• Maya S. Trojan@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    So they don’t need as much cooling, and will produce less waste heat due to the temperature coefficient of resistance.

    And honestly in areas with colder year-round climates, the increase in ambient temps from running locally might actually reduce heating bills because it’s technically doing double duty of doing a job and heating the place.

    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      Literally had mild winters where the computer running could keep a single room comfortably warm.

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      3 days ago

      It’s getting cold in Canada, but playing civ 6 is my version of getting warm by the fire.

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      2 days ago

      I’m gaming a lot. Can confirm, almost no heating bill, but high electricity bill