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Yukondano2 t1_j41ydws wrote

Reply to comment by namesarenotus in Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor by Avieshek

Funnily enough that not a bad idea. Almost all power for a pc is turned into heat, if you need to heat a home anyways you might as well.

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Zncon t1_j43ofo2 wrote

Back when you could potentially turn the GPU cycles into some cash via crypto it made sense, but it's same as running a space heater.

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Jake123194 t1_j461v8l wrote

Nowadays you could run folding at home and set it up so you earn some banano, Contribute to science, heat your house and get much potassium.

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pdinc t1_j447dqy wrote

This is what I did, heh

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Chuckdatass t1_j42zsui wrote

Shit with Gas prices going up 200% in SoCal, I might just rely on that

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5kyl3r t1_j42d5e2 wrote

not sure why someone downvoted you, it's a fact

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bplturner t1_j44aibs wrote

Large data centers recover the heat and use them for preheating.

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Yukondano2 t1_j464auf wrote

Preheating? Not familiar with that in this context. I see articles on using heat for the office but, what needs to be pre heated?

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