true baller i am, paste-wise