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Why not rig it the other way: pump water past the CPU, then through your coffee grounds? It probably wouldn't be great for your CPU, because the temperature re
by jfengel 1y ago
Why not rig it the other way: pump water past the CPU, then through your coffee grounds?
It probably wouldn't be great for your CPU, because the temperature required to properly brew coffee is hotter than you really want for your CPU. But maybe get the water to 80C, and a secondary heater after that.
- School-Cotton 1y agoI'm not expert in CPU water cooling but I'd guess the CPU would have to be way over 100C in order to get the water to 80C quickly.
- macNchz 1y agoYou could recirculate water past the CPU via an insulated storage carafe. This would create a fun and exciting gamble wherein you might receive a freshly brewed pot of coffee OR your computer might turn itself off just before the water is hot enough to brew with, and the time it would take would be based on how hard you worked the PC.
- nottorp 1y agoModern Intel can help.
- _Algernon_ 1y agoAdd a heat exchanger.
- mikepurvis 1y agoNot sure if this is what you mean but an actual heat pump with a compressor could handle this— after all, an air conditioner cools your house to 23C by dumping the waste heat to an environment that can be 40C or more.
- reactordev 1y agoThis, except when it comes time to actually brew, it goes to a 5.25” slot to heat up, then you can determine the best delivery mechanism for your build. Shot/Kup, drip, pour over, just don’t build a french press PC. And have a reservoir large enough to replenish the closed loop circuit when you press the button.
- reaperducer 1y agoThe CD ROM drive should open so you can insert a paper cup and then the coffee dispenses into it.
- dougdude3339 1y agoKicking myself for not thinking of this... it's genius
- mulmen 1y agoUse a heat pump to keep the CPU (and GPU as a secondary heat source) at a lower temperature then heat the coffee water with a secondary heat exchanger. Then you can control the temperature of both cooling loops independently.
- swiftcoder 1y agoMaybe one wants a mini heat pump between the CPU and the coffee. 50º C is plenty for a heat pump to very efficiently push the temperature on the other side to 98º C or so
- matheusmoreira 1y agoCan this concept be extended to the home in general? Why not pump heat out of computer components and into a general hot water tank for home use? I wonder if anyone's tried it.
- withinboredom 1y agoLinus (tech talks) uses it to heat his pool.
- thangngoc89 1y agoI remember in a video, Linus measured that the ground absorbs all the heat before it could even reaching the pool.
- withinboredom 1y agoHis pipes have too much or not enough insulation then.
- lubsch 1y agoI don't know anything about the topic and this made me really curious. Why could too much insulation be a problem?
- withinboredom 1y agoIt then just acts like the ground does and just absorbs the heat instead.
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- pitched 1y ago80C is about the lowest you would want to use but can definitely get you a good cup of coffee. It will come out a bit lighter but using a finer grind might offset that.
- tecleandor 1y agoLet's do cold brew then...
- nosioptar 1y agoCould use an old P4 Celeron as the secondary heater.
- omh 1y agoMany years ago we used a hot P4 to heat mulled wine. https://imgur.com/a/mulled-wine-pc-WW1pW https://imgur.com/a/mulled-wine-pc-WW1pW It could get to 60°C which is a bit low for coffee but was great for mulled wine
- dougdude3339 1y agoIncredible - thank you for sharing this.