Coffeematic PC uses hot coffee maker to cool a gaming PC

We have seen several hacks in the tech world, including the use of JavaScript to stimulate a functioning Windows XP environment and a Raspberry Pi-powered miniature console that fits inside a mint tin.

If you thought that was it, wait until you see how a man used a hot coffee maker to cool a gaming PC. Yes, you read that right. Doug MacDowell built a fully functioning PC by pairing it with the General Electric drip coffee maker and used the hot coffee it makes to cool the CPU.

As absurd as it sounds, it’s a really cool invention that blends science with tech. If you are a geek and love science, continue to read on to know more about this fun yet impractical experiment.

All about the Coffeematic PC

The Coffeematic PC is a mashup of brewer and rig, and although it sounds chaotic, it actually boots up and runs Linux Mint without crashing.

What’s inside this brewer and rig setup is an AMD Athlon II X4 CPU, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, and a Radeon HD 4670 GPU.

How it works is that the coffee maker heats the coffee up to 90 degrees Celsius, then pumps the brew through two radiators mounted above the PC and down to a CPU on a motherboard located on the back of the PC. Then the brewed coffee is dispensed through a tube, letting the user enjoy a hot cup of coffee.

Now, despite using hot coffee, the setup eventually stabilises the CPU at a surprisingly mild 33 degrees Celsius after about 75 minutes of operation.

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Even though the coffee circulates at nearly the boiling point, the CPU doesn’t crash. The machine balances out and continues working very slowly, but is still alive. The system also logs temperature data every five seconds.

Fun and cool, right? But if you thought this was the first such coffee maker computer, you are wrong. Surprise; it’s reportedly the fifth coffee maker computer ever made in a tradition stretching back to 2002.

While the Coffeematic PC is quite interesting, it probably isn’t safe, especially since you are streaming hot coffee through a PC, which involves several risks, such as spillage.