Probably not the best idea but anyone else use their pc to defrost / warm stuff?

[u/643310]

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[u/The_Hydro]

I use it to warm my room in the winter

[u/MurtaghInfin8 → u/The_Hydro]

I use it to warm my room year round.

Keeps it a toasty 82F when the rest of the house is 70 ><

[u/Anti_Deuterium → u/MurtaghInfin8]

I feel seen with this comment.

[u/MyAssPancake → u/MurtaghInfin8]

I live in a house with gamers, so while the rest of the house is 80+ our rooms are probably in the mid 90s lmao

[u/Dramajunker → u/MurtaghInfin8]

It's been so hot that I put it to sleep during the peak hours lately just to make my entertainment room more comfortable. I also have a 39 inch monitor that gives off heat. When I'm gaming my PC pumps out a very uncomfortable amount of heat during summer peak hours.

[u/jumbledsiren → u/MurtaghInfin8]

Keeps my 40°c room at... 40°c, because it doesn't get hot enough to heat up an already burning room

[u/vagabond_dilldo → u/The_Hydro]

I love my 300-500W space heater that runs year round

[u/ReadyAimTranspire → u/vagabond_dilldo]

Drop a couple 1300w LLM boxes into the mix

August has been brutal

[u/darthjawafett → u/The_Hydro]

As a bonus it also fights my air conditioning when trying to keep my room cold.

[u/repocin → u/darthjawafett]

I was going to ask who's winning, but then I realized it can't be anyone but the power company

[u/340Duster → u/The_Hydro]

I use it to defrost my cat.

[u/Automatic_Two4291 → u/340Duster]

Do you put your cat in the freezer or is it just the climate?

[u/READMYSHIT → u/The_Hydro]

I used mine to dehydrate magic mushrooms multiple times. Really effective.

[u/LosWasabi → u/The_Hydro]

I had a studio in Denver, and a 19" CRT - DIY Sauna!

[u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

OP Next week "Help for cheesecake in PC. Wont turn on"

[u/fly_over_32 → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Try adding rice cakes

[u/RickyWasntHere → u/fly_over_32]

At that point the PC is going to be a bakery

[u/Paulus_1 → u/RickyWasntHere]

Allways has been

[u/therain_storm → u/RickyWasntHere]

Hey, don't knock.it. those mining rigs double as great pizza ovens!

[u/_Salandit → u/RickyWasntHere]

Upcycling

[u/shit_is_un420real → u/fly_over_32]

tiger balm worked better in my case

[u/ALDJ0922 → u/fly_over_32]

I was going to say use some lactaid. That helps me when cheesecake causes me problems

[u/Bantersmith → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Release mice into the PC. They should eat the cheesecake for you.

[u/Warcraft_Fan → u/Bantersmith]

Then release the cat into the PC. They should get rid of the mice for you

[u/UnlivingGnome → u/Warcraft_Fan]

Liberally release dogs to get the cats out of the PC.

[u/Warcraft_Fan → u/UnlivingGnome]

You would then need a lion to get the dogs out!

[u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 → u/Warcraft_Fan]

nah, getting the dogs to go out is easy.

bringing them back in is the hard part. our doggy door may as well be a one-way door.

[u/driftxr3 → u/Warcraft_Fan]

Who let the dogs out?

[u/CharonsLittleHelper → u/UnlivingGnome]

I don't know why it swallowed the fly... perhaps it will die!

[u/RustledForeskin → u/ElonsMuskyFeet]

Help pls, there is a colony of 100,000 ants living in my pc, wat do?

[u/Stunning_Box8782]

I use it to heat up my ice cold drinks dripping with condensation

[u/BentTire → u/Stunning_Box8782]

I use the heat to dry myself off after a shower.

[u/I0A0I → u/BentTire]

Yup. Gotta straddle it and really spread those cheeks to get fully dry. As a bonus the cutouts at the top make a great ball scratcher. Just drag them back and forth.

[u/BentTire → u/I0A0I]

Gotta run a Blender Render too just to make sure the system gets nice and toasty.

[u/Turbidspeedie → u/BentTire]

I use 3D mark personally

[u/alan_alien → u/Turbidspeedie]

After using the toilet it's good for wiping too. It's called Fur Mark

[u/Turbidspeedie → u/alan_alien]

3D mark, Fur mark, John Mark, they're all hot

[u/Fuetfufjcgkfhdh → u/Turbidspeedie]

[u/217blaster217 → u/I0A0I]

[u/Able_Rain6635 → u/217blaster217]

[u/[deleted] → u/217blaster217]

[u/SkollFenrirson → u/I0A0I]

It would've cost you nothing not to write this.

