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Temperature Gauge and SMC Fan Control - Highly Recommended
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1435282" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Agree with mrplow. </p><p></p><p>As a home system builder, I've been building my own rigs and began overclocking in '95. As such, I was one extremely interested in temps/fan speeds on my own highly overclocked systems. There is no "need" for either of the above 2 apps.</p><p></p><p>I have an '06 MBP still going strong with I can't tell you how many hours of playing WoW (only god knows how many 8-10hr gaming sessions that thing has seen) and watching video (it is now used as a movie/streaming machine staying permanently attached to one of my TVs).</p><p></p><p>Yes, I installed both of those apps shortly after purchasing that MBP - and a whole bunch of other stuff brought over from my Windows experiences - it was my first Mac and cost me about $3k - I could have built a "real" nice overclocked desktop Win unit for way less.</p><p></p><p>It took me over a year to figure out there was no need to 2nd guess the engineers that had designed the MBP and get tired of all the Windows tricks I had picked up through the years to keep that OS running good. </p><p></p><p>Omg, after all those years of Windows, what a relief to finally figure out I didn't have to spend hours a week maintaining and looking over what the OS was doing any longer.</p><p></p><p>As I never advised, nor installed a temp monitor / fan speed controller on any machine I built at standard specs for friends in the Windows realm, I don't advise the "need" for either of them on a Mac either.</p><p></p><p>If you want to be using your Pro model Mac notebook on your lap, sitting on carpet, laying on the bed, etc... I'd recommend a laptop stand to keep it off those surfaces and keep the vent clear of obstruction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1435282, member: 24160"] Agree with mrplow. As a home system builder, I've been building my own rigs and began overclocking in '95. As such, I was one extremely interested in temps/fan speeds on my own highly overclocked systems. There is no "need" for either of the above 2 apps. I have an '06 MBP still going strong with I can't tell you how many hours of playing WoW (only god knows how many 8-10hr gaming sessions that thing has seen) and watching video (it is now used as a movie/streaming machine staying permanently attached to one of my TVs). Yes, I installed both of those apps shortly after purchasing that MBP - and a whole bunch of other stuff brought over from my Windows experiences - it was my first Mac and cost me about $3k - I could have built a "real" nice overclocked desktop Win unit for way less. It took me over a year to figure out there was no need to 2nd guess the engineers that had designed the MBP and get tired of all the Windows tricks I had picked up through the years to keep that OS running good. Omg, after all those years of Windows, what a relief to finally figure out I didn't have to spend hours a week maintaining and looking over what the OS was doing any longer. As I never advised, nor installed a temp monitor / fan speed controller on any machine I built at standard specs for friends in the Windows realm, I don't advise the "need" for either of them on a Mac either. If you want to be using your Pro model Mac notebook on your lap, sitting on carpet, laying on the bed, etc... I'd recommend a laptop stand to keep it off those surfaces and keep the vent clear of obstruction. [/QUOTE]
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