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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:45 am 
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not sure where to post this, but i've been wondering for a while -

heat sinks on video cards and memory - on or off?


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:32 pm 
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Those particular heat sinks on the finger cards will need to be removed.

The memory however you can leave the metal cover on but it will be graded as RAMBUS ram which pays only $5.75 per pound. If you take the cover off it will then become a standard Gold Ram stick at $12.75 per pound.

(all prices are at of the time of this post)


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:34 pm 
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Most heat sinks on GPU cards and motherboards are fairly easy to remove. Most cases, all you would need are screwdrivers and/or scissors or other cutting tool to cut the plastic mounts that hold the heatsink to the board. Exercise care so you don't cut yourself. Once removed, sell the heatsinks to your local scrap yard or to Boardsort.

If the heat sink is riveted on your RAMBUS RAM, I would sell as is. Otherwise, a flathead screwdriver will remove the heat sink in most cases.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:53 pm 
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kgryczan wrote:
Most heat sinks on GPU cards and motherboards are fairly easy to remove.


Great points! In fact, sellers should be removing the larger heatsinks from the motherboards because there are socketed CPU's underneath them which should be removed and sold separately.


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