Gateway M Series: Infinite vs Zalman vs Belkin

Okay, so I own a M-152XL, which is part of gateway's current M series, thus sharing the same chassis with laptops such as the M-6862, M-6864FX, etc. etc.

Since BestBuy has had multiple Gateway 15 inchers on sale lately, I assume more and more people will be getting them. So, more people will want to know whats the best cooler for this type of notebook. So since I have tried out many notebook coolers to see which ones have been the most effective, I thought I should share. I can tell you now, if you already have a notebook cooler that does anywhere from 2-4/5C cooling, that is the best you will get, so be happy with it.

In this thread, I am going to rank the three notebook coolers that I have found to the be the most effective (in terms of cooling) in various different categories. The point of this thread is not to provide a full review on either of the coolers but rather to be a quick reference point for someone who cannot decide which of these to purchase:

Notepal Infinite
Zalman NC2000
Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand

Just to let people know, I have owned and tried out all of these three coolers.

The following are full reviews on the coolers that are specific to a Gateway M Series Chassis:
Notepal Infinite (I will write a review on this soon as I stop being lazy )
Zalman NC2000
Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand
*Note all of these coolers were reviewed at a room temperature of ~26C


Build (Best -> Worst Build)
Zalman
Notepal
Belkin

Weight (Lightest -> Heaviest)
Belkin
Notepal
Zalman

Noise (Most silent -> Loudest)
Zalman
Notepal
Belkin

Cooling (Best cooling -> Worst Cooling
This is a tie between all three coolers. All of them do ~2-4/5C

Price (Cheapest -> Most Expensive)
Belkin
Notepal
Zalman

Performancerice Ratio (Highest -> Lowest Ratio)
Belkin
Notepal
Zalman

Recommendations
If you are short on cash: Go with the Belkin
If you will use your laptop on places other then a desk: Go with the Notepal
If you are concerned about build quality, or noise: Go with the Zalman
If you want the best 'bang for the buck' in terms of performance/price: Go with the Belkin
If you want a cooler that has good build quality and effectiveness for a fair price: Go with the Notepal

 

Thanks for the review! Good info to know they're all about the same performance-wise. I'm running a new M-6862.

 

i have the zalman 2000. On load without the cooler gpu reaches low 80s. With the cooler it tops out at 64c.

 

You must have a special one...it never did that for me.

Are you testing the same load everytime?

I did tests at same room temps, doing the same load everytime. I did multiple tests.

And I dont recall my GPU ever hitting low 80s, even during benchmarking. With or without cooler.