laptop cooler necessary?

is a laptop cooler (the type that you place your laptop on top of and it circulates cool air) necessary or is it a luxury purchase?

 

Depends on how much your laptop is heating up, what is your usage pattern going to be like, what is the amount of ventilation beneath the laptop etc.? For example, with the _Dell_XPS_M1530, 9-cell, the laptop is already having a nice lift and good air flow beneath the laptop.

What laptop do you have?

 

hp hdx 18 ما شاء الله which is my first laptop so im still finding my way around, i mainly use it for web surfing, anything upto 12 hours a day (but not necessarily continuous).

 

You don't need a cooler for an HDX 18. We don't need them for the HDX 20" Dragons - you'll find they're arguably one of the coolest running systems on the market. Typical average temp for my HDX's X9000 CPU is 86F-96F, NVIDIA GPU runs at 120F, which is the hottest component running. The GPU in the HDX 18 isn't quite as powerful. Even in hotter than average room temps my HDX doesn't increase temperature that much, even if I've got several CPU/RAM intensive programs open and running at the same time.

Make sure though, that like any notebook you keep the intake and exhaust vents on the bottom and back of the system unblocked so that you have good airflow all the time.

All of the HDX's run cooler than most systems. Don't waste your money on a cooler - you don't need one. If you want to monitor your internal system temps, you can download and install HWMonitor, which monitors several key temperature points in your system. You can get it at CPUID.com: http://tinyurl.com/df5ax

 

A laptop cooler can be handy if you use your laptop in a dusty environment a lot. - It doesn't get quite so hot then if you forget to clean it.
I removed quite a lot of dust from two of my mother's laptops!
(God knows how she did it...)

Saying that though, all our laptops worked well without a laptop cooler, so you should be generally OK without.

And as mentioned above, air flow is important - so don't block any vents.

 

i using a notebook cooler but GFX temp will up 62 degree C when i watching movie, CPU voltage up 1.251 V. Is temp abnormal?

 

If your CPU temp is 62°C nothing is wrong as far as I'm aware.

 

ok thanks guys, looks like i needn't bother with one then.

 

May sound funny but If you want the laptop raised a bit for some airflow, then the easiest way is to get a couple of plastic bottle caps and place one under each of the two existing rubber feet at the back.

Of course its not gonna be as good one of these fan coolers but its a quick and more portable solution.

 

I think the internal cooling system should be sufficent to keep it cool. After all its designed to do that if it cant do it on its own then you have a crappy laptop.

 

I agree with what you saying tippy however If one was using there laptop to game then it would make sense to want extra cooling to keep the laptop for longer. Im pretty sure a card running at 85+ a lot is not going to last as long as one in a system that mainly surfs the web.

 

While logically this is true, in practise a laptop should not fail sooner without a laptop cooler unless the manufacturer supplies one with it from the start.

Also, I doubt a laptop cooler would drop the GPU temperature significantly - but I stand to be corrected on that.

The temperature in the GPU core is also different to that measured by the temperature probe.

A healthhy GPU (as opposed to the faulty NVidia A2 revision of the G84 chipsets) shouldn't be affected by high temperatures as long as they stay within the set limits over a reasonable lifespan.

The faulty NVidias lasted about 13-14 months in the Vaio FZ (much shorter in the Dell XPS)
So at least 2-3 years could be expected from a "healthy" GPU I'd say.

 

Definitely a must for performance laptops, especially if you are using that laptop constantly for intense uses. Think of it as those high performance desktops that need constant and serious methods of cooling because you just can't take the risk of things overheating and shortening the life expectancy of the system.

For a conventional laptop with no serious performance parts being utilized, its a luxury just to have it. However, it becomes a must for the situation as indicated above.

If you game the latest stuff, edit HD video, graphics or 3d modelling, encode movies and burn a lot, I suggest you get one.

 

I plan on doing all that stuff on the new HDX 18t I just ordered. Are there any other HDX 18t owners who can recommend a cooler from personal experience? I was considering getting the NZXT Cryo LX since it can also sub as a docking station. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

i have a simple tray with mesh holding my laptop for when i couch surf to keep air circulating under my laptop
dell vostro 1700

 

I use a book under the rear "feet" of my notebook. You'd be surprised of how much that helps.