[u/xMidaes → u/SkollFenrirson]

I would've PAID him not to write this.

[u/Karrion42 → u/I0A0I]

It's grate for the balls

[u/CanExplainThings → u/I0A0I]

The glasses I paid for came in yesterday. I literally paid to read this. 

[u/ThesureeGoREEEEEE → u/I0A0I]

Thanks for giving me trauma with that description!

[u/LunarChickenn → u/Stunning_Box8782]

I always put my cold can of monster energy on top of my PC to activate my DLC code.

[u/The-Bunbins → u/LunarChickenn]

Pro gamer move.

[u/wvsfezter → u/LunarChickenn]

Please drink verification can

[u/Turbidspeedie → u/LunarChickenn]

Just like Skylanders!

[u/Incid3nt → u/Stunning_Box8782]

Reminds me of thermaltakes magnum opus:

[u/heavyarmszero → u/Incid3nt]

is that a fucking electric lighter for cigarettes?

[u/Incid3nt → u/heavyarmszero]

Hell yeah brother

[u/livelaughloaft → u/Incid3nt]

Hell 🚬😮‍💨 ya

[u/aura_enchanted → u/Incid3nt]

at the time chieftech did a case with a drink dispenser in it, so you could have a cup holder/ashtray a drink spout and a cigarette lighter all in 1

truly an enlightened era

chieftec beer from a chieftec case

[u/VinnyMaxta → u/Incid3nt]

Those were the good times 🥲

[u/Toughsums → u/VinnyMaxta]

We still have lighters in our PC's - its called 12VHPWR

[u/systemhost → u/Toughsums]

Nothing like a quality resistive wire to get things heated up.

[u/HempusMaximus → u/Stunning_Box8782]

This also works as a humidifier.

[u/DrScienceSpaceCat → u/Stunning_Box8782]

Sometimes I'm reminded that some people didn't pass physics in highschool.

[u/Stunning_Box8782 → u/DrScienceSpaceCat]

Elaborate

[u/scaredt2ask → u/Stunning_Box8782]

I too want to know about high school physics

[u/-Cono → u/[deleted]]

Nolan’s the Odyssey - Never before seen cut!

[u/neon1415official → u/[deleted]]

Presented in glorious 1:1.43 IMAX aspect ratio.

[u/afeverr → u/[deleted]]

my skinny ass thought this was a boat 🤣🤣🤣

[u/COPPERSRUN]

Not once have I thought of doing this

[u/gregzillaman → u/COPPERSRUN]

if you use a mini toaster oven rack its great for warming up a hoagie.

[u/M3rl1n1212 → u/gregzillaman]

Who the hell warms up a hoagie?!?!

[u/InitialAd2324 → u/M3rl1n1212]

Put some respect on hot Italians.

[u/Some_Kinda_Username → u/InitialAd2324]

https://giphy.com/gifs/asHT7eh4AwG9G

[u/MyAssPancake → u/InitialAd2324]

I love hot Italians

[u/Manlysideburns → u/M3rl1n1212]

Lots of people? It was the entire premise of quiznos to the point that subway had to start copying them.

[u/BTMarquis → u/M3rl1n1212]

My browser keeps telling me they are in my area.

[u/skoosh1213 → u/gregzillaman]

The word hoagie disgusts me and I don't know why

[u/somethingfilthy → u/skoosh1213]

[u/Disheartend → u/skoosh1213]

I forgor it was a word, its wierd. 

[u/tailslol → u/COPPERSRUN]

1 word.

condensation.

[u/Aksi_Gu → u/tailslol]

[u/anxessed → u/Aksi_Gu]

^{sation sation sation}

[u/Sprinklypoo → u/tailslol]

Another few words: Melting cheesecake.

[u/GalbedirGalerion → u/COPPERSRUN]

I used to do this as a kid with the back of my PS3, it would keep stuff warm. This post felt like a flashback

[u/Parking_Chance_1905 → u/GalbedirGalerion]

Behind and on top of a case with vents in it are very different things.

[u/f3rny → u/Parking_Chance_1905]

Behind feels worst somehow, like I imagine all the dust form inside the machine getting blown into the food...

[u/Dat_Steve → u/COPPERSRUN]

Really? Never once have you taken a frozen uncrustable and sat it near the vents to get that perfect cold jelly and peanut butter consistency? Me either!

[u/John_East → u/Dat_Steve]

Nah I just eat them frozen

[u/bralma6 → u/Dat_Steve]

My first thought was an uncrustable for my daughter too lmao. I’m gonna have to try this!

