macbook fan

why ofcourse you cant even hear them

 

I can hear my fan whine*, have not yet been able to adequately demonstrate it to a Genius though. I am 100% sure its "different", the two I had before Christmas did not make this noise.


*no its not the cpu, I used smcfancontrol to up the fan speed and the pitch changes

edit: also sorry, that was really off topic, 2000rpm will be right most of the time.

 

Yes, most users have 2,000RPM set as their default. This can hover into the 1900's and 2000's when not under stress.

 

ive got mine at 1100rpm, but it hovers at about 1200rpm when under little load. With the external monitor connected it sits at about 1600rpm. The standard base speed i think is too high, my temperatures are about 50°C with external monitor in and 45°C without it.

the cpu must warm up a little with the monitor in because the gpu is cooled off the same fan/heatsink meaning if the gpu heatsink heats up then so does the cpu one and then the cpu gets a little warmer as well.

 

Mine hovers around 1900~

 

1100 RPM? How do you even get it that low?

Edit: Nevermind. Just downloaded Fan Control. Very nice app! I have mine at 1500 and there's only been a few degree increase. Seems fine.