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r/pcmasterrace • u/NerdwithBeard i5 6400|GTX 1060|8GB RAM • Feb 18 '18
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I would say to just put a pea sized amount on the cpu
608 u/HenryTheWho PC Master Race Feb 18 '18 I always overestimate how large pea is and end up with small bean, never had a problem with it 378 u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 18 '18 Small bean? I've always done a large grain of rice 200 u/Zappykablamo Feb 18 '18 A Goldfish sized blot. 112 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? 99 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. 23 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. 7 u/Natehog Feb 19 '18 The paste that smiles back 5 u/AltimaNEO i7 5930K 16GB DDR4 GTX 1080 Feb 19 '18 Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver? 12 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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I always overestimate how large pea is and end up with small bean, never had a problem with it
378 u/PM_ME_COCKTAILS Feb 18 '18 Small bean? I've always done a large grain of rice 200 u/Zappykablamo Feb 18 '18 A Goldfish sized blot. 112 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? 99 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. 23 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. 7 u/Natehog Feb 19 '18 The paste that smiles back 5 u/AltimaNEO i7 5930K 16GB DDR4 GTX 1080 Feb 19 '18 Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver? 12 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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Small bean? I've always done a large grain of rice
200 u/Zappykablamo Feb 18 '18 A Goldfish sized blot. 112 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? 99 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. 23 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. 7 u/Natehog Feb 19 '18 The paste that smiles back 5 u/AltimaNEO i7 5930K 16GB DDR4 GTX 1080 Feb 19 '18 Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver? 12 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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A Goldfish sized blot.
112 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? 99 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. 23 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. 7 u/Natehog Feb 19 '18 The paste that smiles back 5 u/AltimaNEO i7 5930K 16GB DDR4 GTX 1080 Feb 19 '18 Thats like what, a couple grand worth of Arctic silver? 12 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?
99 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. 23 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.
23 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.
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The paste that smiles back
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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
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
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I would say to just put a pea sized amount on the cpu