 More recently, however, other types of applications have piqued the interest of computing enthusiasts.Scientific distributed computing tools such as Folding@home, GIMPS and SETI@home or other computationally intensive chores may also push CPUs and GPUs to their limits, and may also serve as a means of competition, such as tracking how many data sets a user has completed.An enthusiast PC implies the early adoption of new hardware, which is sold at a premium price.