Can I use an old computer heatsink?

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Can I use an old computer heatsink?

Post by FLAPJACKDAN » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:14 pm

Can I use an old computer heatsink and cut it in n64 processor sizes or would the thing not work?

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Re: Can I use an old computer heatsink?

Post by blaze3927 » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:28 pm

it will work, just make sure to secure it properly.
like with transfer paste etc.
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Re: Can I use an old computer heatsink?

Post by FLAPJACKDAN » Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:57 pm

Also if I need to can I cut the thing shorter?

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Re: Can I use an old computer heatsink?

Post by timmeh87 » Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:57 pm

Yeah sure, the n64 doesn't really need much. Look at how RAM sinks are attached to video cards. Using ramsinks is also ok.

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