Old CPU's

DWorrall · 3 Mar 2011 at 23:36

Hey guys, i have some old CPU's lying around. An old AMD Duron, an Athlon (these two are the big purple ones from way back) and a more up-to-date looking silver sempron.

Any nice ideas how i can re-use them? interested to know what ideas you guys have.

Athlon and Duron look like these:

And the sempron like this:

Was thinking keyrings but like i said id like to see your ideas!

Gammawolf · 3 Mar 2011 at 23:50

1 Vote for CPU key chains

MagicBoy · 3 Mar 2011 at 23:51

Too big for keyrings, you'll get annoyed by it in no time. I tried it many years ago with a 386. Pulled it off the keyring after a couple of days...

Azuse05 · 3 Mar 2011 at 23:57

Take them to the nearest pond/lake and see if they skim like pebbles?

Gammawolf · 4 Mar 2011 at 00:01

Suggestion V2: Cut into 4 pieces, CPU key chains from there on

DWorrall · 4 Mar 2011 at 00:02

Hah, still thinking i was also thinking of a geeky pendant

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Brookert · 4 Mar 2011 at 00:46

Novelty Coaster? how cool would it to put you cup of tea down on a sempron, or a sandy i7 in a few years time

J-FRO · 4 Mar 2011 at 00:51

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=1942

still sell that stuff!

morguk · 4 Mar 2011 at 00:53

Brookert said:
Novelty Coaster? how cool would it to put you cup of tea down on a sempron, or a sandy i7 in a few years time

I thought that! A bit to small though

DWorrall · 4 Mar 2011 at 01:20

J-FRO said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=6&subid=1942

still sell that stuff!

.

jake9891 · 4 Mar 2011 at 13:00

Definitely key chain! got one myself from old Celeron 1.7

Hzza · 4 Mar 2011 at 13:08

Belt buckle.

King Damager · 4 Mar 2011 at 13:44

Key ring would be ice, although I use an old chipset for a coaster

Not actually sure where it's from as I bought it online pre-done, but something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/user/TimeToLiveCustoms#p/u/13/85aQboW_HoU

Except obviously without the GPU cooking xD

kd

hybrid572 · 4 Mar 2011 at 14:56

Build them into full systems with a monster graphics card like the 580 and tell us whether they can run Crysis.

Alasdairhurst · 4 Mar 2011 at 15:18

hybrid572 said:
Build them into full systems with a monster graphics card like the 580 and tell us whether they can run Crysis.

lol, do the duron/athlon mobos even have PCI-E X16?
It was AGP then right?