The fan noise on my 2015 Macbook Pro was getting unbearable, to the point where I bought a few ice-packs to sit the laptop on. I could get about 45 minutes to an hour of relative quiet before it would start howling at full bore again, and I'd make a trip to the freezer and swap the pack out for a cold one. Shortly thereafter, I bought an external GPU to help speed up a few things (3D drafting, mostly), and much to my surprise and joy, the fan noise on the laptop dropped/significantly/. I'd highly recommen
External GPU to the rescue (Score:3)
The fan noise on my 2015 Macbook Pro was getting unbearable, to the point where I bought a few ice-packs to sit the laptop on. I could get about 45 minutes to an hour of relative quiet before it would start howling at full bore again, and I'd make a trip to the freezer and swap the pack out for a cold one. /significantly/. I'd highly recommen
Shortly thereafter, I bought an external GPU to help speed up a few things (3D drafting, mostly), and much to my surprise and joy, the fan noise on the laptop dropped
Re: External GPU to the rescue (Score:2)
Or ... You could just blow the shit out of the heatsink and fan and replace the thermal paste
Re: External GPU to the rescue (Score:2)
replace the thermal paste
This must be the famed Apple build quality, eh?
Also, brand new macbooks are noisy AF under full load. One presumes they are sold with fresh thermal paste and clean vents.