iMac 27" Temperatures

Gilbert89 · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:39

Hello,

I've had my Mac for a couple of months now only previously I have started monitoring the temperatures and fan speeds due to installing quite a range of games and demanding programs. Now the other week I installed World of Warcraft 5 Disks, 3 Disks, 1 DVD Rom and another DVD Rom.. so the hard drive, optical drive etc were in demand for over an hour at least on a warm summers day. The hard drive for 40odd degrees, CPU Heatsink A? was 60-70odd.. the cores were hovering at 50-56 I wasnt too fussed although I was playing WoW the entire night last night and the hard drive was hitting 53degrees my room isnt like an oven at all 19-21c ambient temp. The issue im having is my system is still completly silent I have turned the fans on full just to check the noise level and temperature drops this is all fine but surely high temperatures like that cannot be all that great over a long period of time the fans dont seem to speed up, can anyone share any light on these concerns?

Comments are appreiated.
Jonny

Deku · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:42

The temp threshold for fans to kick in is set fairly high on Macs.

Everything you've said seems in working order, in fact I'd say your cpu temps are lower than what I would expect when playing WoW.

Gilbert89 · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:44

Can I just apologise for posting this in the software section. And really? I see. I know the website has a set temperature. but does anyone know the max temperature of indiviidual parts e.g Optical Drive, Hard Disk etc?

Deku · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:46

I have no idea, but google around.

What you're describing is pretty much a non issue and you seem to be suffering from "new mac owner syndrome" - it'll pass

Gilbert89 · 6 Jul 2011 at 16:56

Haha! Yes that's pretty much what it is.. I'm used to my Antec 900 and its gazillion fans! NO DANGER!

sbi5ar · 6 Jul 2011 at 17:00

I've had temperature worries/problems

When I play WoW on my MBP the CPU temp can hit 90C

and the case becomes very hot to touch

I've asked on here before and it seems norm under stress...

Gilbert89 · 6 Jul 2011 at 18:17

Well to be fair I don't even dare play WoW on my MBP.. as when I play 2d games from App world my fans shoot up like an airplane ridiculous heat issues! So it just gets used for Web surfing, Word Documents etc!