I installed Macs Fan Control app on my 2012 Mac Mini and saw the temperature dropped from 96 celcius to around 72 within seconds. The app pushes the fan speed beyond what MacOS allows and you'll know it coz you can hear the fan whirring at max RPM.
How you get so low temperatures. Mine Mac mini 2018 i5 processor modified with 16 go ram and Radeon core x Vega 64 I get 70 to 80 without any load. The point is the temperature is not stable. Is jumping from 68 to 80. It makes me to wonder if I get defect cpu.
I haven’t done anything, other than adding the external cooling.How you get so low temperatures. Mine Mac mini 2018 i5 processor modified with 16 go ram and Radeon core x Vega 64 I get 70 to 80 without any load. The point is the temperature is not stable. Is jumping from 68 to 80. It makes me to wonder if I get defect cpu.
Just did an application of Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut on my new 2018 i7 Mini while upgrading the RAM. No additional cooling, yet. But I'm looking at doing one of those coolers from Ali Express with a Noctua NF-A12x25 fan in it.
9to5 Mac must have had a bad batch of kryonaut or something as well, since on my first Cinebench R15 run, this system scored 1210 without any additional fans. Just the kryonaut application. Sure, it's still throttling some, but not a terrible amount. The noctua setup could help out even more...we'll see.
Apropos of nothing, I picked up two of these and am rocking 64GB now. Stupid good price for Mac Mini (and iMac) compatible RAM - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N124XDS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The power gadget screenshot shows your cpu idling, not throttling, so what do you mean it was throttling some?
it shouldn't throttle at all, specially ater using top notch thermal paste. do you mean it doesn't turbo all the way through the test (which is normal)? throttling means it will go under your base clock. Did it actually? (sorry if it's obvious for you but it's a bit confusing)
I have one of these. It covers most of the bottom and is very steady.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MWH4FL4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I purchased a smaller one to exhaust my My Cloud EXT2 Ultra, to cool my HD’s.
I own the S2 (for NAS) and S4 (for Mini). Both are pretty quiet.Has anyone tried AC Infinity’s USB fans? Nice little controller they make.
https://www.acinfinity.com/quiet-usb-fans/
Well, the world is full of worriers, but I actually had my MacMini crap out due to a fried mother board within 6 months of purchase. It was replaced, but what I did was simply get a stand so that the MacMini is held vertical rather lie on its belly. The replacement Mini crapped out after six years due to a gpu problem, but it had operated under pretty heavy load for that period, so I'm not complaining.people seem to get worried for nothing on this thread.
Is there any actual data from anyone showing that any of these aftermarket cooling solutions actually helping?
I'm looking for CPU temps, before and after. As well as what clock speed it's running at before and after. The case being warm doesn't really matter.Depends on what you mean by helping.
I don't have charts and graphs but my Mini was getting very very warm while working on 1GB files in Affinity Photo.
The ambient room temperature was 85ºF.
After placing the fan under the Mini it is much cooler to the touch.
Some software activity will still cause the fans to rev but the outside of the Mini remains not hot.
The ambient room temperature was 85ºF.
After placing the fan under the Mini it is much cooler to the touch.
I am surprised that nobody has a product out there that allows you to remove the bottom cover and attach a good fan. The design has been about for so long now and it would be a popular purchase I suspect.
Ha Ha indeed.85ºF ambient inside your spot!!!!???
Screw the Mini.. Buy a fan for YOU!
Where do you reside? Hell?
They do have that. It's like 150 dollars.
I have one of these. It covers most of the bottom and is very steady.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MWH4FL4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I purchased a smaller one to exhaust my My Cloud EXT2 Ultra, to cool my HD’s.
https://www.speed-designs.com/speed-mac-mini-cooling-baseHave you got a link?
Have you got a link?
But what about the CPU temps under full load? What's the clock frequency? Before the fan and after?Woah, this thread actually got soo much replies. I just made it to ask about cooling for Mac mini, and I guess a lot of people wonder the same thing.
I bought one for myself, and it works pretty good. Just need to use a plastic card or iFixit pick to pull off that black plastic cover at the bottom, then the cooling base has a ridge that goes into the bottom of the Mac and secures it down. Temp sensors might lie, but feeling it yourself isn't. The Mac mini is cool/cold to the touch when on the cooling base. It used to get warm, then hot on loads, but now it is... uhh... let's just say ice cold for the aluminum chassis. I believe there was another reply on page 3 or 4, I think, that was someone else that also bought it. They said the aluminum was cold rather than warm.