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16" M5 Max 128GB getting blasted by fan noise during active AI tasks, normal?

Hi everyone, I’m running a 16" Macbook pro M5 max with 128gb. Every time I fire up local AI workloads, my fans immediately ramp up to max speed and get incredibly loud, throwing off a ton of heat. This isn't just a brief spike when loading a model like Qwen 3.8, it persists the entire time the chip…

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  1. 2026-09-22 18:43 · r/LocalLLM
    16" M5 Max 128GB getting blasted by fan noise during active AI tasks, normal?

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