I think I wil start this thread with a disclaimer:
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR AT ALL
GTX 480's aren't the best card and you probably shouldn't risk breaking stuff by copying me.
With that out of the way we can get into the actual content of the thread. So, the GTX 480 is a card that is know for getting extremely hot. So then people made this meme as a joke: Which got me thinking, is it actually possible to cook on? So I went to trusty Ebay and bought one (and a 6 cm ribbon cable). Upon receiving it I took off the plastic covering of the shroud. This thing looks like it was made to be a grill. That Silver is all part of the Aluminum heatsink. So the next day rolls around and I get the stuff together to actually do this. The rig I am using to do this is my HTPC. Specs at the bottom.In all honesty I think this would work better with cast iron, due to its ability to hold heat better, but my mom said this is the pot she wanted me to use. I decided to boil water just as a test.
As you can see, it didn't quite get to a boil. Though it was very hot. I think with cast iron I could definitely get this to work. But that is for another day, I do have stuff to do. I have to get a thermometer to measure the heat of the water and similar stuff. The max tempature of the GPU was 110°C
Specs: AMD FX-8320 MSI 970A-G36 16 GBs of some mismatched ram Thermaltake T-600W PSU Some 3U server case Cooler Master Gemin II Some random 500 GB hard drive And of course, the GTX 480.
Nice. For the next round you could try to cook a few things instead of boiling water. Throw some oil and onions in a small skillet and see if you can brown them up :)
Still not sure why you didn't just throw some chicken strips or bacon on the top of the GTX 480. It's literally the perfect grilling surface as it sits.
