Overheating CPU & Fast Dust Accumulation

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Overheating CPU & Fast Dust Accumulation

I've been working with the computer for about 2 months and the CPU is constantly having overheating issues as soon as I get into doing work (85-100degrees) so I downloaded a program to manually run the fans (I've set them to 40% most the time, sound is unbearable any higher then that) the CPU is still staying relatively hot. I did some research and found that the CPU I have in my computer is a 32$ component from intel 8 core xeon w3220 (Laughable, the cost for the Mac is absolutely Absurd!) as I said Its been two months & Ive opened my computer and found a surprising & concerning amount of dust accumulation (probably because there is no filtration system on the Mac. I've been planning on installing my own CPU... does anyone has solutions to the dust and overheating problems.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 5, 2020 10:18 AM

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Dec 5, 2020 6:03 PM in response to ivyOptic

I am really sorry you are upset that it gets up to 100 degrees F, nearly 38 C. But it is operating as designed, and doing the things you asked it to do.

If you bought direct from Apple, you have 14 days from recipt to return it for a full refund.

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Dec 5, 2020 10:50 AM in response to ivyOptic

what Model Mac by year?

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ivyOptic Author

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Dec 5, 2020 12:18 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Mac Pro 2019 Tower

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Dec 5, 2020 2:11 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Or you can upgrade to the appropriate version of the 16-core for 'only' US$2995.

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Dec 5, 2020 12:40 PM in response to ivyOptic

That computer can run all day every day at 60 degrees C. Only if it approaches 100 degrees C are you at risk of it doing an uncontrolled power-off to save itself from damage.

Your Mac controls the fan speeds automatically in a feedback loop based on measured temperatures inside the chassis and measured fan RPMs, sampled multiple times a second. If the system Management controller stops adjusting the fan speeds, they will Fail-safe within seconds to maximum speeds, which is unmistakably loud.

The 8-core Intel Xeon w3223 CPU chip used in your base model Mac Pro 2019 can be purchased on Amazon for US$861.44

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Dec 5, 2020 2:40 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

only 2995$! yeah sure a AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-Thread

has significantly better performance and cost only 1,699$ amazon. I should have just gotten a pc, unlike apple they don't make you pay double for the same hardware.

you are correct though it was a 8-core Intel Xeon w3223 CPU (my mistake). But it shouldn't be getting this hot when doing basic things like searching on safari, absurd.

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