The top review on that same product "… Not only does this minimize the footprint on a desktop, but I'm pretty sure it improves the air flow in the box. Seems a bit dubious to me but that's what they said, my guess is they're just spitting out an impressive sounding number?
Doing my research, I did see someone say in a review " the Mac Mini (new 2018) is running around 20 degrees cooler than when it was flat." on the last product listed on that iMore Guide, the Tinpec Mac Mini Aluminum Stand.
Fan speed control for mac mini full#
The question this would answer: does the SPEED solution (at 2200 RPM but a much larger fan) provide better flow than the internal fan at full RPM (I don't remember the specific # off I'm just showing up on the scene having just pulled the trigger purchasing the 2020 Mac Mini which is supposed to have better air cooling, but YouTubers are still reporting the machine is hot and it still gets throttled under load). by removing the antenna plate (so, no more wifi) and removing the internal fan. The final test would begin to diminish the Mac Mini and more about just being curious. My next experiment would be to introduce either induction cooling through an additional iron plate somewhere (which I am worried about for other reasons) or by attempting to water-cool (aka like a CPU cooler) the exterior chassis. This showed slight gains in an ambient 22C room but not enough that it would fall outside of my comfortable +/- on error. I replicated this using ARCTIC thermal pads and a correctly sized Heatsink. I did see a user post a radiator bolted on to their mac mini case. if anything, it is creating turbulence, restricting the flow as designed by Apple (look at the ifixit, you can see how the air can collide with the internal fan hardware). Therefore, I hypothesized that additional forced air did nothing but cool the antenna plate but not enough useful ambient air is being pushed to the internals.
For the SPEED solution, upon simplistic testing, I found that the existing Mini antenna plate and Mini internal fan pairing restrict the flow to a limit based on that. I tested the system as is, the system running MacFansControl with a more aggressive curve, with Fans All on, with the SPEED cooling solution (stock), SPEED cooling solution (modified).Īnecdotally, the best performance came from running the internal fans at max all the time with the existing plastic intake as is. I thought I would jump in here as I have done extensive testing (as an amateur, I'm not Gamers Nexus).
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