i’ve been throwin out my old pcs and keeping the cpus as mementos. what was for the 1st gen i5 (2009) a simple unscrew and pop out was for the pentium 4 (2002)…i try to peel it off the heatsink and it fucking splits in half

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i’ve been throwin out my old pcs and keeping the cpus as mementos. what was for the 1st gen i5 (2009) a simple unscrew and pop out was for the pentium 4 (2002)…

i try to peel it off the heatsink and it fucking splits in half

11/23/2023, 6:20:27 AM

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fleegar

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you’ve heard of thermal paste but back in the day, the wave was thermal cement

soaked that shit in isopropyl, oven for 30 mins, and then dental flossing for *15 mins straight* and it finally comes off, lookin like rubble

acetone and finally the lid can be read lmao

11/23/2023, 6:20:28 AM

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fleegar

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farewell to the lads, they will be missed

both way prettier than my current fractal define s case, and the OSes were the best ones, leagues ahead of the soulless windows 10

each was my only pc for 7 years. i hear the startup sounds deep in my soul

11/23/2023, 6:20:29 AM

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