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minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoCPU cooler, as in, cheap-ass fans and a slab of metal with fins? Is that hard to come by too? Or is it professional grifters at work… This is why we can’t have nice things. (I know radiators are more than metal slabs, fans can be quite elaborate, and there can be liquid in the mix, but seriously)
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoGive me enough time off and I can make my own CPU cooler. There’s no way a shortage is happening, this is non-news trying to grab clicks.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoEspecially since servers can do more sophisticated cooling systems than the average home user, like dunking the entire system in oil.
CPU cooler, as in, cheap-ass fans and a slab of metal with fins? Is that hard to come by too? Or is it professional grifters at work…
This is why we can’t have nice things.
(I know radiators are more than metal slabs, fans can be quite elaborate, and there can be liquid in the mix, but seriously)
Give me enough time off and I can make my own CPU cooler. There’s no way a shortage is happening, this is non-news trying to grab clicks.
Especially since servers can do more sophisticated cooling systems than the average home user, like dunking the entire system in oil.