[u/bhwylie → u/bralma6]

Have you ever put one in the toaster to get the bread brown and the inside warm? If not, try it with a glass of milk.

[u/EvilMakaroni]

Spillage danger, keep your expensive hardware away from anything that may destroy it

[u/EvilMakaroni → u/EvilMakaroni]

Even if stuff is solid, dropping said stuff on / into your pc is gonna be nasty

[u/Miritar → u/EvilMakaroni]

Ah dang the chocolate pudding hit the fans....

[u/invalidmean → u/Miritar]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1yTPAkvLFNaNi

[u/DudeBroMan13 → u/invalidmean]

Uh

[u/Turbidspeedie → u/invalidmean]

[u/jesuis_baguette → u/EvilMakaroni]

yup… I once destroyed my expensive gaming laptop by having an open waterbottle CLOSE BY (not even next to it), trying to open a banana. The banana was a tough one and my hand slipped off, hit the waterbottle and it went flying towards my laptop. The amount of crying I did afterwards was crazy. And then I did some more crying when I realised I had to save up for a new one and that this one would be even more expensive as the older model wasn’t being produced anymore. NEVER have I since had anything less than completely solid sitting even close to my new laptop. I’m too traumatised and this post is giving me shivers down my spine 🫪🫪🫪

[u/EvilMakaroni → u/jesuis_baguette]

🫪

"The rules were written in blood" moment, that sucks

[u/LetFiloniCook → u/jesuis_baguette]

Had a similar thing happen to me. Water sitting on a desk got spilled and went into the top of the PC. Now I don't keep anything on that side of the desk.

[u/Panurome → u/[deleted]]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't water cooled PCs use non conductive liquids?

[u/Snoo38152 → u/Panurome]

They do.

[u/Soft_Lunch_183 → u/EvilMakaroni]

I spilt ramen and it dripped through my whole pc, everything was fine but took so long to clean it all

[u/OddPatience1621]

bro it generates moisture as it defrosts and can drip from the bottom.

[u/rennradrobo → u/OddPatience1621]

Well at least it’s destilled water.

[u/MadBullBen → u/rennradrobo]

Distilled water grabs metals very quickly from stuff it comes in contact with and quickly becomes conductive. Even water cooling loops quickly become conductive due to the connectors and water blocks.

[u/mecha_grove → u/rennradrobo]

So is my pee

[u/martiNordi → u/mecha_grove]

There's condensation in your PC because you use it to defrost stuff.
There's condensation in my PC because I pee on it.

We're not the same.

[u/Davenator_98 → u/martiNordi]

This your setup?

[u/phoenix0153 → u/Davenator_98]

Pee C

[u/TheTangLangGang → u/phoenix0153]

Eee Pee Cee

[u/firetech97 → u/rennradrobo]

It would be ambient condensation, not distilled water. Distilled water is made in much more controlled conditions, by boiling purified water then capturing the steam.

[u/XDVI → u/OddPatience1621]

If your PC generates enough heat, the bottom of the plate wont get cold and water wont condense on it.

I've done this many times.

[u/OddPatience1621 → u/XDVI]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OT98vHeoR0LsQS5Y9i

Bro gaming lol

[u/Saicomantis → u/OddPatience1621]

It's ok, his pc is water-cooled /j

[u/Erina_dea → u/OddPatience1621]

It only does that if your stupid about it. If your defrosting a whole chicken just put it in foil and put in metal bowl. Just simple as that.

[u/Suck--My--Toes → u/Erina_dea]

*you're

*you're

[u/CaviarCBR1K → u/[deleted]]

I've put tubs of butter inside my PC case to soften it before, worked like a charm lol

[u/LightningWarpAway → u/CaviarCBR1K]

inside my PC case

How do you fit an entire tub of butter inside a pc case?

[u/Adrian_Alucard]

yeah I love when water gets into my PC. what could go wrong?

[u/DrIvoPingasnik → u/Adrian_Alucard]

It takes only one wee drop to ruin the PC. I'd say let him find out after a bit of fucking around.

[u/313802 → u/DrIvoPingasnik]

So I can't put wee drops on my PC either? You never let me do anything fun mom.

[u/universalserialbutt → u/313802]

Wee drops are why I can't wear khakis.

[u/DDOSBreakfast → u/DrIvoPingasnik]

In no way do I suggest getting computers wet. I do have computers that have survived floods and work.

[u/TechRomancer123 → u/[deleted]]

It’s like how keyboards are now a LOT more resilient to liquid/spills than they used to be, you are now pretty safe from a few drops.

