- Joined
- Apr 20, 2017
- Messages
- 41
- Motherboard
- Asus ROG Strix Z270G Gaming
- CPU
- i7 7700K
- Graphics
- HD 630
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hi OK I am sorry for the remark (stupid was really strong my english is not so good)
I hear you ... you are right. I can only tell my experiences with my iMac. I also know others with similar problems my machine 8 years old, and I had many problems with it but I am still using it writing this on it right now. I will sell it after I build the Hackintosh. And yes it keeps its value quite well.
It might be that mine is an early i7 chip which was quite fast in it's time so it might be the cause for the heating problems, I also know other iMacs even older than mine which are OK (the screen is not as now but it is OK) those are Core2Duo which never produced that much heat.
But I still think that the iMac as a fast production machine might not be the best idea...
I'll tell you one thing I've learned from this Hackintosh experience -> thermal issues are real!
Before I built one of these machines I never imagined thermal issues to be such a problem, and to be honest Apple has always hidden them from me in my iMacs and laptops for the most part such that I didn't realise how big an issue they were to deal with. Probably with my latest (i7-7700K) Hackintosh I went way overboard with too much cooling, but I figured too much cooling is better than not enough, right? It's not the most aesthetically pleasing form factor my machine, but it's fast and it does stay cool at least!
I do look forward to seeing how they do with such a fast chip in this form factor with the iMac Pro. I doubt they'll be perfect, but the form factor I still find to be the sexiest around. To have a machine like that on a desk reminds me of my first iMac when a friend looked at the iMac screen and asked where the computer was located, thinking there was a tower hidden somewhere. That's technology done super cool, and I like that very much!