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    Is a laptop cooler recommended for the A8Jm when playing games?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tallshorty, May 24, 2006.

  1. tallshorty

    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    Is a laptop cooler recommended for the A8Jm when playing games? such as FEAR, HL2, CS:S, etc...? Should I be worried that I might fry my GPU?

    I'm thinking of getting this one:
    http://www.anitec.ca/product/4257/vantec_lapcool2_notebook_cooler/

    or this one:
    http://www.anitec.ca/product/4258/vantec_lapcool3_notebook_cooler/

    The Lapcool3 (link 2) is made of plastic I think but is cheaper although it is a higher version than the more expensive Lapcool2 (link 1). Will that be a problem? Any advice on which one I should get?
     
    tallshorty, May 24, 2006
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    keeping the temps of your system down is always a good thing. i read reviews on both of them, and they disliked the lapcool3 and prefered the lapcool2. i can't remember where i read this from...
     
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    Do you remember what the reasons were?
     
    tallshorty, May 25, 2006
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I did a review on the Lapcool 3, overall it wasn't bad, though the air blowing up was questionably useful.
     
    coriolis, May 25, 2006
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    muji Notebook Guru

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    You can also try the iLap , http://www.raindesigninc.com/ilap.html . I don't know why every new product out there has to be i-this and i-that, as if everything is designed to be mac-centric, but the people over at The Gadgeteer likes it. It's fanless, doesn't seem to be portable, but I think it'd be swell when used in bed or on a nice sofa.
     
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    ejl, May 25, 2006
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