Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 20)

akoskokeny said:
Is that desk from IKEA? Called Micke, isn't it too unstable? When I was checking it in the store, it looked so unstable I am worrying about "breaking" it can be easily done :/
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I was looking at a similar one in IKEA (may be the same) and I found it wasn't very sturdy either. Ended up not bothering.
 
akoskokeny said:
Is that desk from IKEA? Called Micke, isn't it too unstable? When I was checking it in the store, it looked so unstable I am worrying about "breaking" it can be easily done :/
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Ya I believe it's from ikea. It is on the cheaper side compared to the other desks from ikea. I don't think it's that "un-sturdy" but then again depends on how much weight you're wanting to put on it. Definitely can't handle a lot lol but it works for me. I find it too narrow, so my next desk will be a wider one.
 
A quick photo of my new monitor which i'm recieving for Christmas. Connected it up to make sure everything was as it should be. First impressions, the picture quality is absolutely fantastic. Exceeded my expectations. For £229, it seems an absolute bargain. On Christmas day i'll post another picture of my whole setup, but until then, it's back in the box.:(
 

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swadd1er said:
A quick photo of my new monitor which i'm recieving for Christmas. Connected it up to make sure everything was as it should be. First impressions, the picture quality is absolutely fantastic. Exceeded my expectations. For £229, it seems an absolute bargain. On Christmas day i'll post another picture of my whole setup, but until then, it's back in the box.:(
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Which monitor is this?
 
Hey guys,

I got a soldering iron for xmas and I've been looking for soldering projects ever since then. Lol! I also got a new case for my PC, so I scavenged parts from my previous case to create a DIY laptop cooler using two 140mm fans connected to a fan controller. I spliced the molex connector from the fan controller to an AC-DC adapter and wallah:

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The MBP goes on top of the fans and the fit is snug and secure thanks to rubber grommets. The laptop is cool to the touch now and hope it prolongs its life since these computers do get hot, even when I am just using EyeTV.

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Here is a shot of the fans while working on it.

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And... here is a 40mm DIY USB fan. This fan is powered via USB cable that I spliced to the fan. It keeps that top area cool.
 
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It's a bit pointless putting a fan there! The whole laptop acts a heat sink, so it getting hot is normal.

You'd be better making sure there isn't dust clogging up the actual laptop fans, and monitoring your CPU usage in case there's an out of control process. EyeTV will use up CPU cycles because it's rendering video on the fly.
 
Kilamite said:
It's a bit pointless putting a fan there! The whole laptop acts a heat sink, so it getting hot is normal.

You'd be better making sure there isn't dust clogging up the actual laptop fans, and monitoring your CPU usage in case there's an out of control process. EyeTV will use up CPU cycles because it's rendering video on the fly.
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The fans are clean. The logic board was replaced a few months ago due to the Nvidia Latent Manufacturing Defect. Adding the fans just gives me a peace of mind that it's keeping the MBP nice and cool. I don't have any temp readings to monitor the actual temp of the cpu or gpu. But, when I touch the chassis, it is much cooler than before. So, it is doing something.

The bottom 140mm fans aren't cooling the actual heatsink. But, if it is cooling the chassis, then, it might help transfer heat buildup inside faster, if that makes any sense. So, what I am hoping is that the fans blowing into the bottom chassis will aid in the aluminum chassis absorb more of what little heat it can from the inside of the MBP. Thus, accelerating heat transfer from the inside to the outside, if that makes any sense. Not a thermal engineer, though. And, this is just a little experiment that, I think, works a lot better than any of the laptop coolers one will find in a store, I think.

The next thing to do, I guess, is find a temperature monitor program to see if it is actually working. Instead of judging it just from touching the chassis. Lol!

Thanks for your concern, though.
 
Kilamite said:
It's a bit pointless putting a fan there! The whole laptop acts a heat sink, so it getting hot is normal.

You'd be better making sure there isn't dust clogging up the actual laptop fans, and monitoring your CPU usage in case there's an out of control process. EyeTV will use up CPU cycles because it's rendering video on the fly.
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I wouldn't call it pointless to do that. The laptop acting as a heat sink is passive cooling. Adding fans to draw the heat away is active cooling and can only help to keep it cooler by drawing more heat away from it. Just like a CPU has a heat sink and a fan on it.
 
Not exactly my setup...

One of the few 'real Macs' left in my house. Finally up and running as a whopping 7TB backup and storage server for my home. The attached picture is from me troubleshooting a few weeks ago.
 

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swadd1er said:
It's the Hazro HZ29WiA. Here's another photo with a different background. It'll be getting wall mounted shortly after Christmas.
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I'm intrigued by his monitor, I love the widescreen, how is the quality compared to the retina MacBook?
 
My dorm setup.
New mid 2014 15 MacBook Pro retina w/ nvidia graphics and 512ssd, 24 inch Apple Cinema Display, Belkin dock, 3tb seagate hdd, jbl pebble speakers, and iPad mini 2.
All philosophy majors have this kind of setup right?
 

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Macbook Mid 2010, specs in sig. Soon upgraded with 16gb ram and possibly SSD Raid.

20" Cinema display hooked up to a Hack Pro (2500k, 16gb GTX 670).
 

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