Any current use for stock Athlon X2 cooler?

[Carson Dyle]

I was cleaning the garage yesterday and throwing away some old junk, including some old component boxes. Found the retail cooler from my old Athlon X2 4850e. I'm a hoarder by nature, but is there any possible use for this cooler today?

 

[Elixer]

Other than for CPU use?
You could cut it up, and use if for things that don't have a heatsink...
Or a paperweight.

Not sure why this is posted in the video card section though?

 

[Carson Dyle]

Ah, shoot. I saw AMD and thought this was under CPUs.

 

[zinfamous]

That could make for a really rad Medallion. Just run it through a gold chain and be sure to display between an unbuttoned velour collared shirt and a super hairy chest.

Well, dorky/rad. Whatever floats.

 

[NTMBK]

That could make for a really rad Medallion. Just run it through a gold chain and be sure to display between an unbuttoned velour collared shirt and a super hairy chest.

Well, dorky/rad. Whatever floats.

"Rad"? This is an air cooler, not a water cooler 😉

 

[zinfamous]

"Rad"? This is an air cooler, not a water cooler 😉

It's considered vintage/hipster in the tech geek space.

 

[sm625]

After the next banking crisis and resulting federal reserve balance sheet explosion, aluminum could go to $5 a pound....

 

[StrangerGuy]

The only AMD CPU stock air HSF that is actually good is the micro-finned one that came with some Athlon XPs...The rest are rubbish.

 

[digitaldurandal]

It's considered vintage/hipster in the tech geek space.

He was making a cooooooool pun.