As you may know, we recently bought an Ethereum mining rig and were running it at the office.

Its placement in our boardroom, however, was not the best idea – particularly when we had guests for meetings and they had to shout to communicate over the sound of six RX580 cards all running their dual-fan coolers at maximum speed.

So, we moved the rig to my place, where it functions as a room heater, device to scare away animals afraid of loud noises, and a conversation piece when I invite friends over.

It has performed two out of the three tasks perfectly so far.

PS: It’s Dion Wired’s birthday – take a look at all the Birthday Specials here.

HP Notebook from Dion Wired – R3,999

Harman Kardon Speaker from Dion Wired – R3,999

Samsung 49-inch Curved TV Bundle from Dion Wired – R8,999

DStv Explora 2 Bundle from Dion Wired – R1,249

Lenovo Notebook from Dion Wired – R5,999

Lenovo Notebook from Dion Wired – R7,999

Seagate 4TB Drive from Dion Wired – R1,999

LG Projector from Dion Wired – R3,999

Canon Printer from Dion Wired – R1,999

Samsung Gear S2 from Dion Wired – R2,499

Onkyo Speakers from Dion Wired – R4,999

JBL Speakerbar from Dion Wired – R2,499

JBL Headphones from Dion Wired – R2,999

Samsung 55-inch Curved UHD TV from Makro – R14,999

LG Soundbar from Makro – R1,299

Samsung 32-inch TV from Game – R2,999

Lenovo AIO Desktop from Game – R5,999

Samsung Galaxy Tab E from Game – R2,499

Samsung 55-inch Curved FHD TV Bundle from Game – R12,999

Samsung 55-inch UHD TV Bundle from Game – R12,999

Samsung Soundbar from Game – R3,499

Sansui Tablet from HiFi Corp – R799

Mediabox Player from Loot – R1,399

Transcend DashCam from Loot – R1,999

Proline 7-inch Tablet from Matrix Warehouse – R899

Toshiba 1TB Drive from Matrix Warehouse – R799

Raspberry Pi 3 Starter Kit from RS Components – R1,818.18 (Ex VAT)

RS Pro IdeaWerk Pro 3D Printer from RS Components – R12,102.93 (Ex VAT)

Turtle Beach Headphones from Raru – R799

Razer Mouse from Evetech – R999

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X from Wootware – R2,999

MSI X370 Motherboard from Rebel Tech – R5,299