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| - | [* black] Impellers come out in one piece. They're held in place with six screws and they connect to the logic board with [https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/LF51vkc6umaCrtLe.full|spring contacts|new_window=true] so there are no fussy cables to deal with. |
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| - | [* black] Have we mentioned that this thing is beautiful? |
| - | [* black] Thermal talk + debris filter callout |
| + | [* icon_note] Have we mentioned that this thing is beautiful? Everything inside this machine is meticulously crafted, painted, and placed. We knew Apple could build a computer, but dang this is just something else. We'll take 6. |
| + | [* black] Oh—right. They're $6,000. Let's hope that some of this beautiful modularity makes its way to something a little more affordable sometime soon. You can do it, we believe in you, Apple. |
| + | [* black] Now that we're done gushing (sorry about that), let's talk about the gushing that these impeller fans do: |
| + | [* black] The three-fan array comes out in one piece. They're held in place with six screws and they connect to the logic board with [https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/LF51vkc6umaCrtLe.full|spring contacts|new_window=true] so there are no fussy cables to deal with. |
| + | [* black] Right, the gushing—these three axial fans pull cool air through the cheese grater holes, which runs through across the Logic board and through the various heat sinks. The heated air is then picked up by the blower fan at the other end of the Mac Pro and spit out the other side. |
| + | [* black] Now, a few interesting things about this air arrangement: |
| + | [* black] Most tower computers like this one have dedicated fans for the CPU and GPU ''in addition to'' fans at the front & rear of the case. |
| + | [* black] Another thing most tower computers have: some sort of debris filter to get rid of particles in the air that the impeller fans pull in. Apple's engineers are on record saying ''they don't need that'', but only time will tell how dusty these things get. |