IMac Retina 5K with M295X GPU - is it noisy?

Does anyone have personal experience with the new Retina iMac with the 295X GPU?

Perhaps to look into Activity Monitor, and note what runs there, using
a good deal of resources when the fans run, may be an idea to tell
what is going on at that time. To duplicate the cause is helpful when
troubleshooting or learning the cause of certain symptoms.
Also, check the Console (utility) log files as they can provide a record
of the time and date most any incident occurred. In fact, the Logs are
extensive and to find one actually related to one incident may be hard.
But that is where you could get some ideas, and an expert (not me) in
deductive analytical knowledge of these systems could understand it.
Certain aspects of the system will run-up, there are at least two main
cooling fans in most iMacs; & at least one just for the graphics CPU.
So this is why in my previous post, mention was made about load factor.
However that works out...
Good luck & happy computing!

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   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         121.0 GB   disk0s2
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   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         2.8 TB     disk1s2
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   0:                  Apple_HFS iMac Retina HD         *2.9 TB     disk2
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                                 5A16E295-8476-4500-A588-7DE44FE207B4
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|
+-- Logical Volume Group 26BFCEFD-67DB-4AAE-BA18-4CC5EC205697
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    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         2921855311872 B (2.9 TB)
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    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     120988852224 B (121.0 GB)
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    |   Size:     2800866459648 B (2.8 TB)
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        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
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            Disk:                  disk2
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          2915999940608 B (2.9 TB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            No
            LV Name:               iMac Retina HD
            Volume Name:           iMac Retina HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
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Unless you see a simple solution, it's not worth the hassle at this point for me.
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