Mac physical maintenance

[Only RF]

AI is pretty intense. I've been using Adobe's Denoise AI quite a bit in the last 3 weeks. I can't be positive if this is not a coincidence. I just got my 4 year old 27" iMac back from service. I knew it was full of dust. I just ran about 5 files in a row and the fans never kicked in once. They were kicking into high gear pretty frequently. Seems like processing time shaved off about 9 seconds. The fan makes sense but not sure if the time can actually be affected.

 

[TonyB]

Excess dust obstructing the vents would limit the air flow within the computer. Restricted air flow along with system demanding processes would cause the processor to heat up pretty quickly. The computer’s thermal protection will kick in and throttle the processor to reduce that excess heat. Throttling (slowing) the processor would increase your processing time.

 

[Only RF]

Interesting. Thanks