How to use your computer as a heater

Please click on 480p or higher and full screen to view this video correctly; remember that safety comes first when trying out these ideas.

Contents of video
• Concept and method of warming a (well insulated) room of your home
• Power ratings
• Assumption: connected to internet, using Windows (Linux in another video)
• Cautions: brick (power pack), air around system, fans, bandwidth
• Using ARK
• http://ark.intel.com/
• Installing SpeedFan 4.42/4.44
• http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
• Installing BOINC
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
• For connecting to World Community Grid (WCG):
• http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
• For more on managing WCG/BOINC and related heat, see youtube.com/BOINCisHOT

Software used:
• Sound recorder (part of Windows 7)
• Microsoft Expression 4 SP1 (Free "Trial" Edition) Screen Recorder
• Nero Vision Xtra
• Microsoft PowerPoint
Camera used:
• Canon Kiss X3
My channel:
• http://www.youtube.com/BOINCisHOT

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[izaq4444]

This is so stupid, honestly!

Why not just buy a simple electrical heater? It's exactly as efficient, costs way less (in terms of hardware), and when running your computer at 100% all the time, the CPU will break down eventually. :/

[izaq4444]

100% of the energy consumed goes in to heat eventually.