Though half a cup still ruined a couple of keys on my old keyboard after everything eventually dried out.

[u/Lorenzo_95]

You’re a psychopath

[u/Inefficacy]

No, microwaves are much cheaper these days

[u/LunarChickenn → u/Inefficacy]

I use the air fryer for reheating cakes and stuff now. Tastes a lot better too.

[u/Snudget → u/Inefficacy]

But what about the RAM for the local AI model to determine if your food is still cold?

[u/small_merchant]

[u/Ooblongdeck]

Id be scared of condensation accumulating at the bottom of the plate and dropping water droplets

[u/Turtle_747]

Absolutely not

[u/MagicLavaFish]

I did it a couple times with uncrustables 😂

[u/DramaticCookiee → u/MagicLavaFish]

Saaammee!!! Works pretty well tbh.

[u/Huckleberry-Prior]

Yeah I warm up my cat with mine

[u/MrTopHatMan90 → u/Huckleberry-Prior]

Never stood a chance

[u/MrTopHatMan90 → u/MrTopHatMan90]

Cats love the PC

[u/The-Board-Chairman]

Do you want condensated water to drip onto your electronics? Because that's how you get condensated water on your electronics.

[u/N57D30T1]

I've definitely never put a burger on my GPU while playing games to keep it warm. No sir. Why are you even asking? Stop asking!

[u/SourceResident5381]

….no?

[u/ninjapenguinzz]

[u/GrossUsername68 → u/ninjapenguinzz]

Reddit policies are an issue. Content deleted.

[u/richchigga133]

I saw a streamer keep their fry chicken in their pc to keep it warm. Had me dying for a couple of days.

[u/Alternative-Aside-64 → u/richchigga133]

After a couple days they'd be dyin too

[u/LunarChickenn]

Defrost can still cause liquid to form and then spill inside your PC = shorting out everything.

[u/revpidgeon]

Condensation dripping on the electrics.

[u/Ok_Dirt8893]

Wait noone uses their pc as a humidifier? spray some water on that bad boy. And if you are feeling extra that day throw in some drops of parfume oil

[u/Court_esy → u/Ok_Dirt8893]

I use it with salted water to have a sea breeze in my room.

[u/Beneficial_Wonder533]

I once set a block of butter on my Xbox one. It melted into the fan and over the entire board and everything. I actually took it apart and cleaned it with alcohol and soap and water and got a few more years out of it but dam did 8 feel dumb

[u/Real-Syntro → u/Beneficial_Wonder533]

Right when you're getting hungry eh?

[u/le6920M4]

I put my carts on my warm Xbox to warm the oil and make it easier to clear clogs 👍

[u/MrKilljoyy]

I love this sub because it makes me feel better that I’m not doing any of the dumb shit people post on here lmao

[u/ConcentrateNo7177]

I use it to warm up my home in winter, I don't even need a heater anymore.

[u/AmbitiousReaction168]

When I want to ruin my PC, I'll be sure to think about this nice little trick.

[u/TheOriginalNozar]

Condensation can form at the bottom and leak onto your PC

[u/Mucak]

Used to use the 3d printer at work to warm up sandwhiches.

[u/flying_data]

That reminds me about a funny story when I worked in a Data Center in Operations. It was at the end of the 90's and we just got brand new top of the line 22" Monitors, I think Viewsonic. One of my coworkers decided to put some frozen Butter with just the wrapper on top of the Monitor. After a while someone said "It smells good, someone got food?" Then I heard my coworker screaming and grabbing paper towels to get the molten Butter of the screen but it was too late. It was still working but there was frying Butter smell in the air and it was dripping into the screen. He got in trouble but wasn't fired. Brand new Monitor had to be replaced.

[u/Rasples1998]

I put a sandwich on top (on a plate, I'm not a monster) and went downstairs, got distracted so I was busy for a while. Went back upstairs (not long enough for it to go stale) and started eating it, but it was slightly warm. Not enough to be unpleasant, but subtle and noticeable enough to feel weird. Sandwiches shouldn't be warm unless they're toast, especially if you're using your PC to warm it up.

[u/tallman1979]

Most of us are just pissed you didn't let us know you had cheesecake.

[u/KweynZero]

It's funny to me how people gets angry about this but a cat on top of the tower is okay because it's cute.

It's not the best idea. Don't do that...

[u/According_Mind7030 → u/KweynZero]

Well no one is actually putting their cats on the PC by choice, the cats just do it themselves. Putting food on your PC is just stupid.

