The room is at 26C (55%RH) and the mini idles (2% cpu) at 71C cpu diode and about 66C cpu proximity with ambient air sensor in mini at 56C. The mini is on a metal wire shelf that allows airflow into the bottom intake and the rear cables come down from the top so as to not obstruct the exhaust vent. Now I know that the total amount of heat isn't going to change by reapplying thermal compound but I think it might greatly reduce the die temp and thus allow the fan to back off a bit. Thankfully the SMC is working as the fan runs at almost full and thus I can hardly even hear the movie. I am irritated that I cannot enjoyably stream Netflix without the cpu die reporting 95C via iStat Menus and Hardware Monitor by Bresink, although it does settle out to ~90C. This mini has the discrete gpu thus ~6W idle additional heat to dissipate. This is actually my 2nd mini as I exchanged the first one hoping the 2nd one would run cooler. My mini is still under warranty as it hasn't been out for very long.
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