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MacBook Air 2017 Casual/Occasional Gaming
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1769693" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Welcome to our forums.</p><p></p><p>Your 13" 2017 MacBook Air has an integrated graphics chipset (an Intel HD 6000) which shares up to 1.5GB of memory from the main machine memory. Games almost always task the CPU and GPU fairly hard. It's not unusual for the fan to ramp up when playing a game as the machine begins to work harder. However, during the course of normal computing such as browsing the internet or editing a document, the fan should be almost silent. In other words, it will run at a much lower RPM.</p><p></p><p>What I suggest is to download a free temperature and fan monitoring program so that you can keep an eye on both. I recommend the free <a href="https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control" target="_blank">Macs Fan Control</a> as it puts itself in your top menu bar and shows both fan speed and CPU temperature. The application also allows for adjusting the fan speed, however, I DO NOT recommend you try to adjust fans speeds. Just use the program as a monitor. Leave the fan at its default.</p><p></p><p>If you find things are out of whack with your new MacBook Air, you have Apple Care for one year and 90 days of free telephone support. I also highly recommend you buy Apple Care Plus for your new MacBook Air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1769693, member: 46727"] Welcome to our forums. Your 13" 2017 MacBook Air has an integrated graphics chipset (an Intel HD 6000) which shares up to 1.5GB of memory from the main machine memory. Games almost always task the CPU and GPU fairly hard. It's not unusual for the fan to ramp up when playing a game as the machine begins to work harder. However, during the course of normal computing such as browsing the internet or editing a document, the fan should be almost silent. In other words, it will run at a much lower RPM. What I suggest is to download a free temperature and fan monitoring program so that you can keep an eye on both. I recommend the free [URL="https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control"]Macs Fan Control[/URL] as it puts itself in your top menu bar and shows both fan speed and CPU temperature. The application also allows for adjusting the fan speed, however, I DO NOT recommend you try to adjust fans speeds. Just use the program as a monitor. Leave the fan at its default. If you find things are out of whack with your new MacBook Air, you have Apple Care for one year and 90 days of free telephone support. I also highly recommend you buy Apple Care Plus for your new MacBook Air. [/QUOTE]
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