Unironically. I did this with my 480 back in the day in an uninsulated apartment. Also crypto mining in the narrow slice of time where it was profitable-ish to do so with a consumer GPU. But then ASICs took off and I went back to folding / SETI
I remember trying this for a little bit too and did some crypto mining, but after leaving it on for days my room refused to warm up at all. I think the room was just too big for the heat output of the pc to handle. In the end i gave up and just turned on the heater again.
Yeah, it was basically like me running a ~400 watt heater. It’s not a ton, but it’s also not nothing. Even when I did use resistive electric heaters, I still kept it going because it still contributed. 15A 120v circuits, ~1500w heaters are the norm. At the time I did that I was also running Dual Xeons; so, full system draw was in the ballpark of ~600w. At the time, it was cheaper-than-free heat, so why not, even if just supplemental.
Of course, now that doesn’t work at all; always a loss. But still: It’s a heater that does some limited good while also heating. The electricity is the same anyways… May as well push it through some logic gates before warming my room.
100% efficient. (of course, heat pumps can go over 100%… But as far as resistive heating goes, it’s not like a GPU is any worse then a space heater… Watts are watts)
At the time I was running it, it was about enough to offset the cost of electricity and maybe turn a slight profit. Nothing substantial. But then it got way harder to mine btc and asics dominated the field.
Of course, had I started a few years earlier, I’d probably be a billionaire.
Unironically. I did this with my 480 back in the day in an uninsulated apartment. Also crypto mining in the narrow slice of time where it was profitable-ish to do so with a consumer GPU. But then ASICs took off and I went back to folding / SETI
I remember trying this for a little bit too and did some crypto mining, but after leaving it on for days my room refused to warm up at all. I think the room was just too big for the heat output of the pc to handle. In the end i gave up and just turned on the heater again.
Yeah, it was basically like me running a ~400 watt heater. It’s not a ton, but it’s also not nothing. Even when I did use resistive electric heaters, I still kept it going because it still contributed. 15A 120v circuits, ~1500w heaters are the norm. At the time I did that I was also running Dual Xeons; so, full system draw was in the ballpark of ~600w. At the time, it was cheaper-than-free heat, so why not, even if just supplemental.
Of course, now that doesn’t work at all; always a loss. But still: It’s a heater that does some limited good while also heating. The electricity is the same anyways… May as well push it through some logic gates before warming my room.
100% efficient. (of course, heat pumps can go over 100%… But as far as resistive heating goes, it’s not like a GPU is any worse then a space heater… Watts are watts)
How much did someone make from that? With one ordinary PC I mean, to not turn my question into a “how long is a rope” type.
At the time I was running it, it was about enough to offset the cost of electricity and maybe turn a slight profit. Nothing substantial. But then it got way harder to mine btc and asics dominated the field.
Of course, had I started a few years earlier, I’d probably be a billionaire.