I've been shopping for new computers: CPU, Grapics  and motherboards
I noticed that lots of motherboards and heatsinks now use copper heat pipes,
I assume those are made from solid copper!
CPUs range from 60-120 Watts; Graphics Processors can consume even more, I'm
not sure about the motherboard power consumption,
Anyhow 400 Watts is probably a reasonable sum, and I figure if those copper
pipes where hollow and connected in series water could be piped through them
and help to heat water for residential applications!
I suspect that the actual change of information entropy is a minute effect
in comparison to the power consumed due to resistance  of conductors and
switches!

So it may be interesting to by design harvest the energy the computer
converts and preheat water!
Just wonder what y'all think!?
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