Would my build be efficent as a folding heater ?

Coaxialgamer · October 28, 2015

Hello,

So I was wondering how efficient my build would be at heating my room , compared to a heater .

I mean , why not make my pc do charitable work ?

My specs :

i7 3770k @ 4.6ghz , 1.3v

r9 290x @ 1140mhz core, 1500mhz memory , +90mv.

8 gb ddr3 1600

ecs z77h2 a2x deluxe 2.0

cm nepton 240m

cx 750m psu.

I wouldn't want my computer to use more power than a heater .

Mine is about 1000w .

don_svetlio · October 28, 2015

You'll likely fry the PSU. It can't take any heat really.

ShadowCaptain · October 28, 2015

A PC is nowhere near as efficient as a dedicated heater

Coaxialgamer · October 28, 2015

You'll likely fry the PSU. It can't take any heat really.

Ok , i was planning on replacing the psu one of these days , but it wont happen before next year , so guess i wont do it.

Troyanac · October 28, 2015

I was going on about to heat my room with a PC, but nothing without a quad crossfire is even close to a heater.

Imakuni · October 28, 2015

You'll likely fry the PSU. It can't take any heat really.

Only if the hot air get's constrained within the PSU. Which won't happen, as the air is being pumped outside the case

A PC is nowhere near as efficient as a dedicated heater

Wrong. Totally wrong.

A PC is almost 100% efficient in terms of energy conversion. It loses a few watts in the form of sound and kinetic energy (though even those eventually end up as thermal energy), but aside for that, everything you pull from the plug is converted into heat. So if you get a 300w PC and a 300w heater, they'll perform EXACTLY the same.

The only difference is the potency of the PC, which is another way of saying how much energy it'll consume. Heaters are designed to pull a bigger load from the wall than a regular PC does, but efficiency is the same.

One could solve that "problem" by adding more GPUs or more PCs, which would actually be great for the folding community.