Good or bad value cooler for M1530?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8915

Has someone tried this laptop cooler with the M1530? One of the fans might blow directly into the laptop due to its positioning if I look at this photo:
http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0108uo6.jpg

Just wondering if it might intervene with the sound/mic-output at the front?

It's cheap though for 15.52 or should I go with the Coolermaster Notepal Infinite?

 

Someone already did a quick review of the NC2000 here . The general assessment was that the cooler did not produce any additional worthwhile cooling more than just raising up the back of the notebook an inch did. This is the same thing the 9 cell battery does in comparison to the 6 cell battery. Go to Home Depot, purchase a 12" section of 1" x 1" wood from the decorative trim section.

 

Sorry for the confusion, but I was talking about the cooler from dealextreme. I've read the review already of the NC2000. I was using the photo to illustrate the cooler of the dealextreme might be better due to the position of the cooler in comparision with the NC2000.

 

No actually, the three fans in your pictures are all located on the top.
If you look at your m1530, there is one really important intake at the top, while there are around 5 other intakes at the bottom. You'll get great performance from the one fan blowing into the top intake while the other two fans are wasting away.

Plus, if you really look at it, the m1530 fan intake isnt really positioned near the very top like the fans seem to be in the cooler.

 

Ive done a video review of the NC2000 - its video 8 here.

You can still use it, as its a very good cooler - but as I show in the video you'll need to bring the system down a bit further for it to get the best cooling.

Nevertheless, I wouldnt bother with the cooler you link to. You really dont need one. I later found that by raising the back of the notebook about half an inch, it reduced the temperatures anyway, since the intake had clear access to fresh, cool, air. Hence, my 9 cell battery on my M1330, is enough to raise the back of the system up enough. With my M1730, I used to use bottle tops to raise the back.

What you notice with a cooler, is that the temps still rise to what they usually go to, but they will rise a little slower, and fall quicker. many people thing that by using a cooler, the temps will never go as high as they did before, an dthe whole system will stay cool permanently. Thats not true. The system will still get to the temps it did before, but since its being cooled at the same time, it will just take a little longer to get to that max temp.

So, for example, if your system took 5 mins to get to 60c, then with the cooler it may take 10 mins to get to 60c instead. If the system took 2 mins to reduce the temp back down to 45c, then with the cooler it will take 1 minute instead, and so on.

 

Thats true for normal operations, browsing the internet, photoshop, dvds, etc. And thats because your system exhaust doesnt turn on for these activities.

Ive reviewed the NC1000 with a xps1530 and found the max temps only going down 1-2C.

The big difference is that when your gaming and the system exhaust is running on full, you'll see a much much larger improvement. The cool air that the cooling pad blows in actually gets circulated and thus drops your system max temperature.

Its safe to say that laptop coolers are really worth it if your into gaming but not very much for normal usage.

 

btw, which is the best available cooling pad for m1530??
can post any links?? thx