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Apple Computing Products:
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3D rendering and CPU temperatures
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1917203" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Heat is the natural enemy of magnetic media (your Mac's storage) and extreme hot and cold cycling causes metal to expand and contract. Enough expansion and contraction of the soldered joints of individual components will cause them to crack and fail (i.e. it will cause a "cold solder joint"). So it's definitely a good idea to keep things on the cooler side as much as possible.</p><p></p><p>I was told by someone that I know at Apple that Apple is sensitive to the complaints of users who say that fan noise is bothersome. So Apple has set their fans to come on later than they might, and when they do come on they tend to be less aggressive than they might be.</p><p></p><p>You can fix this with a free utility. You can set your fans to come on earlier, and run at a higher speed.</p><p></p><p>Here is a utility that makes it easy to keep track of the temperature of your internal components, and the speed of your fans:</p><p></p><p>Fanny (free)</p><p><a href="http://[URL]https://www.fannywidget.com/" target="_blank">https://www.fannywidget.com/</a></p><p></p><p>Here is a utility that will give you the ability to set when your fans come on and how fast they run:</p><p></p><p>Macs Fan Control (free)</p><p><a href="http://[URL]https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control/download" target="_blank">https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control/download</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1917203, member: 190607"] Heat is the natural enemy of magnetic media (your Mac's storage) and extreme hot and cold cycling causes metal to expand and contract. Enough expansion and contraction of the soldered joints of individual components will cause them to crack and fail (i.e. it will cause a "cold solder joint"). So it's definitely a good idea to keep things on the cooler side as much as possible. I was told by someone that I know at Apple that Apple is sensitive to the complaints of users who say that fan noise is bothersome. So Apple has set their fans to come on later than they might, and when they do come on they tend to be less aggressive than they might be. You can fix this with a free utility. You can set your fans to come on earlier, and run at a higher speed. Here is a utility that makes it easy to keep track of the temperature of your internal components, and the speed of your fans: Fanny (free) [URL='http://[URL]https://www.fannywidget.com/']https://www.fannywidget.com/[/URL] Here is a utility that will give you the ability to set when your fans come on and how fast they run: Macs Fan Control (free) [URL='http://[URL]https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control/download']https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control/download[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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