Does cooling pad works for macbook pro? or air conditional works better?

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Does cooling pad works for macbook pro? or air conditional works better?

Hi mac people.

I have a non retina macbook pro,

it's fan go crazy with 6000rpm, and over 70 degree when I play a new game CIties: skylines after just play like 10mins, this make me don't dare to play it,

do you guys think I should get a cooling pad, does typical giant fan blow up type work for macbook pro since it don't have vent at the bottom? OR should I better off invest in a air conditional for a total cool room condition?

my country is Malaysia, this few month, the whether is very hot, so does cooling pad really help or better of with air conditional?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 7, 2015 6:55 AM

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Answer 1

OGELTHORPE

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Mar 7, 2015 7:18 AM in response to JohnnyChin95

Ambient temperature will have an effect on the MBP temperature as well as a cooling pad. The best of all worlds would be both.

What you are reporting for playing games is within tolerable temperature limits of the MBP. Run resource intensive applications, heat will be produced and the fan(s) will respond accordingly. 70°c is not too high a temperature for games.

Ciao.

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Answer 2

Mar 7, 2015 7:28 AM in response to JohnnyChin95

As Ciao mentioned 70. C is not that high when it comes to GPU being tasked, my games have always run up to 90. C and higher at times without no failure. You are fortunate with only @ 70 C

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JohnnyChin95 Author

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Mar 7, 2015 7:38 AM in response to PATRICKMELE

thanks but no!

it will go up to 80 and above if I don't stop playing!

and does ssd and 16gb ram will reduce heat issue?

thanks!

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JohnnyChin95 Author

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Mar 7, 2015 7:44 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

hi thanks,

I just curious if this high temp will damage my mac, as I had replace logic borad of this mac THREE TIMES!!!!

first is overheat,

second is the logic board they replaced not good

third I don't know, maybe their logic board not good again

do you guys replace your macbook pro logic board before?

do them replace new or refurbished version to you?

I just feel been cheated if they don't repalce a new one for me, I even bought apple care for this(those replacements are happen in the first original warranty...), I even keep asking about do they replace a refurbished logic board for me, but they just keep changing their topic without le me know..........

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OGELTHORPE

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Mar 7, 2015 7:52 AM in response to JohnnyChin95

A MBP is designed to shutdown before it can overheat and damage the unit. Perhaps in your case you were just unlucky.

I did have to replace a logic board in my 2006 MBP, but that was as result of my dropping the unit and disengaging the GPU connection. I have just replaced the logic board with a second hand one. It is now operating again. No problems yet with my 2010 and 2011 MBPs.

If possible, deal with an Apple corporate store. An independent reseller may not give the same service.

Ciao.

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Mar 7, 2015 7:59 AM in response to JohnnyChin95

Hi JC only GPU/CPU cause rise in heat extra RAM does not make a difference...Your device should quit at 221 deg F by design.

I haven't had to change my logic board so far and I running 2011 baseline MacBook pro

Also Mac App store are most likely giving you referbished boards, thats why they don't want to give you a straight answer

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JohnnyChin95 Author

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Mar 7, 2015 8:01 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

Hi,

you have no problem with your latest mac mean you never faced any heat issue?

this third logic board seen like very stable than last, only that I not sure about the heat issue, do you think my temperature is operating normal?

I installed smc fan control, normally it is 45c, when open few app, it is 50 something, only this new game(cities: skylines) get me to 80 with 6000 rpm spin, this is an early access game as I'm a youtuber I get a change to play it before it release, I have no problem when playing simcity 4 or portal 1/2, they all look like 60 something(on that time I didn't install smc fan control, but I feel it is in that temp. range)

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Answer 8

OGELTHORPE

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Mar 7, 2015 8:54 AM in response to JohnnyChin95

There have been a few occasions where my MBP had a 'runaway application' which can easily be determined by checking Activity Monitor. That can easily be resolved by quitting the offending application or a a restart. In all other respects the results have been what is expected for the applications that I am using at the time.

Games generally are resource intensive and will stress the CPU/GPU and create heat. That is 'normal' for those conditions.

I am not a proponent of any third party fan control devices. I have faith in the Apple engineering staff designing a product that does not need such intervention.

Ciao.

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