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[–] v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Never lost a cpu cooler. But I had a 6800GT shit itself because the fan died and got all melty. Was able to get a good enough replacement at a comp USA and it still worked.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Reminds of this one from around the same period:

[–] v3ctors@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

Oof XFX too. 🖖

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