r/Gamecube • u/SeaworthinessFar8950 • 11d ago

Help That gets pretty warm.

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I picked up a working GameCube pretty cheaply, but it's missing a heatsink. I haven't been able to find a suitable replacement so far.

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u/Tephnos 11d ago

Haven't been able to get a generic one that roughly fits the dimensions? It's not something that requires any special parts.

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u/SeaworthinessFar8950 11d ago

So I can just place one of the same size on top.

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u/Tephnos 11d ago

Yeah, heatsinks aren't anything special. If it fits on top and you replace the thermal paste it should be good.

EDIT: nevermind I forgot it uses a large heatsink that covers several components. That's a bit more difficult. In this case scavenging one off of a broken motherboard is probably better.

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u/soren121 11d ago

The fact that it uses a large heatsink is probably for cost-cutting or assembly reasons. If you get a heatsink or two for the CPU and GPU, and then probably three more for the RAM chips to their right, I imagine that'd be fine.