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Trebuin

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Hello, I'm looking for someone who could run a stress test on the 27" 3.3GHz i5 version of the 2015 imac, either video card would do.

I looked at a review here that showed that the i7 version downclocks to 3.3 due to hitting thermal limits:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/11/mini-review-test-driving-a-fully-loaded-4000-27-inch-5k-imac/

I know I will be using 100% of my CPU and the i7 and i5 should not matter with the work I'm doing, but I don't want to waist the extra money if the i7 drops to 3.3 when I can buy the 3.3...provided that the 3.3GHz i5 does not have a thermal limit issue like the i7. So could you guys check to see if the i5 goes any lower under 100% load?

Thank you!
 
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