[u/ADotxt]

When I bake bread I always put the bowl on top of my pc when I set it to proof.

[u/I_think_Im_hollow]

Condensation under the plate. Bad idea. One drop in the right place and it's over.

[u/Throw_My_Drugs_Away]

I once hung self grown magic mushrooms near the exhaust of my PC, wasn't very effective in drying them

[u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

Why not just throw it in the microwave for like 8 seconds

[u/Big_Hunger → u/Ecstatic_Score6973]

I can't fit my pc in the microwave

[u/Successful_Mode_4023]

"My time has come..."

[u/Prior-Mood3461]

fun fact! kfc made a pc you can use to cook and heat up meat. it blows out heat waste, into the “chicken chamber” which would cook food.

[u/PrimeSuspect007]

Imagine condensation builds on the plate and drips on your gpu lmfao

[u/DissociateThallRpeat]

A bit of condensate and your pc gets bricked

[u/Buieky → u/DissociateThallRpeat]

The PC is water cooled so it's ok /s

[u/GucciFlocka]

Negative, not that fat.

[u/Briggie → u/GucciFlocka]

This activity is too big backed for me lol

[u/Lonely-Wishbone-1816 → u/GucciFlocka]

I’m dying 🤣🤣

[u/king-kongus]

Terrible fucking idea, condensation can drip into your pc and destroy it. Don't do this if you care about your computer.

[u/ya_mamas_tiddies]

Wtf

[u/DaFrenzyGuy]

you shouldnt do that but who's gonna stop you

[u/KorolEz]

Warm stuff? You mean my living room during winter?

[u/Dream_Apostle]

Only to warm stuff

Defrosting has the risk of condensation and water dripping on to your gpu

[u/Thefeno]

Condensation

[u/MadamVonCuntpuncher]

Thats the stupidest idea ive seen in a while. you arent worried its gonna condense on the bottom of thr plate from heat meeting cool and drip down on components?

[u/HexForVex]

I got my PC next to a closet with my clothes and the by-product of that is my clothes are always warm when I put them on lol

[u/tailslol]

1 word.

condensation.

[u/Plague_Doctor02]

God no.

My pc has a no food or drink within 2 feet of it rule.

Keyboard i can replace. 900$ GPU and 700$ Ram i can not.

[u/astort]

i sometimes use it to speed up the fermentation of my sourdough

[u/jasonkrik]

No sir. I do that in something called a kitchen.

[u/360_face_palm]

It is a good idea.... but put some plastic under the plate just in case of condensation runoff.

[u/Pichulo2025]

Sometimes I put my cold feet over the case but never something that might drip condensation drops.

[u/Zagrunty]

Cheese cake is meant to be eaten cold. Why would you warm it up?

[u/DepressedPancake4728 → u/Zagrunty]

Pizza is meant to be eaten warm. You can pry my leftover fridge pizza out of my dead hands.

[u/P3DR0T3]

…. Why are you warming cheesecake?

[u/Evening_Boot_2281]

Nope, I like to keep my PC away from food and drinks.

[u/643310]

Just to clarify, the plate wasn't in the freezer and will catch any drippage (atleast it has until now) and this is something I actually do sometimes because otherwise my gluten free cake can take hours to defrost normally

[u/JJBrazman → u/643310]

Honestly if you’re handling the spillage carefully then this is no worse than drinking out of an open container next to a PC with an open fan.

And it’s very energy efficient. Your cooling item will leech some of the heat from your PC!

[u/acathode → u/643310]

People are overreacting.

Back in the days of LAN parties (Dreamhack etc) we used to put bags of cinnamon buns on top of our CRT monitors, to get some nice warmed up snacks.

[u/ImmediateTrust3674 → u/acathode]

Back in the days of LAN parties (Dreamhack etc) we used to put bags of cinnamon buns on top of our CRT monitors, to get some nice warmed up snacks.

Okay grandpa, let's get back to bed. I got your Werther's Originals and juice waiting on you

https://giphy.com/gifs/nE6CgMAzTwDjC5Vn4f

[u/kbarney345 → u/643310]

Nah op chats losing it over nothing, youre not putting up a cold soda its a plate with a piece of cake on it. The most moisture thats gonna occur is the berry juice barely running down the side of the cake. Ive done shit like this too its fine. Theres more risk of dropping the plate when picking it up than any condensation forming under the plate

[u/wildpantz]

Yeah, I definitely like to heat up wet stuff on a PC I spent two paychecks on. I mean it's just a bit more effective than the sun, but all my food gets infused with dust and maybe I get to cause fire