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Most Effective Laptop cooler
So my gf just bought this laptop http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=34-313-742 and were trying to find out what would be the best laptop cooler to buy for it.
Thanks yall
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Since your laptop is brand new, you prob don't need a cooler. They were meant to used if you own a much older laptop that over heats because of age. I am using a older laptop myself and I still don't have to use a cooler only because I keep the hard drive very well maintained with one particular program that is free to use and that is CCleaner. it keeps unwanted cookies off your laptop and keeps the registry up to par.
So with a brand new laptop I would not even worry about a cooler. If it is running hot I would be taking it back under warranty. After all a well design laptop should have good air flow built in.
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"2) Temperatures - Temps can get REALLY hot. I was playing Crysis 2 and the laptop went up to 97 degrees Celsius. Use an efficient cooling pad for this laptop because you're going to need it for high-end gaming. (Temps drastically dropped down to a low 70 degrees C when having a laptop cooler run with it)."
This was a comment posted about this laptop last week so i want my gf to get a fan cooler right away so she can lower the chances of the laptop having over heating problems
Omg im asking about a effective laptop cooler idc wat the room temp is because shes going to be moving around all the damn time not siting in the same spot.
On topic i want to know a good effective cooler wortth buying if you dont have information dont bother replying to this thread
Gravarg: So how much was that?
I just chk out your laptop from good egg and to tell you the truth that is a lot of graphics card for a laptop. For a card with that much power, I would hope that it had room to breath. So yes I do see your dilemma. It seems that the cooler that you own is just fine then for your G/F they very honestly but for the most they should all lower the temp very well. My suggestion at this point will be not to go for the most expensive one but the one that allows the laptop to breath. Sorry I cant really recommend one since I have not had any reason to use one.
Hope the best with your endeavors.
Ya its aight man lol thanks anyways
It was like $220 after taxes. It also allows me to have a blu-ray drive, 4 extra USB, and an external HDD all built in one. My laptop can have a blu-ray, but I'm using that slot for my 2nd graphics card for Geforce SLI.
I like it because it keeps it cool, but the USB let's me hook up a nice speaker system to my laptop when I'm at home gaming. And a draw pad for work. the HDD let's me create like my own cloud, that updates everytime I come home and plug it in.
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You could always try something like this to start with
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834982224
See how that or something similar works. Running SLI in a laptop heat will be an issue regardless when gaming. Hopefully the ambient room temp is cool wherever you are doing heavy gaming sessions.
LOL! Nice, really nice.
I have terrible heat problems with mine since I run the piss out of it and it's only made for casual use.
I throw a freezer pack under it and make sure I don't block air vents.
I realize this sounds ghetto, but it works amazingly well. I get at least an hour of never even having the fan turn on past low speed.
Unless the ambient temp is like, 'vegas-in-direct-sunlight' or something, it's not a huge factor. The whole point of fans is to keep air moving, not necessarily to blow colder air in (although that's ideal).
Anyway, this one worked pretty well for me when I used it.
Here's my question: Is she actually using it on her lap, or is it on a flat surface and still overheating?
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And all of those are talking about ambient temps in the 80's on up. That is not a normal indoor temp for most people. So like I said, unless the temp is sitting at some extreme or unusual number, it simply will not factor into any measurable performance issues as long as the unit is properly cooled.
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I don't know, living in the southwest or any desert climate and the temps in the summer outside are 100F+, indoors even with A/C are over 80 commonly. Ambient is a big deal, but it's also a hard factor to control - most people don't want to live in a refrigerated sub-60F room just so their laptop will live a bit longer (nor is that cost effective unless, as one person suggested, you move to Antarctica).
That being said, the guy who said a docking station dropped his temps from 95 to 80 (ambient) - you have your units confused. Your ambient temp is not 80C, unless your a lava-dwelling microbe, and no matter how good your cooler is your laptop is not running at 80F.
The guy who said fans are just to move air and not to pull in cooler air - totaly wrong. The entire point of a fan is to pull in cooler air. If you just move air, you aren't cooling anything. If you want to test that theory, block the vents off - then your just "moving air" inside the case... see how well the laptop gets cooled off then.
The icepack suggestion - actually a very good one. I've seen that one before. It doesn't last too long, and isn't comfortable on a lap at all, but it's probably the most effective. Aside from that, the fancy ones just a fan mounted on a lap desk, and the cheap ones are just a pair of riser pegs so your laptop has a bit more clearance underneath it than normal. The fan in your laptop isn't very big at all - 80mm is commonly the biggest they get and most are well under that.
If she is going to be using it in her lap - a lapboard may be all she needs to help, as clothing/legs have a curious way of molding around the laptop and blocking vent ports. Something with a fan wouldn't hurt, but then you have another plug or battery to worry about. Making sure the laptop is sitting on something flat and hard is the best preventative measure you can take - sofas, tops of beds, pillows, laps, anything soft or cloth will hinder the ability of the laptop to cool itself with what it was engineered with. Contrary to what you may think, laptops are designed assuming they will sit on a desktop, not a lap.
Make sure you don't turn the Energy option up to High Performance, that may help games but it will crank up the heat (and kill battery life). Leave it on Energy Saver if you can stand it, or Balanced if you absolutely have to.
I don't think any cooler is going to work that much better than any other, aside from custom making something that blows directly into the intake vents of your specific laptop model. You bought a laptop, it's going to get hot, that's a fact of life.
Probably the most important bit is to put it on a platform where every vent in the chassis is unobstructed, even in the bottom. Also, making sure the vents and pathways stay clean. Just like with a PC, all the fans and cooling in the world don't mean squat if cool air can't circulate from intake to exhaust.
A couple foot long 2x4's would do that just fine.