i5 to i7

[entatlrg]

Does the maxed out iMac i7 run much warmer than the maxed out i5?

 

[Badger^2]

define "much warmer"? 5º? 10º? 100º?

If lets say it did run 5º warmer. Would that matter?

wouldnt you want everything to run "much warmer" where you live?

 

[Georgio]

Mine runs 'hotter' in Win7 than OSX.
I use a manual fan control so am I worried, no.
This 3.4GHz i7 definitely runs hotter than my old 2.93GHz machine but then you would expect it to.

 

[Benz63amg]

of course i7 runs hotter than it, its got more power.

 

[NutsNGum]

Jeezo -- Badger, do you sleep on a bed of nails or something?

 

[Dresevski]

Jeezo -- Badger, do you sleep on a bed of nails or something?

No, we've just been trying to get people to shut the hell up about their RAM issues. i7 should run warmer but it's not a big deal with SMC Fan Control!

 

[tsugaru]

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Shouldn't be warmer. Both the i7-860/870 and i7-2600 exhibit the same TDP of 95W. Same with the i5-2500.

It might be different if Windows enabled the on-CPU graphics core (i7 has HD3000, i5 has HD2000, which is clocked lower) but since there is a discrete GPU, it will most likely remain shut off, negating any heat/power usage difference.

Now the extra 2MB of L3 cache in the i7 may do it, but I doubt it.

 

[NutsNGum]

No, we've just been trying to get people to shut the hell up about their RAM issues. i7 should run warmer but it's not a big deal with SMC Fan Control!

Are you badger's split personality?

 

[Benz63amg]

lmao