Why not rig it the other way: pump water past the CPU, then through your coffee grounds?
It probably wouldn't be great for your CPU, because the temperature required to properly brew coffee is hotter than you really want for your CPU. But maybe get the water to 80C, and a secondary heater after that.
swiftcoder · 9m ago
Maybe one wants a mini heat pump between the CPU and the coffee. 50º C is plenty for a heat pump to very efficiently push the temperature on the other side to 98º C or so
umanwizard · 7h ago
I'm not expert in CPU water cooling but I'd guess the CPU would have to be way over 100C in order to get the water to 80C quickly.
macNchz · 7h ago
You could recirculate water past the CPU via an insulated storage carafe. This would create a fun and exciting gamble wherein you might receive a freshly brewed pot of coffee OR your computer might turn itself off just before the water is hot enough to brew with, and the time it would take would be based on how hard you worked the PC.
reactordev · 6h ago
This, except when it comes time to actually brew, it goes to a 5.25” slot to heat up, then you can determine the best delivery mechanism for your build. Shot/Kup, drip, pour over, just don’t build a french press PC.
And have a reservoir large enough to replenish the closed loop circuit when you press the button.
reaperducer · 6h ago
The CD ROM drive should open so you can insert a paper cup and then the coffee dispenses into it.
mulmen · 6h ago
Use a heat pump to keep the CPU (and GPU as a secondary heat source) at a lower temperature then heat the coffee water with a secondary heat exchanger. Then you can control the temperature of both cooling loops independently.
Lio · 1h ago
I’d like to see this project extended with AI to work out what drink the user really wants before dispensing a drink almost, but not entirely, unlike tea.
Share and enjoy!
Groxx · 8h ago
I'm glad someone is still building what needs to be built <3
v0.2a needs to mine crypto to pay for its own coffee beans while peculating the coffee. =3
MostlyStable · 8h ago
I assume you meant "percolating", but you very nearly spelled "speculating", which, given the crypto, seems more appropriate.
fadesibert · 7h ago
And of course, peculation means misappropriating or embezzling funds. Again, given crypto (and certain notorious crypto exchanges), even more appropriate.
Joel_Mckay · 6h ago
"Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind." (E. B. White)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
Dilettante_ · 1h ago
FWIW, I would not have known 'peculating' was a real word with a meaning if GP hadn't explained.
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Joel_Mckay · 6h ago
Never, the French Press is superior in every regard. lol =3
bitcrshr · 4h ago
No worries of HTTP 418 here.
zeta0134 · 8h ago
This is the very best kind of silly project. :) I'm pleased to learn that the coffee is an effective (... sortof) heatsink and not merely part of the case.
iammrpayments · 1h ago
I don’t know what the pipes are made of, but doesn’t look like something I’d like to heat and run my water through it before drinking it
ZiiS · 1h ago
Usually PVC not dissimilar to your home plumbing; but yes at temperate it can leach.
ghm2180 · 4h ago
A key with haptic feedback that when pressed runs the CPU/GPU and as water heats up the button lets you know. Calibrate feedback to temperature and ease off the button when the water is done.
happycube · 3h ago
Someday this should be upgraded to an 8th or 9th gen core i7. ;)
bluelightning2k · 6h ago
100% Java compatible
9front · 4h ago
He's using "Linux Mint" for OS. Should have used "Coffee Linux" instead.
dabumere · 8h ago
This just made me smile
parlortricks · 7h ago
Time for you to use my 1080ti with Furmark too cook some eggs and bacon to go with the coffee.
It does, unfortunately there is a bug as every request is returning a 418.
BizarroLand · 8h ago
This is the right kind of absurd for a Friday afternoon
imchillyb · 7h ago
Tread carefully. This is how the Borg started. “Your caffeinated and medicated existence will be added to our own, resistance is futile… pass the creamer.”
xandrius · 8h ago
Absolutely cool project but unfortunately percolating coffee is nowhere near the best way to brew a good cup of coffee.
MangoToupe · 7h ago
This must be a matter of taste because I strongly disagree.
m463 · 7h ago
Should probably run cpu benchmarks while slowing water cooling pump + pressurizing cooling system above 9bar and expressing water through carefully tamped specially ground coffee and drip into cup.
or just have a large reservoir, severely overcool the cpu and cold-brew the coffee
dredmorbius · 5h ago
Very little about this project screams "best" or "fully optimised".
Its objectives lie elsewhere.
ViscountPenguin · 6h ago
Good luck hooking up an espresso machine to a PC though.
sillywalk · 4h ago
It's not a PC, but SGI made an espresso machine inside an Indigo case as a marketing gag. The "Espressigo".
It probably wouldn't be great for your CPU, because the temperature required to properly brew coffee is hotter than you really want for your CPU. But maybe get the water to 80C, and a secondary heater after that.
And have a reservoir large enough to replenish the closed loop circuit when you press the button.
Share and enjoy!
¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
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or just have a large reservoir, severely overcool the cpu and cold-brew the coffee
Its objectives lie elsewhere.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SGI_Espressigo
https://old.reddit.com/r/SiliconGraphics/comments/1eh9puu/sg...