When playing games I don't want to heat up the iMac a lot. What I want to know is, apart from noise, what is the downside to running the fans at max? Is it dangerous at all?
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Running fans too high?
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It's not dangerous, although it could shorten the lifespan of the fans a little bit. It's really not necessary though, the computer will take care of itself.
It's just when I play games the GPU gets seriously hot. Like sometimes 85 degrees.
I'm assuming you're using an app like smcFanControl. While it isn't directly dangerous, it might kill the fans faster.
With that being said, Apple has a pretty advanced fan speed technology integrated in already, so it's not really needed.
With that being said, Apple has a pretty advanced fan speed technology integrated in already, so it's not really needed.
That's a normal temperature when gaming or running any CPU/GPU intensive apps.