How hot is too hot?

[jvencius]

My MBP is running around ~65-70°C with the fans at 5500rpm (I'm using SMC fan control) in the middle of a ~2hr MPEG-Streamclip encode and I was wondering if this is normal or not? If it is, then I can relax but if not, then I have something to think about.

 

[sammich]

Yeah, that sounds just about right. I'm converting stuff using iSquint as I type and it's hitting 70˚C and the fans are at 6000rpm.

My MBP runs normally at 55˚C @ 2250 rpm

You'll be fine, you are doing a processor intensive task, it'll cool down when you finish.

 

[jvencius]

Yeah, that sounds just about right. I'm converting stuff using iSquint as I type and it's hitting 70?C and the fans are at 6000rpm.

My MBP runs normally at 55?C @ 2250 rpm

You'll be fine, you are doing a processor intensive task, it'll cool down when you finish.

Awesome--I appreciate the info.

 

[darkcurse]

As long as you're not going past 90C, you're alright. My MBP normally hovers around 54~58C @ 3k+ RPM while doing normal stuff. And the fans go up to 4k+ when viewing vids

 

[TimJim]

i leave mine fans at 3k and my temp is usually like 50C but when im doing more intense stuff like converting in isquint i can hit 80C then i run the fans at 6k.

dont go over 90C

 

[jvencius]

Thanks everyone for the info--I'm new enough with Macs (the IIGS I used in 3rd grade/1985 was the last Apple machine I used) in general and digital video specifically that I don't know what's normal and what's worth worrying about. Now that I know that the temps are normal and everything is hunky-dory, I can relax.