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Intel MacBook Pro Owner Adds Water Cooling to Silence Noisy Fans and Boost Performance
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Thank you for your info Mr.Richguy!
Not everyone can afford new machine so calling this a "waste" is little insulting
Not everyone can afford new machine so calling this a "waste" is little insulting
only for legacy chips
... modern chips like M1 don't need that
There's a whole lot of people in here saying, "This is so much work,' "Just buy an M1", "blah blah if Apple", "This is what we have to resort to."
Ya know-- A lot of us do this stuff for fun because it's fun. I definitely don't _need_ the 10 node Raspberry Pi Kubernetes cluster that sits on my desk. I didn't need to spend a thousand bucks and various pi and pi parts. I definitely could have gotten a $5/month DO droplet to host my website. But this was fun. Hobbyists are a thing.
Ya know-- A lot of us do this stuff for fun because it's fun. I definitely don't _need_ the 10 node Raspberry Pi Kubernetes cluster that sits on my desk. I didn't need to spend a thousand bucks and various pi and pi parts. I definitely could have gotten a $5/month DO droplet to host my website. But this was fun. Hobbyists are a thing.
I support a bunch of Dell latitudes and the fans run on these all the time. Moved to an M1 MBP personally and its cool and fast. I have no interest in intel what so ever but I realize some people still need it. Glad I don't.
This is partially true but it's a much broader issue. There are few laptops with good cooling. I use a number of Windows-based ones and they are all as bad or worse (unless they are very thick and heavy gaming ones). Apple is partially to blame but Intel's stagnation in chip design is a huge issue.
What a post nonsense! Do you realize your post is all sorts of wrong? Obviously it’s not Apple that needs a thicker computer. The M1 proves that. It’s Intel that needs to make a far more efficient chip like Apple has done with the M1. Windows machines have the same problem with heat and annoying fan noise.
Great that someone has had the initiate to attempt this and that it worked. But it is a travesty that it is wven needed. We can ‘blame’ Intel all we like, but it as Apple that insisted on form over function and failed to design to make the best if the CPUs. This reaulted in machines with great potential but never lived ip to the hype and delivered a poor user experience...... limited performance, noisy and very hot.
Yes, Apple Silicon will finally deliver the promise of form and function (ignoring all the new problems). But frankly when Apple was charging upwards of 3k and as high as 5k for these laptops. They really should have done a better job.
Yes, Apple Silicon will finally deliver the promise of form and function (ignoring all the new problems). But frankly when Apple was charging upwards of 3k and as high as 5k for these laptops. They really should have done a better job.
2015 MBP. I run my fans at med RPM all the time. When I connect to an external monitor, temps kick up 20-30 degrees. I've also run across a few apps that drove the temps crazy without an external monitor.
Running fans max'd out doesn't make a dent with the external monitor connected. Unclear if I see throttling based on increased temps - nevertheless, I'm conscientious about temps and the longevity of my computer's components. I like to keep computers as long as possible, and my 2015 MBP is a superstar.
FWIW, my MBP is kept elevated with an external fan blowing across the bottom of the case, which helps keep the temps closer to "normal"
I had a low-end 2015 MBP at work and it never had audible fan noise from either 2K or 4K external monitor connections. Running a 3D render in Photoshop was about the only thing I ever did that caused fan noise.
M1 still in its 1st gen and people already forgetting Intel was the (only) option a year ago
This is what I used when I lived in hot south Asia, and sometimes here in summertime, makes a lot of difference and a lot cheaper.
I do like/get the project though.
I do like/get the project though.
The new MBA doesn't even have a fan, the M1 Mac Mini can be had for $679, it will not only be completely silent but perform 2x-3x faster, as a DIY proof-of-concept this is interesting, but I'd guess it cost more than a new Mac Mini that wont spin a fan for the afternoon calls.
Teams and WebEx make the fans on my MBP16 spin up to an annoying level. Difficult to quit them when they are the applications needed for the conference call.
And they could have a better keyboard with that extra thickness.