Mac Mini Cooler/Stand idea.

[bobwire]

Shop setup

My 2011 Mini doesn't seem to overheat and it can get as hot as 105 in the shop if i don't turn the ac on.

 

[Padpork]

You may be missing my point...

There is a sealed section and unsealed section under the black base of the mini. The unsealed section is the section covering the wifi grill which is also the intake for the cooling system, and there is a sealed section for the main chamber which has the fan, heat sink CPU etc. the fan does not blow, it draws air from the unsealed chamber. The process of drawing air through the mini and pushing it out the back, and most importantly through the heat sink channels is the design.

So that is why I ask... Are you going to work with apples design and only pump air into the intake section of the wifi grill area or are you simply going to pump bulk air into the complete mini opening with the base off? The latter seems risky. It might drop CPU temps but you have many other temp points. Also you could get the flow of air all wrong.

I think you should only pump air into the intake chamber.

Oh, I may have misread your reply a bit. Thanks for the suggestion.

As you said right now I just pump cold air into the whole opening of the Mini.

I will test wifi area only and see what happens.

 

[Padpork]

The 2011 gets to about 191 degrees. It operates fine for extended periods at that temp. I assume if you were using the mini in a hot ambient room, it would get hotter and throttle but these days everyone has AC.

That is hotter than mine. Mine doesn't go over 180 F (~80C) under high load and usually runs at ~130 F (55C) while doing light tasks. I got AC on.

I know Mini can take these temperatures well...but it bothers me is that my old PC which in a small case and a has a Phenom X6 CPU with a huge 125W TDP on a ITX board and runs cooler than a much newer mobile i5 in the Mini.

 

[Fishrrman]

"Yes I am aware of this and I tested it by putting a "flat" notebook cooler with vertically and attaching the Mini to it."

If not too much trouble, would you mind posting a picture of your setup, and telling us which "notebook cooler" you used?

 

[Omnius]

That is hotter than mine. Mine doesn't go over 180 F (~80C) under high load and usually runs at ~130 F (55C) while doing light tasks. I got AC on.

I know Mini can take these temperatures well...but it bothers me is that my old PC which in a small case and a has a Phenom X6 CPU with a huge 125W TDP on a ITX board and runs cooler than a much newer mobile i5 in the Mini.

Different components are built to withstand different specifications, extremes and standard operating temperatures. While concerns about heat are always legitimate, they are often unfounded.

 

[opinio]

Different components are built to withstand different specifications, extremes and standard operating temperatures. While concerns about heat are always legitimate, they are often unfounded.

I agree. You cannot compare Apples with Oranges.

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