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so it is fine?

That temp is fine. My MacBook Pro runs much higher than that. Looking now, its at 67C with youtube playing video, steam downloading a game update, and browsing the forum. 

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My late 2014 Mac mini always seams to get hot on the top and on the back. Sometimes really hot in my opinion. Sometimes I forget to turn it off but it is an apple computer the power buttons are in a hard place. Well anyway is this normal? Thanks!

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after boot and the download.

 

Looks fine to me,except the HDD bay sensor derp..If the system doesn't crash or stutters while in use, I see no real problem with it. Apple are know to run their pc fan quite slow focusing more on the silent than outright low operating temperature.

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Looks fine to me,except the HDD bay sensor derp..If the system doesn't crash or stutters while in use, I see no real problem with it. Apple are know to run their pc fan quite slow focusing more on the silent than outright low operating temperature.

so it is fine?

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after boot and the download.

First of all, the HDD bay sensors are broken, they always read that on the 2014 Mac minis with Yosemite. (Apple doesn't care so they won't fix it.) 

If you want to, you can download SMC fan controller and run the fans higher. But remember that the outside of the case on a Mac Mini is essentially a heatsink for the CPU. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

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so it is fine?

That temp is fine. My MacBook Pro runs much higher than that. Looking now, its at 67C with youtube playing video, steam downloading a game update, and browsing the forum. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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First of all, the HDD bay sensors are broken, they always read that on the 2014 Mac minis with Yosemite. (Apple doesn't care so they won't fix it.) 

If you want to, you can download SMC fan controller and run the fans higher. But remember that the outside of the case on a Mac Mini is essentially a heatsink for the CPU. 

 

Or he can also use Macs Fan Control. IINM the fan can run up to 6.5k rpm and currently it is running at its lowest speed it can.

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First of all, the HDD bay sensors are broken, they always read that on the 2014 Mac minis with Yosemite. (Apple doesn't care so they won't fix it.) 

If you want to, you can download SMC fan controller and run the fans higher. But remember that the outside of the case on a Mac Mini is essentially a heatsink for the CPU. 

i don't think that apple does't care. they could be fixing it right now.

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does anyone know of a good fan controller?

SMC fan controller is the one I use. 

http://smcfancontrol.en.softonic.com/mac

I like it because you can save presets so if you are running a CPU intensive project, you can just turn on a higher speed preset. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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another look at my temps

Those are fine. you want to try to keep temps under 70C if possible. But if you game (like me) 75C or maybe 80C is the max you want. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

Stille (Desktop)

Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T

Evoo Gaming 15"
i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD 

VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3)

1x Xeon E5-2690 v2  - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD

Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. 

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