Latest iMacs and smcfancontrol/iStat/etc

[aki]

So I'm upgrading to the newest iMacs (27" i7 with the big video card). I use my iMac for heavy video processing and for some gaming under Windows, so I used to use manual fan management via smcfancontrol.

I'm wondering:

(i) Does smcfancontrol (and TemperatureMonitor and/or iStat) operate properly with the new iMac hardware?

(ii) Is temperature management basically the same story with the newest iMacs ie. same sort of behaviour/temp ranges?

Thanks for any info!

 

[Psilocybin]

I use istat menus. You can set fan speed profiles through it

 

[bpeeps]

So I'm upgrading to the newest iMacs (27" i7 with the big video card). I use my iMac for heavy video processing and for some gaming under Windows, so I used to use manual fan management via smcfancontrol.

I'm wondering:

(i) Does smcfancontrol (and TemperatureMonitor and/or iStat) operate properly with the new iMac hardware?

(ii) Is temperature management basically the same story with the newest iMacs ie. same sort of behaviour/temp ranges?

Thanks for any info!

Yes, they may run warmer with the souped GPU.

 

[aki]

I use istat menus. You can set fan speed profiles through it

I tried istat menus on a 2009 iMac and it sent my fans completely mad at one point so I gave up on it. To be fair though that may have been a software conflict ie. my fault.

Regardless - you are using iStat Menus with the latest (2011) iMac hardware?

 

[bpeeps]

I tried istat menus on a 2009 iMac and it sent my fans completely mad at one point so I gave up on it. To be fair though that may have been a software conflict ie. my fault.

Regardless - you are using iStat Menus with the latest (2011) iMac hardware?

iStat does not affect your fans, it only reports.

 

[Badger^2]

why do you feel the need to screw around with your fanspeed?

 

[Psilocybin]

iStat does not affect your fans, it only reports.

Not true at all Istat menus can change fan speeds. And yes I'm using it with a brand new iMac

 

[aki]

And yes I'm using it with a brand new iMac

Excellent thanks for the clarification. Sounds all good then.

why do you feel the need to screw around with your fanspeed?

A much-debated issue here. Use the search and you'll find an infinity of threads on it. In my personal case, as I said, atypical hardware use.