Advice on Asus G1 Cooling Pad

Recently, I have been webbing around for my first notebook cooling pad. They come in different size, shape, fans, noise level, etc. Since I am new at this, could anyone lead me into an adequate one specifically for the G1?

Thanks.

PS. Are they all the same?

 

BTW, I need one for GPU over clocking.

 

i'm currently using this one
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-PPA-Int...Blue-Led-Fans~r-1~CLT-INTR~RFR-www.google.com
i bought this a while ago when i still had my dell xps m1210, which fitted perfectly... but ever since i got the G1 i'm still on a look out for a 'better fit' one. don't get me wrong this one still works alright. the G1 totally covers the cooler, the fan of the G1 covers only like 30% of the right cooler fan (but that's ok for me, even though it's not directly underneath at least there's still ample airflow underneath the laptop), tho one thing that's cool is that the four rubber thingys of the pad where u put the laptop on to elevate the laptop rests exactly 4 of the 6 little rubber stands underneath the laptop, though the two at the front is the rubber stands from the battery rather than from the laptop, so if u're one of those who take out the battery when the laptop's plugged in constantly might find it not as such a good fit

having said that, i'm still looking for a better one
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/zalman-techs-zm-nc1000-laptop-cooler-not-as-noisy-as-you-think/
this baby alone costs around USD45-50... but since i'm in Hong Kong i've yet to find a site that can ship it for anything less than USD10-15 (they all quoted at LEAST another USD45-50, which together is too ridiculous for 'just a cooler')

hope this helps

 

Wow, that is expensive! Thanks for the advice though. So, I should get a big cooling pad vs. a small one, I guess.

I was wondering, how much heat does it lower with that cooling pad? Do you overclock?

 

Wait, so when picking out cooler, you pick for one that is bigger than your notebook base? In case of the G1, I need something bigger than 353 x 284mm?

 

oh sorry my choice is nothing technical/scientific but purely personal... dunno, i just 'feel' more secure if my g1's on top of the zalman cooler instead of the cheapo cheapo one that i've got (got it for a hundred bucks HK which is like around 13 bucks US), just don't want the g1 to tip over and drop, u know?

and regarding my decision to use a cooling pad, again, nothing technical nor scientific. i'm just a prefectionist freak and i just wonna keep the laptop in the best condition (i'm planning to use the g1 for at least 5 years... i'm no hardcore gamer (not much time anyways cuz of work) and so i don't always need 'the best', u know). i haven't personally done ANY temperature monitoring (and no i haven't OC'ed it... YET... i've already found out how (thanks to ma77hew) but no need to do it yet since i'm only playing CSS and it's already more than good enough for that...), but the g1 has always been cool as coolio even without the cooling pad. so just using the cooling pad outta my freakiness

 

Vantec and Targus Chillmate are good.

 

Having gone through a couple of products (on frequent travels), I found the lapinator ( http://www.lapinator.com/) to work the best. It's light, it's comfortable, and it works. It does not provide additional cooling, but it does raise the back of the computer to allow airflow underneath. And most importantly it keeps the heat off you.

 

I went ahead and got the Bytecc cooling pad. was reading many good reviews about this 1 and it is pretty cheap. comes with 1 usb port so you wont loose a usb port for hooking this 1 up to the laptop. this pad raises the back of the laptop aswell. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834999336

 

Thanks biddlemd,
I actually thought of that, no fan, no noise, no vibration = good. However, I only will use the cooling pad whenever I am overclocking (playing games), and I would need massive heat sink. The G1 itself is already insane; producing no noticeable heat/noise at all. When overclock, I just want to be on the safe side. Having temperature raise above 70 degree chills me (ironic).

Thanks hellsent,
That's a coincidence. I was also on newegg.com researching and reading reviews. I narrowed it down to TWO cooling pad based on three factors COST, COOLING ABILITY and FIT. So far, I narrowed it down to yours and this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16834996501

I am really stuck. Both seem the same, yet one of them has blue light.