This topic is really strange to me because I just got a hex and it's the quietest mac pro I've ever owned. Even running something like starcraft 2 and fallout 3 with a 5870 I almost can't hear it. Forget about even trying to hear it on idle. I was really surprised at how quiet this thing was compared to my '06 and my previous G5. Something must be wrong with yours or it's that ssd screwing with your fans. It definitely shouldn't be the 5870, on max settings sc2 the gpu fan only goes up to about 26% fan speed which is still whisper quiet, and the card itself tops off at 60 degrees celsius after hours of use.
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2010 mac pro loud fans?
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It does definitely seem related to the dual processor systems rather than the single proc machines like the hex. It appears there are completely different fans in the dual processor machines. I might of just had something wrong though, so i'll be watching for more comments regarding noise/fan speed on dual processors before ordering a replacement.
Dunno, I am experiencing the obverse, 12-core Mac Pro, 5870; quietest Mac Pro I've ever had sitting next to me. The only time I can hear fan noise is when rendering something which is actually using most of the cores and the video card, at which point everything ramps up and the sitting next to a wind tunnel effect begins, but that's not new, and what I was used to with older Mac Pros all the time.
If you hear strange vibrations or shaking noises, then it's often one fan which is not seated/mounted properly or dying, and costs .25 cents to fix (if it's a new machine it is of course not your problem, and Apple tends to just give you a new Mac Pro, fix the fan and sell the unit as a refurb).
This is about average and note that iStat sensors do not support the Radeon's own cooling, which can get quite loud, but show no reading.
