Has anyone checked heat?

[doobybiggs]

With the new design and all the worries on heat issues. Has anyone tested for heat issues yet?

 

[Zackmd1]

With the new design and all the worries on heat issues. Has anyone tested for heat issues yet?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QM7I6II7zc

It's not an exact test but he does mention the fact that there is no noticeable heat on the exterior of the case which is a vast improvement over the 2011 model.

 

[Jazwire]

Ya you can fry a strip of bacon on my 2011.
Interested to see if the new one runs cooler.

 

[Torgo81]

I was looking around to see if anyone started a thread on this already. I received my new BTO iMac 21.5, i5, Fusion, 16GB yesterday and after configuring it alittle bit, I went ahead and installed Civilization V + expansion and spend a few hours playing it.

Afterwards I felt all around my iMac and I could really not feel any substantial heat. I would say like the iPad feels when using it. The only area which felt warmer (I cannot call it hot) was the area around the FAN exit.

I have used my 2007 model iMac alot for gaming and the upper left part of my screen became white'ish because of the heat I think and it became so hot I needed SMC fan control.

Nothing like that on this new one but one night of Civilization 5 isn't ofcourse a very representative test... but so far so (very very) good

PS: I was also trying Diablo III for a short while with max settings and was getting around 30-40 FPS

 

[doobybiggs]

Ah very cool! Glad to see that a quick test is yielding good results. I hope someone does an extensive heat test soon to help give more of an idea on it

 

[MrMister111]

I was looking around to see if anyone started a thread on this already. I received my new BTO iMac 21.5, i5, Fusion, 16GB yesterday

I have used my 2007 model iMac alot for gaming and the upper left part of my screen became white'ish because of the heat I think and it became so hot I needed SMC fan control.

Sorry to jump on thread...
Would love to hear what you think of the fusion drive? faster? any difference in day to day apps? I also currently have a 2007 C2D 2GHz, and am awaiting my new 21,5" with fusion

cheers

 

[hacke]

Can someone tell me how noisy the fans get in high end games? (battlefield3)

 

[Mac32]

Can someone tell me how noisy the fans get in high end games? (battlefield3)

They're gonna get loud for sure. I would recommend some fan control software, where you bring up the fan speed before starting to game. That would hopefully keep the temperature from going too high.

 

[kaellar]

Can someone tell me how noisy the fans get in high end games? (battlefield3)

doubling that. would also like to know something about the fan noise.

 

[Siderz]

I just got mine, so far it doesn't feel hot at all.

I put my hand behind the grill where the fan exhaust comes out and that feels ever so slightly warm, but barely.

Overall, I think it's running quite cool, unfortunately iStat doesn't have the CPU temperature though

 

[apedance]

Install smcFanControl into OSX.
Set the fans higher than normal and boot into Windows.
The faster fan speeds also apply to Windows.

I do this because Windows got issues with controlling the fans.

Before i did this my HHD temp went up to over 50°C.

Tested on iMac 27 late 2009.

 

[Torgo81]

Sorry to jump on thread...
Would love to hear what you think of the fusion drive? faster? any difference in day to day apps? I also currently have a 2007 C2D 2GHz, and am awaiting my new 21,5" with fusion

cheers

Well.... I played with it only for a day and I have almost no data on it, so I haven't even heared the normal disk spin once. so its using only the SSD now.

This new one is a super fast experience for me... but whether that is due to my bump in processor power, the enormous amount of ram, the fusion drive or all three of them, I don't really know.

When loading Civilization 5 I did think, hey I thought this might have been faster being on the SSD but maybe Civilization is buggy, it's always been hehe