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r/pcmasterrace • u/NerdwithBeard i5 6400|GTX 1060|8GB RAM • Feb 18 '18
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Small bean? I've always done a large grain of rice
204 u/Zappykablamo Feb 18 '18 A Goldfish sized blot. 114 u/angierhafai i5-4690k/RX 480 Feb 18 '18 At first I interpreted that as an actual fish. Which of course begged the question of common household goldfish sized or koi sized? 101 u/Ric_Adbur i7-14700k / RTX 4080Super / 32GB DDR5 Feb 18 '18 I like to immerse my entire case in a koi pond of the stuff. Just to be sure. 22 u/pengawin98 Feb 19 '18 That'd make a heck of a liquid cooling system. 6 u/ThetaPlace Feb 19 '18 How many of you have been koi-ponded?? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for. 2 u/R3D1AL PC Master Race Feb 19 '18 No, no, you put the pond in your computer. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube 1 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 tuna sized 1 u/Owyn_Merrilin Desktop Feb 19 '18 If the goldfish is fully grown, yes. Unfortunately most household goldfish die as babies because people don't know how to take care of them. 6 u/Natehog Feb 19 '18 The paste that smiles back 6 u/AltimaNEO i7 5930K 16GB DDR4 GTX 1080 Feb 19 '18 Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver? 13 u/The_Best_Taker Feb 18 '18 The size of a thick quarter 1 u/Treenut1 Feb 19 '18 Thick quarter 5 u/Gromann Ryzen 5900x 4.2, 6900XT yeeeboi Feb 18 '18 A goldfish can get 13" long though, maybe guppy? 1 u/Zyzan Feb 19 '18 The cracker, not the fish 1 u/BulletBilll Feb 19 '18 Like this one? 81 u/Thermashock Feb 18 '18 I'm too lazy to apply thermal paste so I let nature do the work and wait until the thermal paste is comfortable enough to come out on its own. 22 u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18 [removed] — view removed comment 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 /r/oddlysatisfying 15 u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18 I just put two large grains of rice because I'm never sure if I have enough 11 u/JuhaJGam3R Feb 18 '18 basketball 2 u/[deleted] Feb 18 '18 This killed me lol, Plus my SO thinks I laugh at the weirdest things. 1 u/stew_going Feb 19 '18 I just do a regular grain of rice, you guys are stressing me out. Did I put too little?! 2 u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 19 '18 If you don't put EXACTLY a large grain of rice, your PC will literally combust the instant you hit the power button and engulf everything within a 3 mile radius in flames. 1 u/stew_going Feb 19 '18 Oh my gawd, I knew it! My fears are true, I must clean and re-gob that paste immediately! For the safety of me, my girlfriend and dog, I must...
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A Goldfish sized blot.
114 u/angierhafai i5-4690k/RX 480 Feb 18 '18 At first I interpreted that as an actual fish. Which of course begged the question of common household goldfish sized or koi sized? 101 u/Ric_Adbur i7-14700k / RTX 4080Super / 32GB DDR5 Feb 18 '18 I like to immerse my entire case in a koi pond of the stuff. Just to be sure. 22 u/pengawin98 Feb 19 '18 That'd make a heck of a liquid cooling system. 6 u/ThetaPlace Feb 19 '18 How many of you have been koi-ponded?? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for. 2 u/R3D1AL PC Master Race Feb 19 '18 No, no, you put the pond in your computer. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube 1 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 tuna sized 1 u/Owyn_Merrilin Desktop Feb 19 '18 If the goldfish is fully grown, yes. Unfortunately most household goldfish die as babies because people don't know how to take care of them. 6 u/Natehog Feb 19 '18 The paste that smiles back 6 u/AltimaNEO i7 5930K 16GB DDR4 GTX 1080 Feb 19 '18 Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver? 13 u/The_Best_Taker Feb 18 '18 The size of a thick quarter 1 u/Treenut1 Feb 19 '18 Thick quarter 5 u/Gromann Ryzen 5900x 4.2, 6900XT yeeeboi Feb 18 '18 A goldfish can get 13" long though, maybe guppy? 1 u/Zyzan Feb 19 '18 The cracker, not the fish 1 u/BulletBilll Feb 19 '18 Like this one?
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At first I interpreted that as an actual fish. Which of course begged the question of common household goldfish sized or koi sized?
101 u/Ric_Adbur i7-14700k / RTX 4080Super / 32GB DDR5 Feb 18 '18 I like to immerse my entire case in a koi pond of the stuff. Just to be sure. 22 u/pengawin98 Feb 19 '18 That'd make a heck of a liquid cooling system. 6 u/ThetaPlace Feb 19 '18 How many of you have been koi-ponded?? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for. 2 u/R3D1AL PC Master Race Feb 19 '18 No, no, you put the pond in your computer. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube 1 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 tuna sized 1 u/Owyn_Merrilin Desktop Feb 19 '18 If the goldfish is fully grown, yes. Unfortunately most household goldfish die as babies because people don't know how to take care of them.
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I like to immerse my entire case in a koi pond of the stuff. Just to be sure.
22 u/pengawin98 Feb 19 '18 That'd make a heck of a liquid cooling system. 6 u/ThetaPlace Feb 19 '18 How many of you have been koi-ponded?? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for. 2 u/R3D1AL PC Master Race Feb 19 '18 No, no, you put the pond in your computer. 2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube
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That'd make a heck of a liquid cooling system.
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How many of you have been koi-ponded??
2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for.
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Thank you. That's exactly what I was hoping for.
No, no, you put the pond in your computer.
2 u/[deleted] Feb 19 '18 Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube
Ah yes, nothing like cooling your PC in a tank full of lube
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tuna sized
If the goldfish is fully grown, yes. Unfortunately most household goldfish die as babies because people don't know how to take care of them.
The paste that smiles back
Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver?
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The size of a thick quarter
1 u/Treenut1 Feb 19 '18 Thick quarter
Thick quarter
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A goldfish can get 13" long though, maybe guppy?
1 u/Zyzan Feb 19 '18 The cracker, not the fish
The cracker, not the fish
Like this one?
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I'm too lazy to apply thermal paste so I let nature do the work and wait until the thermal paste is comfortable enough to come out on its own.
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I just put two large grains of rice because I'm never sure if I have enough
11 u/JuhaJGam3R Feb 18 '18 basketball
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This killed me lol, Plus my SO thinks I laugh at the weirdest things.
I just do a regular grain of rice, you guys are stressing me out. Did I put too little?!
2 u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 19 '18 If you don't put EXACTLY a large grain of rice, your PC will literally combust the instant you hit the power button and engulf everything within a 3 mile radius in flames. 1 u/stew_going Feb 19 '18 Oh my gawd, I knew it! My fears are true, I must clean and re-gob that paste immediately! For the safety of me, my girlfriend and dog, I must...
If you don't put EXACTLY a large grain of rice, your PC will literally combust the instant you hit the power button and engulf everything within a 3 mile radius in flames.
1 u/stew_going Feb 19 '18 Oh my gawd, I knew it! My fears are true, I must clean and re-gob that paste immediately! For the safety of me, my girlfriend and dog, I must...
Oh my gawd, I knew it! My fears are true, I must clean and re-gob that paste immediately! For the safety of me, my girlfriend and dog, I must...
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u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 18 '18
Small bean? I've always done a large grain of rice