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Hell guys,

I wanted a pet CPU... My friend has this old Celeron D that he can't use anymore and it's sitting on his desk and he wouldn't give it to me saying it was his pet CPU and now I want one too... Am I weird?
Also, which CPU do you recommend I get because I'm going to see if anyone has a CPU so old it's useless inside a PC and just gives it to me. Or a shop that has like a bucket of old/broken ones xD
How should I name it if I get one?

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1 minute ago, peej said:

i have a old core 2 duo that i drilled a hole in and stuck on my keyring lol (it was already dead it got to hot and died lol)

Hey that's actually not a bad idea! A keyring CPU... hmm clever guy you are and everyone probably goes "What the hell is that??"

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1 minute ago, Dunkan77 said:

Hey that's actually not a bad idea! A keyring CPU... hmm clever guy you are and everyone probably goes "What the hell is that??"

yeah it certainly turns heads the only downside is that it hurts somtimes if it gets in the wrong position in your pocket or hand 

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Cheapest way is probably to find anyone binning an old computer and extract it from that, assuming it is socketed and not soldered. Otherwise, buying old CPUs on ebay wont break the bank.

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Weird, but amusing idea.  You could always take it out of a computer your family used (first family computer?), or find a similar CPU at a shop.  Failing that... probably an old Core 2 era chip would be best.  Anything else and you'd be dealing with pins and price.  You could try a shop, but I sincerely doubt they keep em around for more than a day before tossing em.  

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14 minutes ago, porina said:

Otherwise, buying old CPUs on ebay wont break the bank.

Like how a core 2 duo only costs like $1.5? :D 

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just go on ebay , pentium 4´s are literally 1$ buy now 

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There's an athlon a1400 on my desk with a chipped die. Not because I want it there it's just lumped in with the pile of other crap, might add it to the collection.

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18 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

just go on ebay , pentium 4´s are literally 1$ buy now 

unfortunately i live in a fairly remote place where shipping itself often is 20 USD or more... :\ thats why i wanted to go down to a astore to not have shipping to pay for

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5 minutes ago, Dunkan77 said:

unfortunately i live in a fairly remote place where shipping itself often is 20 USD or more... :\ thats why i wanted to go down to a astore to not have shipping to pay for

thank you USPS , the united shipping piece of shit

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I mean, I have a Pentium G6950 my stepdad and I turned into a keychain.

 

Just use old hardware?

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I have a 4670k that's been sitting on my desk in a motherboard with a borked VRM for like 3 months, I'm just too lazy to order a new mobo for it.

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get a I7 6950X, those make for the best pets

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Question, do you want a pet CPU that can do tricks or do you want one that just lays in the sun snapping at dust bunnies?

 

If the former, then this.

 

If the latter, then something like this.

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If you want a CPU you can actually "pet" you can get a Intel Pentium 3 SLOT CPU (Or the AMD ATHLON 800Mhz cartridge). They are awesome!

 

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Pfft, a pet chip need not be lidded. Snag an old mobile CPU, preferably an Arrandale. The 2 dies on one package looks quite good. One might use clear epoxy to protect the die(s). 

 

 

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I actually went and gutted my first gaming system for its Core 2 Duo E4600. I am now wiping it with cloth everyday for about 10 mins in the hope it'll end up shiny from the abrasion ^.^

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well if you happen to live in the EU i can send you a random one from my collection, i have about 25 or possiably even more CPUs, rangeing in preformance from 2001 Celerons(both in laptop form and with a lid) to an Athlon 245 x2 and an I3 530(you aint getting the I3 tho, thats mine for keeping or selling :P ) lol as long as you pay shipping im fine with sending one, i have loads of antistatic bags and it will probably be packaged in an antistatic bag and then put in an enveloap for maximum cheap

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I have pet CPUs as well, saved from the first computers I had 

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On 1/8/2017 at 5:52 AM, peej said:

i have a old core 2 duo that i drilled a hole in and stuck on my keyring lol (it was already dead it got to hot and died lol)

I did that to a Core 2 quad (Q6600 The scrapyard war favorite) that had died on me drive

 

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On 1/8/2017 at 3:56 AM, peej said:

yeah it certainly turns heads the only downside is that it hurts somtimes if it gets in the wrong position in your pocket or hand 

Try filing and sanding the corners. Did that with an old p4.

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12 hours ago, Dunkan77 said:

I actually went and gutted my first gaming system for its Core 2 Duo E4600. I am now wiping it with cloth everyday for about 10 mins in the hope it'll end up shiny from the abrasion ^.^

Use polishing stuff.

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