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submitted 2 months ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/historymemes@piefed.social

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[-] ManaYoodSushai@feddit.org 88 points 2 months ago

I would guess that the low surface area would lead to problems. At first it would cool very well because of the huge thermal mass, but once it reaches thermal equilibrium the cooling would be quite weak.

[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 57 points 2 months ago

I'd also think moving your PC will rip your CPU right off the motherboard

[-] Hedup@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

The trick is not to move the PC, but rather the copper block, which just happens to have a PC attached to it.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

So, you're saying that putting blocks of copper on everything in a PC will automatically shed unnecessary parts, building a more efficient system?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

Just run a solid copper block for maximum efficiency.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Wouldn't gold be more efficient? Can't I just fill my PC with gold doubloons? The rattling noise means it's running.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 22 points 2 months ago

So we need more copper?

[-] gigachad@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago

Yes! The only way to increase the surface is to build a higher tower!

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Theoretically... Hell yes!

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 14 points 2 months ago

lead to problems

We're talking about copper, dumdum.

[-] protogen420 3 points 2 months ago

how long till it reaches thermal equilibrium? maybe it can endure a full load for an hour

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago

Your mom can endure a full… oh never mind.

[-] vithigar@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

You're looking at about a half hour per kilogram of copper to raise it by 50 °C with 100W of heat.

Actual delta from ambient to thermal limit will typically be a little higher than that, but so is processor wattage on mid-to-high performance CPUs, so I'm happy enough with that as a ballpark estimate.

Someone else estimated that block as 4.5kg, so you've got something close to two and a half hours of cooling from an ambient start.