M4 Pro Mac mini CPU very hot during gaming
My new M4 Pro Mac mini is showing very high CPU temperatures when playing Baldur's Gate 3. Up to 107 degrees C. Is this normal? Seems very high compared to other computers I've owned.
Mac mini, macOS 15.1
Quoting from another thread:
I am afraid this new fan behaviour is intended. Apple changed the fan control curves. The M1 Mini was ramped up much quicker, but mostly didn't need to, because it almost never got hot. The denser packed Mini M4 gets hot more quickly, but, my interpretation, Apple doesn't want fan noise to point this out and to annoy the user, because on the Intel Minis, this fan noise felt cheap and screamed insufficient cooling solution.
Everyone will tell you that 100°C is fine and dandy, which may be true for some components, but definitely not for others close by, like capacitors. It is much too early to see if the prolonged heat will have detrimental effects in the long run. Warm expands, cold contracts, so of course this exhibits a force on components that behave differently and at the same time are bonded together. Xbox Red Ring of Death, anyone?