Used a notebook cooler for the first time with my m1330

I've read everywhere that the notebook coolers are useless. Knowing that Antec makes good hardware, I ordered Antec USB Notebook cooler from Amazon (paid only $5 after coupons).

It is very well made with aluminum cover and has a nice design. The fans of this units lines up well with the middle of the computer where it normally gets warm/hot. I've been using it for the last week all day at work and then at home. I actually like this very much. The bottom of the computer is just luke warm now. I am running the fan at the low speed.

Most importantly, I am monitoring the temps with Everest and my average GPU temp went down to 60-62 C from 65-67. I am using the LOW setting on the cooler; you can spin them even faster with the added noise of course.

Now, I am asking myself why these are considered garbage by so many? I am sure you have to find a good match since each cooler has a different design, fan placement etc, and each laptop has different locations for CPU, GPU, fans, etc.

Would love to hear some opinions on this.

Cheers!

 

That's pretty much why. Each company has a task of making their product "universal". Due to laptop design this can be a pretty arduous task and some do it better than others. Not to mention the functionality aspect. Some companies just throw out a piece of plastic with a fan stuck into the center and call it a " notebook cooler", while others actually take the time to design a working prototype and run tests with many different brands of laptops and scenarios.

Unfortunately bad rep tends to stick and word of mouth tends to exaggerate, which in the end makes one bad product turn into the whole class of products. In other words its the "one bad apple" theory. That's my take on it anyway.

 

I think the debate is whether they are necessary. I think all agree that they do lower temperatures though. Just propping up the back of your laptop of the desk also lowers temperatures.

 

The Antec was horrible for mine, but grats it worked well for you

 

Good to hear this works well for the m1330, as I recommended the same cooler to another member with the m1330 too.

Whether they are necessary depends on what you use your notebook for. Propping up your notebook is a decent and cheap solution to increase air flow but the make use of a cooler is to maintain a constant supply of cool air to the notebook's vents, and also to cool important areas of the notebook that is not cooled by the actual notebook, such as RAM and HDD.

 

nice to see it workin well with yur m1330.

have u looked into the copper mod for yur GPU yet? should reduce a good amount of heat for u.

 

I am definitely going to do that once the warranty period is over

 

i'm still looking at the Zalman NC1000 for my m1330.... waiting for the $70 GC to arrive...... 6-8 weeks.. sigh