Cooling pads

Ok, so I've ordered the computer. Its going to run hot. Where can I get cooling pads for 17 inch screen laptops?

It has a footprint 15.5"x11.3". Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

any suggestons?

 

I know what you mean some times people give you the adivice that you need other times this place down right sucks

 

cooling pads are unnecessary, you could just raise the back of your laptop to get more air underneath.

if your touchpad gets hot (like mine does) then you need to get a fan that you can position near the harddrive/ram/wifi antenna.

 

yes this will help a bit.

i.e. a notebook cooler

Take a look at newegg.com and find one with similar footprint and go for it.

 

but most nb coolers are designed to cool the processer and so are positioned near that. i suspect that most people may have probs with touchpad heat.

 

get a BIG one. the normal size ones barely help my 15.4". also, design means nothing, unless its aluminum. also, the more fans th better. dont worry about the brand. thats just overating.

 

I use a Vantec 3, footprint is smaller than my 15.4" laptop but it has little rubber pads that keep the laptop stable and it works well, laptop surface is always cool to the touch and fans rarely kick in. I think the important thing is that the fans be positioned properly in relation to the vents on the underside of your laptop. Then, as long as you have some rubber pads to hold the laptop in place without slipping, you can probably do well with a cooler that's somewhat smaller than your laptop. I imagine most coolers have such rubber pads - mine was cheap and has pads so probably the others do as well, and you can also buy a pack separately for very little $.

I agree with Shadow - the more fans the better. The first one I ever got had four fans and I think it worked well (until its power died one day...). Later I found out it had lousy reviews at Newegg but I never really understood why. The four fans ensured that the entire underside of the laptop was covered. You might want to check the noise rating, though - the more fans, or the more powerful the fans, the louder it will run. It can get annoying sometimes, especially if the room you're in is otherwise silent.

Aluminum is better but only if the fans are properly positioned for your laptop. I got the Cooler Master aluminum one - it was absolutely gorgeous and I would have loved to have it as a stylish accessory, but unfortunately its fans were not positioned optimally for my laptop (they were along the top of the unit) and it did nothing for cooling.

Also agree that brand names don't matter. Many of the generic two- or three-fan coolers are probably made by the same mfr and just rebranded - when you compare you can see that they are actually all pretty much the same design and specs. I got the Vantec because it was cheapest, and it's doing the job very well half a year later (it's on about 15 hours a day).