MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro (4.1/5.1) aftermarket fans WITH automatic SMC control

[RhodesRoads]

Hello everyone!

I've read through this entire thread at least twice, not to mention occasional lookups into certain parts and I'm incredibly grateful for all the invaluable information gathered here by our mighty contributors!

I consider myself quite handy with electronics & DIY, along my experience in general PC hardware as former HP tech support trainer and mentor, so I hope I'll be able to contribute as well, since my Cheesegrater arrived couple of days ago

I'll be testing out several very interesting fan options, which could rival the Noctuas in performance at extremely competitive prices and share the results here.

In order to do that, I'd need a bit of help/advice with SMC, as I'm relatively new to Macs, despite using them for recording for couple of years now.

I read about the different fan profiles set up by OP and found 2 tools to achieve this goal: smc-command and smckit. What are your experiences with these and which one would be more convenient for frequent changes of the SMC for my test bench? Alternatively if someone would like to share any templates or scripts for this purpose, I'd be very grateful as well

 

[haralds]

This is thread odd to me. My CMPro 5,1 with Dual 6 Core 3.4GHz and RX-580 Sapphire 8GB OC is essentially inaudible except right after boot settling down and under heavy game load, when I can here the GPU fan a little.

 

[RhodesRoads]

This is thread odd to me. My CMPro 5,1 with Dual 6 Core 3.4GHz and RX-580 Sapphire 8GB OC is essentially inaudible except right after boot settling down and under heavy game load, when I can here the GPU fan a little.

I agree, it's quite silent right out of the box, but in a recording studio even a couple dB make a huge difference. So apart from replacing the fans, I'm probably still gonna need to build an iso-box for it, which will need to be huge and expensive even if DIYed :c

 

[Minimum91]

I agree, it's quite silent right out of the box, but in a recording studio even a couple dB make a huge difference. So apart from replacing the fans, I'm probably still gonna need to build an iso-box for it, which will need to be huge and expensive even if DIYed :c

The config I made did make a huge difference. The stock were all-right, but with the current setup I never hear it, even at full load, except if I lie down next to it.