Yes full speed fans when video djing.

Great app, found a stuck fan with it, always full on.

Nice thanks will use this when VJin

In many tests, my temperatures didn't differ much from 60% to 100% fan... so even when video, I run it 60%. Only when it is super hot in a venue do I run 100%

I run my fans normal when adding files, editing crates, etc. I turn the fans on high when analyzing and performing out. Let's face it. These are fans we are talking about. They eventually will wear out. Replacing them is cheap and simple. Run them bastids as fast as they can go when you are gigin. The cooler the temps, the better the performance.

Ok thanks what's your guys settings ??

Read above! Full on 6000Rpm when DJing. Clubs get supper hot so always best todo whatever to keep it cool.

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I've been running them full blast when performing I've noticed smoother videos.

i run smc on full blast and i still place a desktop fan below my mac, under the crane stand, pointing up at the mac to blow hot air away from the chasis. temp stays in the low 160's when runnin video.

I run both fans at 4500 (full power seems like it would shorten fan life) with a small external fan and temps stay right around 160, which for my i7 is just about right...my 2.5 pre-unibody needed to run at about 145 degrees to stay smooth, but 4500 RPM was fine for that too.

Your fans would probably go to 6000 on their own when dj'ing, you are just throttling them back by keeping it at 4500. I'd rather wear out my fans than my motherboard or graphics card....

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Your fans would probably go to 6000 on their own when dj'ing, you are just throttling them back by keeping it at 4500. I'd rather wear out my fans than my motherboard or graphics card....

Interesting theory, but my experience doesn't support it. Its easy to tell when the device is overheating by the drop in performance and that's easy to verify by checking the active temp readout. I've only had to bump the fans to maximum once in 4 years and conditions were extreme. I'm sure results vary, but that's my experience.

+1

Fans are cheap..boards are hell of expensive...think about it!!!!

I have thought about and I see no point running the fans on full without a benefit. If I'm not losing performance, I'm no where near cooking a board.

As long as you're monitoring temperatures (SMC Fan Control's menubar readouts make that easy), there's no harm in running fans less than full speed. It's definitely less necessary to run fans full speed on newer hardware, compared to a 4-5 year old computer that's running much higher CPU/GPU utilization while DJ-ing.

On my mid-2012 2.7gHz 15-inch MBP, I usually run the fans at 5000 rpm when DJ-ing videos and temperatures go no higher than 68C in a *very* hot room. Normal range is around 58-63C.

Worth noting: what you're setting with SMC Fan Control is the *minimum* speed that the fans will run at. If the computer starts getting really hot (around 80C or above), it will still run them faster.

What OSX is everyone using to with SMC Fancontrol Setting? Anyone using 10.8+?

all max out to 6000rpm left and right

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these look like an interesting 2ndary solution as well.
not for sale yet.

I might get one to strap to my external HD.
I have more problems in 80+ degree environments with that overheating after 4 hours
than my mac.

Pretty darn cool little bulky for my taste :)

too bulky... for me

Hi!
I just installed smc fan control and on my preferences I got ODD 1000, HDD 1100 and CPU 940. All the sliders are to the left.
Can someone tell me where should I position the sliders for each of them?
Thanks in advance.

Wherever they need to be to keep the machine from getting too hot when using it. It's very situation dependent.

You seem to be using an iMac. If it's a current or recent model, and you're not in a hot environment, you may find little need to speed the fans up at all. Monitor the temperatures when DJ-ing and I'd say on an iMac if you start seeing 60C or higher then you might want to speed up the fans.

Older laptops running video were close to having hardware resources maxxed out when DJ-ing videos, so it was common to just crank up the fans all the way to keep temperatures reasonable (big issue in a hot humid club environment). Especially when running well-written video software, a current-model MacBook Pro is using a very small fraction of available resources. Therefore, less issues with overheating compared with older hardware.

You can set multiple profiles in SMC.

I believe there is already a default setting.

Just set 2 more:

Medium ( with the sliders halfway)

High (with the sliders all the way over to the right)

And then you can easily toggle settings depending on your environment.

Default or Medium for at home & High for gigging.

Thank you Mark and Remix

Yes, i'm using an Imac and it's getting like 53C hot.
Thank you so much for the advise!!

Totally agree with you.