Macs Fan Control Gaming

I've had a few macs now and despite all the hype I've had a few problems. A severe as a hard drive crash and as petty as the fan is making some noise. Take it back and all is good.

I've been a fan of the Magic Trackpad 2 since it was released; it's amazingly smooth to use, and will (if you plug it into a KVM) work well with both Macs and Linux. (I have two Macs, a Linux box, and a hookup for my iPad Pro on a KVM.) When my existing one ended up with a swollen battery, I decided to replace it with a black one to match my keyboard. It looks pretty cool and blends into the dark fabric on my desktop.

Great fan. So happy to have 4 pin so I can control with my bios fan pattern.

I am a physicist. (energy physics not matter physics). I am also a sound engineer, coincidentally, the control of sound energy. This amp is VERY GOOD for bench testing audio control devices and speakers. The addition of an unbalanced input makes it very handy for typical bench tests. Because I am retired I also use commercial speakers for my home stereo system. Use of commercial speakers is much cheaper than consumer speaker products that, by and large, do Not provide full range audio despite deceitful specs claiming otherwise. The commercial speaker is also built to last and far more reliable than consumer designs. (will last decades under home stereo use... my last amp lasted 31 years... speakers are still going strong) I use this amp as my home stereo amp driving 1,200 watt rated commercial speakers that actually reproduce 20Hz. (actual amp power use rarely exceeds 75 watts peak and 25 watts average) In that unique use... the amp fan noise is detectable so I place it behind a glass paneled cabinet. Aside from fan noise, the amp performs very well and for the price is one of the best bargains there is. Keep in mind... the typical consumer stereo amp is Designed To Fail and the primary reason is.... no active fan cooling. (a flawed design that minimizes ambient noise) The amp provides plenty of dynamic headroom (nearly 6dB under typical home stereo use) and presents no excessive noise floor problems. I use a receiver with balanced XLR outputs, a balanced 31 band EQ to drive the amp and control volume. My speaker connections are Speakon. Bottom line... A very good simple amp for multiple purposes at a very good price. If you are an engineer who loves music and movies you will quickly recognize the wisdom of putting up with a bit of fan noise to achieve excellent performance and very long term reliability.

This PC works great for gaming even at 4k. The 16GB of RAM really isn't an issue. As far as the fan noise complaint, I don't find that it's loud at all for what it's doing unless your PC is a foot from your ear maybe.

I recently built a gaming pc with a i7 13700KF and this cooler cools the CPU wonderfully. It is very quiet most of the time, and even if the fan speed is spinning as fast as it can, it is still quiet enough to not be heard well if headphones are being worn. Even then, the fan rarely need to go that fast and the only time I have personally heard it go that fast was when I turned up the RPM in the BIOS. It really is a great cooler and I recommend it.

Great value for an entry level gaming/productivity desktop. It could use an extra fan which you can add for less than $10 but I have had no problems. 12gb of ram is strange but hey it it is better than the standard 8 at this price point.

It's Applecare, and you need it if you buy Macs. ...I'm glad to have it.

I have had more different Macs over the years: this is another wonderful product.

Great for gaming, good quality control, the desktop (for work) doesn't suffer either.