smcFanControl = Savior
My Mac, which there is a picture of below, does a lot of work. It has two video cards in it, which are each double-height ATI’s. Its pumping out some BTU’s basically.
I have found that the Mac’s temperature sensors adjust the fan speeds OK most of the time, except when the ambient temperature of the office gets higher (ie, when my door is closed, on weekends, etc).
Enter smcFanControl . I made a profile in this to keep the PCIe and HDD fan at 2000 RPM consistently, and the CPU fan at 1000RPM. System seems to be more stable now.
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I was having all sorts of issues until I started changing fan speeds. I second this. Oddly, the power supply fan in mine won’t go above 600 rpm though.
You have so much equipment at your workstation, it’s making me warm just looking at the picture.