{"id":1994,"date":"2026-03-16T12:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:51:41","slug":"boiling-water-with-a-cpu-while-mining-monero-socket-775-experiment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/?p=1994","title":{"rendered":"Boiling Water with a CPU While Mining Monero? (Socket 775 Experiment #2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boiling Water with a CPU While Mining Monero? (Socket 775 Experiment #2)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0askv1_3co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Boiling Water with a CPU While Mining Monero?<\/strong> \ud83d\udcbb\u2615<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, I try for the second time to boil water using an old <strong>Socket 775 CPU<\/strong> while mining Monero at 100% load. Yes\u2026 turning computer power into heat power \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time I made some upgrades:<br>\ud83d\udd27 Added two stainless steel spacers<br>\ud83e\uddf4 Used thermal paste for better heat transfer<br>\ud83d\udda5\ufe0f CPU running at full load mining Monero<br>\ud83c\udf21\ufe0f Tested maximum temperature under stress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result?<br>Maximum temperature reached around <strong>42\u00b0C<\/strong> \u2014 better than my previous experiment, but still far from boiling water \ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks like CPU thermal throttling and protection systems don\u2019t allow it to turn into a full cooking device. I even tried covering the bowl with a paper cup to trap heat\u2026 but modern processors are smarter than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another fun hardware experiment where I push old tech to unusual limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can a CPU replace a kettle?<br>Not yet\u2026 but we\u2019re getting closer \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoy crazy DIY hardware experiments, mining tests, and repurposing old electronics \u2014 don\u2019t forget to like and subscribe \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-871b2539bdc8e9e6e0612df086c1140c\">\ud83d\udcac Write in comments what I should try next!<br>\u26a1 Different CPU?<br>\ud83d\udd25 Remove throttling?<br>\ud83d\udca7 Try smaller water volume?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udd25 Boiling Water with a CPU While Mining Monero? \ud83d\udcbb\u2615 In this video, I try for the second time to boil water using an old Socket 775 CPU while mining. <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/?p=1994\">read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,40],"tags":[1028,1026,1023,1021,731,672,1034,1027,1024,1022,1033,733,1025,1035,1031,1019,1020,1032,1029,1030],"class_list":["post-1994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monero","category-other","tag-computerpower","tag-cpuboilingwater","tag-cpuexperiment","tag-cputemperature","tag-cryptomining-2","tag-diytech","tag-electronicsexperiment","tag-geekexperiment","tag-hardwarehacks","tag-miningheater","tag-miningvswater","tag-moneromining","tag-oldcpuchallenge","tag-overclockingfun","tag-pcmods","tag-socket775","tag-techexperiment-2","tag-techfun","tag-thermaltest","tag-timelapseexperiment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1994"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2001,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994\/revisions\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sznetwork.systems\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}