Project Space Heater

[TubsAlwaysWins]

So my room is pretty cold. I have a desktop, but its in another room. So my idea was to make a desktop dedicated to heating my room. Now here are my thoughts. Instead of me getting a 500W space heater I could just get a 500W desktop and do the same thing. So, here are the requirements and I need part suggestions:

1. Around $300-$400 USD. (I can go over if there is a huge performance gain for like $50 (like being able to get a GTX 960 for $100 used but a 980 for $150.))

2. Quiet (Want it to be pretty quiet)

3.Small (Would like to keep it on a shelf or something)

4. Great at F@H or Boinc. (My plan to generate the heat is to do F@H or something)

5. Power consumption doesn't matter

6. Used is great if I can get more for my buck.

 

So does anyone have any thoughts on what to get? 

 

This will also be used as my guest PC so it probably needs to be able to run games

[SLAYR]

Fx 9590 with Dual r9 295x2, and call the fire department while you are at it.

[NinjaJc01]

3 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

So my room is pretty cold. I have a desktop, but its in another room. So my idea was to make a desktop dedicated to heating my room. Now here are my thoughts. Instead of me getting a 500W space heater I could just get a 500W desktop and do the same thing. So, here are the requirements and I need part suggestions:

1. Around $300-$400 USD. (I can go over if there is a huge performance gain for like $50 (like being able to get a GTX 960 for $100 used but a 980 for $150.))

2. Quiet (Want it to be pretty quiet)

3.Small (Would like to keep it on a shelf or something)

4. Great at F@H or Boinc. (My plan to generate the heat is to do F@H or something)

5. Power consumption doesn't matter

6. Used is great if I can get more for my buck.

 

So does anyone have any thoughts on what to get? 

 

This will also be used as my guest PC so it probably needs to be able to run games

Use an AMD 2 or 3 series GPU, like a 290. You may be able to get it cheap since bitcoin and other crypto currencies are dead.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

1 minute ago, SLAYR said:

Fx 9590 with Dual r9 295x2, and call the fire department while you are at it.

Lol.

Little to poor for 1 R9 295x2

[Bananasplit_00]

whatever the top of the line insaine AMD 8 core thing is right now and then quad SLI GTX 480s

[TubsAlwaysWins]

Just now, Bananasplit_00 said:

whatever the top of the line insaine AMD 8 core thing is right now and then quad SLI GTX 480s

Once again, don't think I can get 4 480s in my budget

[Bananasplit_00]

Just now, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Once again, don't think I can get 4 480s in my budget

then get one or two lol, they are crazy good for cooking bacon in your PC lol

[Curious Pineapple]

Wouldn't a pile of Northwood P4's be a better idea? You can place a few of them in various places to create an airflow of heat around the room, and they are cheaper than cheap

[Adalhelm]

I can speak from experience that an FX-6300 + 2 R9 270x will keep a good sized room warm during the winter. I have now switched to a 6700k and a 1070 causing my room to be cold which makes me sad but the performance boost keeps me happy. 

[SLAYR]

4 minutes ago, TubsAlwaysWins said:

Once again, don't think I can get 4 480s in my budget

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Zwr34C

 

and get a Thermi gpu like a gtx 480/580 usually go for $60-$70USD.

[TubsAlwaysWins]

4 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

then get one or two lol, they are crazy good for cooking bacon in your PC lol

Lol with that I could just get a new system and use my old system for it lol