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Would adding more RAM on MBP help with overheating and fan noise?

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levmc

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One problem I have with MBP (mid 2014 15 inch model) is that it heats and has a large fan noise when I have too many applications or tabs open.

Could adding more RAM to it help with reducing the heat and fan noise? Or would adding more RAM help only with allowing more tabs or apps to be open without slowing down but heat and fan noise would stay the same?
 
The problem:
"it heats and has a large fan noise when I have too many applications or tabs open."

The solution:
Quit unneeded apps.
Close unviewed tabs.

If you're using Chrome, STOP USING it.
Use Safari or another browser instead.

As mentioned above, RAM cannot be increased on a 2014 MBP.
It's soldered in.
 
OP: Give me your 2014 MBP and I will give you my 2012 MBP that has upgradeable RAM, SSD/HDD, optical, battery, etc...
 
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levmc said:
One problem I have with MBP (mid 2014 15 inch model) is that it heats and has a large fan noise when I have too many applications or tabs open.

Could adding more RAM to it help with reducing the heat and fan noise? Or would adding more RAM help only with allowing more tabs or apps to be open without slowing down but heat and fan noise would stay the same?
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Find applications that consume the most CPU. See if you can close them or replace them (e.g. from Chrome to Safari).

If the apps are constantly pushing the CPU, probably every macbook will be hot and noisy. Not much you can do except maybe placing the laptop somewhere in a different room and using long cables with external monitor (long hdmi cable, active usb extender and an usb hub, etc.). That way your setup will be silent in your room no matter what you do.
 
levmc said:
One problem I have with MBP (mid 2014 15 inch model) is that it heats and has a large fan noise when I have too many applications or tabs open.

Could adding more RAM to it help with reducing the heat and fan noise? Or would adding more RAM help only with allowing more tabs or apps to be open without slowing down but heat and fan noise would stay the same?
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Adding more RAM would probably increase heat/fan noise. When it runs out of RAM and has swapped to disk/SSD, unless you have other heavy CPU using apps running that are still in memory, it isn't doing work while it waits for the piece of memory it needs to load back into RAM. That's giving it a bit of time to cool down.
 
levmc said:
One problem I have with MBP (mid 2014 15 inch model) is that it heats and has a large fan noise when I have too many applications or tabs open.

Could adding more RAM to it help with reducing the heat and fan noise? Or would adding more RAM help only with allowing more tabs or apps to be open without slowing down but heat and fan noise would stay the same?
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I'd recommend sticking to 16 GB unless you have a need for more memory beyond having more browser tabs open. Otherwise, it is definitely not a worthwhile upgrade choice.
 
OP asked:
"Does all MBP after 2014 have soldered ram?"

Yes.
The days of "adding RAM" to Apple laptops are over.
They ain't comin' back.
 
What about the SSD? Can you upgrade to a bigger one or is that also soldered?
 
Fishrrman said:
OP asked:
"Does all MBP after 2014 have soldered ram?"

Yes.
The days of "adding RAM" to Apple laptops are over.
They ain't comin' back.
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Even if the CEO is changed? I really hope somebody not obsessed with thinness and cares more about functions to replace TC.
 
levmc said:
It is not too hard to change the SSD?
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See this long thread. Most of the info you will need is in the 1st post

forums.macrumors.com

Upgrading 2013/2014 Macbook Pro SSD to M.2 NVMe

This thread is about upgrading MacBook Airs & Macbook Pros (2013-2015) with new high speed and/or high capacity NVMe SSDs. This thread was one of the first to talk about MacBook Pro NVMe SSD upgrades on Macrumors, and was started by user "maxthackray", which we can thank and give tribute for...
forums.macrumors.com forums.macrumors.com
 
Looking at that long thread, is it pretty complicated to replace the SSD?
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What price difference would it have been had I just purchased the 500gb SSD version instead of 250 gb version of the 2014 MBP?
 
levmc said:
One problem I have with MBP (mid 2014 15 inch model) is that it heats and has a large fan noise when I have too many applications or tabs open.

Could adding more RAM to it help with reducing the heat and fan noise? Or would adding more RAM help only with allowing more tabs or apps to be open without slowing down but heat and fan noise would stay the same?
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you can undervolt it and limit the clockspeed, i'm using volta with my 2015
 
2014 was a long time ago. you might research into accumulation of dust and junk in the unit?
ck out the Activity Monitor App and see how much RAM is being used. It may be your current OS will never use any more RAM
if your still spinning rust look into a small SSD
 
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