[Ben Jenssen]

I actually use both Turbo Switcher and Macs Fan Control. I find it gives me the full manual control that I want. I keep turbo boost off until I feel I need it (that's off most of the time), that takes the general temp down 10-20C°. And I have the base fan speed higher than the factory auto settings' base (1700rpm). Anything under 3000rpm is silent for me. So my mac is really cool when not under any stress. If I see the temperature rising too much, it's a simple click in the menu bar to temporarily kick the fan a bit.

BTW, this is my 4th mini this past year. I've been thru an i3/16gb, i5/32gb, both 2018 and an M1/8gb and now a i7/32gb. I never had a problem w/fan noise on the i3 and i5, and most certainly not the M1, that thing stayed so cool.