One thing I would like to do on this new iMac that I do on my PC is to use Handbrake to render H.264 1080P mp4 from mkv files using high quality custom settings and H.265 4K once the future AppleTV's support. I don't have it yet and am planning to get the new 2017 27" iMac with the 4.2 GHZ i7-7700k processor, 32GB Ram, 1TB SSD. Needless to say I am thrilled because I am not a PC fan at all. I'm finally going to switch to an iMac from my desktop PC and have been a MacBook Pro user for years. Though the iMac Pro is right around the corner and cools much better, but with a huge premium We have multiple 2011, 2012, and 2013 iMac's at my previous workplace and they were using Premiere, After Effects, Handbrake, FCP, etc all the time on a regular basis and only one (2011) had a failed GPU (known issue) and the rest have been fine even running full tilt for years on end during the work week. How comfortable should we be with this? Eh, probably not too comfortable but they do seem to keep going. I now use a Late 2013 13" rMBP and it does much the same, though doesn't seem to have to fight quite as hard as the '08 did but it's used daily as well and hasn't shortened it's life either. It is now 2017 and it's still running so I'm guessing it didn't damage it after doing that for 6 years when it was my primary Mac. My previous model was a Late 2008 MacBook (yes encoding with a Core 2 Duo is slow, but it was quick back then) and it would run up to 210 Fahrenheit, or close to 100 C when encoding with Handbrake for hours at a time in some cases, or when gaming under Boot Camp. Though I've been using MacBooks to encode for years, even game on. Is this something that I am going to want to avoid with this iMac or are there ways to sufficiently cool it? Running a processor at 80° or higher for extensive times can damage the computer and shorten the life of the processor and I want to avoid that. I am holding on to this PC for that purpose if the iMac has problems. When loading the Handbrake que with several video files on my PC all four cores are running at 100% and do not go over 57° Celcius which I am very happy with. My current PC is running windows 7 64 bit, has the i7-4770K (Not overclocked) processor, 16GB Ram and the Corsair H80i cpu cooler with 2 SSD drives.
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