iMac dissatisfaction.

[Fragil1ty]

So I bought my iMac about two weeks ago and I was having somewhat fun with it, doing my University work on it and what not, all was going great, but I think the buyers excitement has completely wore off now and I don't think I even want the iMac anymore to be quite honest.

I know Mac's are not meant for gaming and so on, but one of the main reasons I got my Mac was to casual game on games such as Indie titles, Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft and also, maybe a few smaller steam titles? (Gary's mod and such?).

I was playing WoW on this machine and it was going quite well, with a bit of configuring it was getting 60-90fps which I was very pleased about, so that was nice, but I felt the back of my machine to test the temperatures and well, it was red-hot.

I've been testing temps since and well, it idle's at about 40c-45c, now I know because it's an all in one computer that the components will run a lot hotter than normal, but I'm just finding no reasons why I want to keep it around.

My computer (Gaming Rig) never goes about 45c, even with intense gaming.
The iMac now is not getting used, I'm finished until Sept when I enter my 3rd year, I've got no use this machine, it's only being used for an alternate monitor (so I can game on my Rig and then watch things on the iMac), it seems useless.

/rantover.

What would you guys do? Would you keep it, wait until september and then have it for your uni work then or try and sell it?

Here are the specs:

21.5" iMac, 2.5GHz, 12GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, AMD 6750m 512mb.

Current temps while idle:
CPU: 47c, GPU: 54c, HDD: 50c.

 

[Fragil1ty]

You are moaning because the aluminium is hot? It runs what you wanted it to?

Im sorry but if your argument is temperature only then I think you need to build yourself a pc and just have fun cooling it because the mac is purely a software experience in a gorgeous hardware casing.

No, I am not.

I am moaning because the Aliminum get's so hot, that it's hot to touch, I ran a few games for an hour and the temps hit the 80c mark, that shouldn't be happening.

I googled around and it's quite a common thing, this is not satisfactory.

Ahaha. Sorry but weren't you complaining that because it didn't have a precise delivery time it would set you back in your third year project. Yet two weeks later and it's redundant? lmao.

Indeed, A good friend of mine has bought the software PC side and is letting me use it for the most part, but thank you for your condescending comment, it's much appreciated.

 

[Fragil1ty]

I love the machine I really do, no doubt about that! but I think because of my nature of use while using PC's/Mac's, it's just not viable to have a Mac, maybe a gaming suitable with the adobe suite installed would be more suitable to myself.

 

[Fragil1ty]

why is 80 degrees un-acceptable?? does the computer not function as you wanted it to? i think you are more suffering from buyers remorse and have seen that they are due for an imminent refresh and feel that you need to justify sending it back.

I don't care about the refresh, the ivy bridges are **** at the moment, hitting 80c idle with stock cooling, so no thank you, lmao.

Buyers remorse? nope, I 'was' happy with my purchase.

And I'm not happy with it because 45-50c idle is pathetic and 80c while gaming? LMAO, okay.

I get that a lot of you are biast and what not, but you need to see it from both angles.

 

[Fragil1ty]

Wow, this forum is clearly a breeding place for trolls. No, 80c is not 'satisfactory' at all, I've got a degree in computing already, so I don't know what the hell you guys are on thinking that a computer running at 80-85c while gaming is okay, if that was on my PC computer, i'd be (insert swear word here) disgusted.

The fact remains is that, 75% of the replies that I have received here are from nothing other than fan boys and little girls who do not like a person who is on both sides of the fence abusing their precious little apple computers.

Idling at 45-50c when there is nothing going on apart from watching a Youtube video is well, it is pretty bad but I can live with that. The main problem and/or concern at the start here was that my brand new iMac is reaching temperatures that are not of a normal level, now okay, I get that it is an all in one computer, so the temps are going to be above, but I gamed on this like once to test the I don't know, let's say the functionality of the computer itself? as I do with all my computers.

benchmark tests > cpu tests etc, etc and it's pathetic as are most of you with your replies, are any of you past the age of 16? or what? I mean, seriously, all of these replies, I would have expected this from a troll forum/post on 4chan. lmao, oh my, what a thread.

Now let's go through a few of these lovely messages and reply to them as I see fit, as this is just a wonderful community, I love how it is all just keyboard warriors online these days, but none the less, let's do this.

So you don't want it because it gets a little hot? Do you hug it while playing games?

No, I do not, are you ginger and do you wear a kilt?

Why do you specifically need the iMac for uni work?

They do get hot while gaming but why does that matter?

It uses programs that I have specific preferences over and that are cheaper alternatives.

Coda, Transmit, etc.

Gaming while hot does not matter, as long as it's respective, if I sold my gaming computer and used this and then it was running at 80c for prolonged periods of time, my life span would rapidly decrease.

You're a fool.

This is a pointless thread.

You're an idiot, point being?

It's unclear to me why you ever bought an iMac in the first place.

Could you not do your university work on Windows office software?

Ah that's right, that's why I bought an iMac! to use Microsoft Office and that's also why I'm in university, my bad! jesus.

I'd like to know this as well. I was in the exact same position as you last December and nearly bought a 27" iMac with 2GB gfx, 3.4 i7 etc... and was all set to pay for it... then actually thought about the reason I was buying it - for gaming, SO! I sacked off the £1800 and spent £940 on an i7 Windows tower, which works better with the creative suite than the iMac does due to the Mercury Playback Engine with the GTX 570.

Can I ask what work it is that you do? Also you mention you have a PC as well..if this is the case and it can handle all the same things the iMac does with ease, why did you buy it? I can only assume it was easier to take to/from uni or something? I really wanted a Mac but just did the sensible cost effective thing based on what I needed it for, sounds like you should have done the same.

Upside I guess is that you'll be able to sell it for almost the same amount you paid for it, they hold their value really well. Better you make that decision while there is a stack of warranty left.

Ah an actual question, well this is actually what I was hoping to recieve int he first place, this is great.

I went ahead and bought an iMac because of the fact that I thought it would be a good replacement for my current computer even though the specifications are more a less identical, I thought because I have used Macs in the past (MBP's, Mac Minis) that it would be a good step up, they use applications that I really enjoy such as: Transmit, Coda, Final cut, xCode, Unison and so on, I thought it would be great for me to buy one and then have one around incase I wanted to use these programs, obviously it was a mistake buying this machine.

I do a web/programming degree, hence the need to go ahead and buy one of these machines, now granted, I could do my work for the most part on dreamweaver/notepad & filezilla, but they are not my preferred apps.

Just put some bacon on it and be thankful. Jeez.

That is always a viable option, thank you.

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Thank you for the past 10 minutes of entertainment, guys it has been SO much fun, it really has!

<3, much love.
xoxo.