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My "computer room" is 100% heated by AMD and NVIDIA...

SunnyD

SunnyD

Belgian Waffler
Seriously. The ducting for the furnace doesn't quite heat this room well if at all. During the cold season (ie: now - it's 3 degrees F out right now) this room is quite chilly -- assuming I don't have the computers on. If I turn the machines on and leave them all day with the door closed, well, right now it's a comfortable 77 degrees in here. All thanks to a 1.4GHz TBird and a 1.2GHz Duron. 🙂
 
I have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I also have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Woodstove...does that use electricity?

<--- city boy
 
my 2 19in CRTs do a good job of keeping it warm also.

a XP1700+ and 1.4 tbird arnt hurting either
 
i need to RMA my 2200+ because it doesn't seem to be heating up my room as it should......damn those AMD fvckers for their manufacturing defects.


=|
 
Ha I gave my parents my old PC with a 1.4 T-Bird to heat their computer room LOL. Its got a Geforce 256 in it as well that is kinda warm. The 19" Monitor is a little stove too. Warms is up nicely. It is usually cold as crap in there, NO heat at ALL, and not the insulation is rather poor.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I also have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Woodstove...does that use electricity?

<--- city boy
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Nope. Free standing metal box in which one burns wood for heat, referred to as a woodstove rather than a fireplace because it has a flat top and you can cook stuff on top of it. Not recessed into the wall either, so it does a much better job of heating an area. With a fireplace, most of the heat is lost up the chimney.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I also have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Woodstove...does that use electricity?

<--- city boy
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A woodstove doesn't use electricity. A wood furnance will use electricity for forced hot air and I think a fan on the flame. The electricity isn't need which is good when the power dies.
 
When I was young we had a wood stove we boiled water on it and used it as a humidifier. Heated pretty well too.
 
Originally posted by: LordSegan
Nice.. does that get smokey?
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No, it has doors on the front, unlike a fireplace, and it does have a chimney, it is just that more heat is radiated through the sides and top (as well as the sides of the chimney) than escapes up the chimney.
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Hot Deals?
 
Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Hot Deals?
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I do not understand the question. If such cards have recently appeared in the HD forum it would be news to me, as the manufacturer is now defunct. I purchased this card back when they were still fairly new on the market.
 
Originally posted by: JBT
When I was young we had a wood stove we boiled water on it and used it as a humidifier. Heated pretty well too.
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We do that during the winter. We use an old pan that was no longer used for cooking, and just leave it on top 24/7.
 
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Hot Deals?
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I do not understand the question. If such cards have recently appeared in the HD forum it would be news to me, as the manufacturer is now defunct. I purchased this card back when they were still fairly new on the market.
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Oh, never mind then. A long time ago on hot deals there was an amazing deal on that exact card and everyone on HD bought it.
 
Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Originally posted by: ShotgunSteve
I have a 1.4 GHz ThunderBird and an ELSA Gladiac GeForce 2 GTS heating my computer room. The woodstove keeps the main room warm better than the furnace, and the temperature sensor is out there, with no thermostat in this room. Last I checked it was about ten below zero outside, having warmed up from fourty-four below.
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Hot Deals?
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I do not understand the question. If such cards have recently appeared in the HD forum it would be news to me, as the manufacturer is now defunct. I purchased this card back when they were still fairly new on the market.
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Oh, never mind then. A long time ago on hot deals there was an amazing deal on that exact card and everyone on HD bought it.
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That may have been before my time here. I signed up after Maetryx helped me build this machine, and that card was purchased through a local computer store at that time.
 
Damn Intel. No wonder my room's always cold now.

I do have a bunch of dead AXP chips. Wonder if I could bolt some giant HSFs on them and make a GhettoHeater? 😀

- M4H
 
I don't know about you guys, but the video card and cpu don't really spit out much heat. My PSU is usually the culprit...
 
Originally posted by: Kenny
I don't know about you guys, but the video card and cpu don't really spit out much heat. My PSU is usually the culprit...
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I highly doubt it. I think there is almost no way a normal PSU can give out 70w~90w of heat and being efficient to deliver all the juices.
 
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