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    Who is using cooling pad, with fans for their XPS ?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mar_tin1, Mar 8, 2009.

  1. mar_tin1

    mar_tin1 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm now very happy owner of a cooling pad with fans. My temps are :

    CPU : 29 degrees
    GPU : 40 degrees
    HDD : 27 degrees

    I love this pad. :D :D :D
     
    mar_tin1, Mar 8, 2009
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  2. tjharman

    tjharman Notebook Geek

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    No, I'm not.

    I actually think they're kinda pointless. I bought my laptop to travel around with. Laptops are designed to withstand a certain amount of heat and I think that, given a properly clean and well functioning cooling system in the laptop, cooling pads are mostly pointless because my laptop stays cool enough as it is.

    The temps of course aren't as low as you've posted, but you're only 10c lower on all the temps my m1330 has with no pad.

    But, each to their own though. If you're happy with your purchase that's great. My laptop will probably blow up and melt down much sooner than yours will :)
     
    tjharman, Mar 8, 2009
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    hanming Notebook Evangelist

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    Can you tell me your name, brand, and price of your cooling pad? Also the before and after temperature. Thx
     
    hanming, Mar 8, 2009
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    zimbros12 Notebook Deity

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    I agree.I bought one from BELKIN used it for 5 min and since than never again.
     
    zimbros12, Mar 8, 2009
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  5. zimbros12

    zimbros12 Notebook Deity

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    Are those WIN scores for real?
     
    zimbros12, Mar 8, 2009
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  6. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    ambient temperature?

    i think a cooling fan reduced my graphics temp from (idle) ~70 to (idle)~60-65... it helps a bit because
    (1) theres another fan blowing
    (2) raises the laptop up (like the 9-cell, but i have the 6-cell) and that cools it a bit

    ambient ~ 25

    of course undervolting helps a bit too
     
    paper_wastage, Mar 8, 2009
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  7. tjharman

    tjharman Notebook Geek

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    When I leave my laptop encoding overnight, I prop it up on a large book so it's elevated and can get lots of air though.

    It's a cheap cooling pad :)
     
    tjharman, Mar 8, 2009
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    jeremysdad Notebook Evangelist

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    I duct taped a bunch of bamboo skewrs together to place under the back of my One. :eek: It comes out to be polygonal, so it doesn't roll. :cool:
     
    jeremysdad, Mar 8, 2009
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  9. mar_tin1

    mar_tin1 Notebook Consultant

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    Its this model : AKASA AK-NBC-08BK

    two fans 70x70x15
    fan speed 1500RPM

    can bring from 60 degrees to 30 in few seconds !!!
     
    mar_tin1, Mar 8, 2009
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  10. v_c

    v_c Notebook Evangelist

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    No laptop cooler will drop temps by 30C in a few seconds. No laptop cooler will drop temps by 30C fullstop.

    For the more gullible out there, I would take everything this guy says with a grain of salt.
     
    v_c, Mar 8, 2009
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    Maybe his cooling pad is made of pure liquid nitrogen.
     
    Nition, Mar 8, 2009
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  12. mar_tin1

    mar_tin1 Notebook Consultant

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    And also i have made little adjusments, to the cover of laptop and applied copper mod.


    and these temps are when on idle.
     
    mar_tin1, Mar 9, 2009
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