Would having 2 monitors attached to my USB hub (along with 1 monitor attached to the MiniDisplay port) contribute to the CPU getting hotter?
My MacBook:
- Core i5@2.5-GHz
- 16-GB of RAM
- 1 HooToo 7 port USB hub
- 2 Diamond USB Multi-Display Adapter
- the USB Display Adapters attach to HP 2511x (25") and Samsung S24D300 (24")
- the MiniDisplay port monitor is HNC iF281D (28")
- MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan)
- I installed iStat to monitor things.
I just read in some forum that the CPU might overheat with more than 1 external monitor???
I have been using this set-up for a few days. It is working fine.
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Thank you man, for publishing the answer.
Just as a follow up to the answer, it won´t make it run hotter, but it will consume some processing from your CPU (while compressing video) and mostly the GPU (for rendering the additional screens), this Wikipedia article tells exactly your answer and adds some context to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayLink