What is the maximum fan speed of my macbook?

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What is the maximum fan speed of my macbook?

I have the macbook pro 13' with Touch Bar and touch id, now since a little while the fans go nuts when i play games. The recommended specs of the games that cause trouble have 4 gb ram while i have 8 gb ram. Now with istat pro i checked and the temperature seemed reasonable (?) not even hitting the 70 degrees celsius. But the fans are going 6800 rpm and 6200 rpm. I searched everywhere but couldn't find a 'max speed' other than 6500 rpm, which my macbook goes over. So how can i find out what the max is? And can the fans do damage to my computer the moment I play a game if they run on that speed, or is temperature the only one that can cause damage?

I tried the SMC (?) reset but it didn't do a thing, but since you can't check how you did i am not sure or i did right...

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), 13 inch

Posted on Jul 29, 2018 10:46 AM

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Answer 1

K Shaffer

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36,088 points

Jul 30, 2018 12:32 AM in response to WendyNetherlands

Depending on your ability to notice detail and carefully select settings

for a fan control utility to best keep track and control heat/cooling, an

application such as 'macs fan control' may be useful.

Macs Fan Control - control fans on Apple computers...

Control fans on Apple computers, also on Windows via Boot Camp. Monitoring of fan speed

and temperature sensors. Solve fan noise and overheating problems, iMac HDD replacement

https://www.crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control

This seemed helpful for my mac, more so once I realized where exact

heat source(s) for sensor(s) were located in relation to fan speed/temp.

So I tried different settings for better results. And then use defaults at

most normal use intervals. The application lets you view in menu bar.

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Answer 2

kaz-k

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Jul 29, 2018 12:38 PM in response to WendyNetherlands

I don't play games on my MacBook Pro, though it's reasonable that fans are going high speed to reduce heat of important parts, CPU and GPU.

Fan's max speed and life span can find out which maker and which fans does your MacBook Pro is using.

Personally I don't think MFR(TFR?) doesn't high even if fans running high speed for a long time.

So you don't need to care much about it.

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Answer 3

Kappy

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Jul 29, 2018 2:22 PM in response to WendyNetherlands

It varies by model. The numbers cited are correct for whichever fans they belong. The lowest max. speed is at 6,000 RPM. Some fans in use may hit 6,800 RPM for a top speed.

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Answer 4

Jul 30, 2018 12:34 AM in response to K Shaffer

Thank you for your answer I checked the maximum speed out and when playing games i kept an extra eye out on the fan speed, and it hits the max speed regularly and sometimes goed over it, the good thing is that the temperature stays low, but it is still frustrating that my laptop is acting like i am playing a heavy 3d game, while it's just a 2d colony game...

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What is the maximum fan speed of my macbook?

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