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Will more RAM fix a noisy MacBook?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 881774" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>cwa is quite correct in that you absolutely could use more RAM with what you're using the system for and it will cut down on the accessing of the hard drive's virtual memory that is currently being required.</p><p></p><p>He is also correct in that it will probably not prevent your fans from kicking in. While there is some heat being generated by the hard drive due to requiring the use of virtual memory, most of the heat being generated by your system is from the CPU and GPU.</p><p></p><p>If you're playing video's and cranking the GPU, the fans are going to run to cool it down.</p><p></p><p>If you're recording or encoding video, you're ramping up the CPU and GPU, and the fans are going to kick into high gear to keep them cool.</p><p></p><p>To be quite honest about it, if you don't want the fans to run over their default at approx 2000 RPM, you'll need to quit watching video, recording video, doing any sort of encoding, using any of the advanced tools in Photoshop and any other thing that will make use of more than about 20% of your CPU or GPU capabilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 881774, member: 24160"] cwa is quite correct in that you absolutely could use more RAM with what you're using the system for and it will cut down on the accessing of the hard drive's virtual memory that is currently being required. He is also correct in that it will probably not prevent your fans from kicking in. While there is some heat being generated by the hard drive due to requiring the use of virtual memory, most of the heat being generated by your system is from the CPU and GPU. If you're playing video's and cranking the GPU, the fans are going to run to cool it down. If you're recording or encoding video, you're ramping up the CPU and GPU, and the fans are going to kick into high gear to keep them cool. To be quite honest about it, if you don't want the fans to run over their default at approx 2000 RPM, you'll need to quit watching video, recording video, doing any sort of encoding, using any of the advanced tools in Photoshop and any other thing that will make use of more than about 20% of your CPU or GPU capabilities. [/QUOTE]
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