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If i'm not mistaken, he indicates he's running the 6k display from it. That would likely be the cause: That's a lot of pixels to push from a mobile GPU.

• cglace 7y ago
  if I’m not mistaken he mentions disconnecting it.
• pier25 7y ago
  The CPU temps increase by at least 10ºC whenever you plug something to the TB port. I've seen this happen on my last 4 Macs with TB. Not only monitors but SSDs too.
  • chubs 7y ago
    SSD's even? That's amazing. They shouldn't draw much current, and certainly shouldn't use much CPU.
    • pier25 7y ago
      Yep. Happened to me a couple of months ago on my iMac 5K with TB3. I guess it's because the TB controller is off when nothing is plugged.