Energy from heat?

[lucthesloth]

I was wondering if it was possible to mod a cpu/gpu heatsink into a thermoelectric generator.

[Jurrunio]

Yes. Waste of time and money, but you can.

[Fasauceome]

Y'all better not be trying to violate laws of thermodynamics by generating some "free electricity" to power your PC.

 

For real, in some cases a PC is best served as a space heater.

[Sakkura]

A Peltier cooler can do that, although it's not exactly practical.

[Crunchy Dragon]

17 minutes ago, lucthesloth said:

I was wondering if it was possible to mod a cpu/gpu heatsink into a thermoelectric generator.

It's possible, but not worth it.

[Canada EH]

Perhaps this is a homework question, but like anything and everything

it can be done

[Mira Yurizaki]

You could probably make a decent sterling engine out of this concept, but don't expect it to be a decent source of extra power.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, James Evens said:

yes? but why?

AMD. 

14 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

You could probably make a decent sterling engine out of this concept, but don't expect it to be a decent source of extra power.

I might look into this just cuz that sounds fun. 

 

*hopefully doesn’t forget to work on it 10 minutes from now* 

[Amazonsucks]

Its not a good idea because the thermocouple that generates electricity is intrinsically a thermal insulator, which means itll significantly reduce cooling efficiency and increase processor temps.

 

A cars exhaust manifold is a better place to use this tech.

[MeDownYou]

It's winter, I'd rather have the heat.

[aezakmi]

imagine doing it with the FX 9590