Anyone Else Overclock Their Computers For Heat During Winter?

[bacon333]

It's ghetto but it works for me, turning on the external drives on my desktop works as well.

Anyone else find this effective?

 

[Lonyo]

Using the central heating would probably be more cost effective.

 

[SynthDude2001]

I generally overclock my computer as much as possible to begin with, so there wouldn't be any more head room to increase it for winter. Besides, it never actually gets cold enough here that the extra heat coming from a computer would be a desirable effect

 

[Wapp]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Using the central heating would probably be more cost effective.

I always thought the PSU pulled the same amount of power regardless of how much is piped to the processor? Although, as I know nothing about electricity I could be completely wrong. Please educate me.

 

[Juno]

nah, i sleep in cold climate.

 

[FoBoT]

nope
run DC to keep your CPU at 100%

 

[Linflas]

I seal the heat vent with plastic during winter and still have to open my window at times to let the cold air in. My computers produce enough heat on their own without me OC'ing them to make more.

 

[R Nilla]

no, but I overclock my central heating and gas fireplace

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Wapp

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Using the central heating would probably be more cost effective.

I always thought the PSU pulled the same amount of power regardless of how much is piped to the processor? Although, as I know nothing about electricity I could be completely wrong. Please educate me.

Nah it draws only what it needs, although it is not 100% efficient, so some of what it does draw is wasted.

 

[ForumMaster]

i did but for the performance, not the heat.

 

[Cashmoney995]

I have AMD Processors, their not useful for heating functions like their Intel counterparts.


Pwned.

 

[Baked]

I won't turn on the central in my house, I just wear more clothes. Since the HSF's cooling so damn well now, and the PSU is so damn effient, and the case has awesome circulation, the current computer can't double as a heater like my past boxes.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: bacon333
It's ghetto but it works for me, turning on the external drives on my desktop works as well.

Anyone else find this effective?

Why are you not o/ced year round?

 

[AkumaX]

i did last year, when i bought an inefficient and slow cpu for o/cing in the wintertime. kept my room nice and cozy. but the power bill wasnt worth it, considering it was a power hog for the slow speed

 

[j00fek]

doesnt make sence...

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: j00fek
doesnt make sence...

Your spelling doesn't make sense.

 

[EGGO]

My water cooling certainly helps with keeping my room a tad warmer than the other rooms. With a 27" CRT tv and a CRT monitor, along with the lamplight, it heats up a bit before I go to sleep.

 

[Pepsi90919]

no, i turn my thermostat to the desired setting for heat during the winter

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: Cashmoney995
I have AMD Processors, their not useful for heating functions like their Intel counterparts.


Pwned.

My Athlon XP 3200+ says differently.


That sucker could cook an egg.

 

[Rubycon]

It would seem to me that a dual quadcore xeon with a pair of 8800GTX's o/c and sli'd folding both on the CPU and GPU could generate about an honest horsepower of heat. :laugh:

 

[Tiamat]

actually, switch back to dual 22" crts. Those puppies put out a lot of heat!

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
actually, switch back to dual 22" crts. Those puppies put out a lot of heat!

My 3007's are close. There's enough backlighting in one for a pizza parlor sign. :Q

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Baked
I won't turn on the central in my house, I just wear more clothes. Since the HSF's cooling so damn well now, and the PSU is so damn effient, and the case has awesome circulation, the current computer can't double as a heater like my past boxes.

The effectiveness of the cooling doesn't matter. It's producing the same amount of heat, and pumping it into the room. Covering the vents on the computer won't reduce the heat output either. All the electrical energy used by the computer is converted to heat-- what else would it be converted to?

 

[TheGizmo]

just buy one of those tiny space heaters.. they will do a much better job and cost very little. possibly even less than overclocking your computer... and certainly will output far more heat.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Baked
I won't turn on the central in my house, I just wear more clothes. Since the HSF's cooling so damn well now, and the PSU is so damn effient, and the case has awesome circulation, the current computer can't double as a heater like my past boxes.

You do realize that makes no sense, right?