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6th November 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Los Angeles
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Thread Starter | Mac Pro's: how HOT do they get? I am still running a G4 with Protools Mix cards (3 mix farms). The back of the computer gets VERY, very hot. I am just wondering if the Mac Pro/HD combo is any cooler. I read the thread that says the Mac Pro's are much more quiet, so I am hoping that they are cooler as well. Anyone have the thing loaded with several HD cards? |
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6th November 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2007 Location: London
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6th November 2007
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Thread Starter | Thanks for the info. Guess I was dreaming that my next machine would be quiet AND cool! << just the room in general with the door closed feels warmer, not such a bad thing in the winter >> I'm in Miami... so that's never a good thing! |
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7th November 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NY
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| mine has been on for 8 hours, and it's room temperature. |
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7th November 2007
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Thread Starter | Do you have Protools cards installed? Is it room temp in the back as well? Thanks for the info! |
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7th November 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Baltimore, MD - USA
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 | I live on the southeast Mediterranean coast of Spain (doesn't get very cold here!) and my Mac Pro w/four internal 7,200 RPM Seagates runs at a comfortable temperature (measurably cooler than my G5 dual 2.0 did). -T |
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7th November 2007
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Los Angeles
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Thread Starter | << my Mac Pro w/four internal 7,200 RPM Seagates runs at a comfortable temperature >> Do you have Protools cards installed? If so, how many? I am interested in only hearing from PT HD users, (as they tend to give off a lot of heat) Thanks! |
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7th November 2007
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__________________ Michael David Nielsen - Composer / Producer / Lover ...of gear http://michaelnielsenmusic.com/ | |
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7th November 2007
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| Gear interested  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Temple/Austin, Texas
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 | Our Mac never heats up. We run HD3. What DOES heat up is the 92 and 198 I/O units. The HD expansion also runs pretty warm. We actually have an editing station with an old G4 and comparing the two, the MacPro is a LOT quieter.
__________________ "Sometimes I like to think I actually know what buttons to press..." |
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7th November 2007
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Los Angeles
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Thread Starter | GREAT to hear guys! |
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7th November 2007
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New York
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| My octopre is louder and warmer than my MacPro is super quite and doesnt feel warm really a lil more in the back. my 2 20 inch apple cinemas warm the room up more than it does. |
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7th November 2007
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dallas
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| when you got the right beat crackin.... it gets crazy hot...  nah... it's a very cool machine..  just joking.. it runs fine even with big track counts and heavy processing..
__________________ PTHD 2, 8 core 2.26 Mac, 6 gigs of ram, 8TBs of storage, Logic and tons of instruments and extremely talented. |
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