Is it worth getting a cooling fan for a gaming laptop?

I recently purchased the Aorus X7 V2

Is it worth getting a cooling fan to maximise the life of the laptop?

The internal fans seem to be great - averaging around 60 degrees on processor and graphics cards whilst in game

If so, what type of cooling fan would you recommend?

I was looking at - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Targus-AWE5...1415531169&sr=8-1&keywords=cooling+fan+laptop

I look forward to your input!

 

Use Cooler Master Notepal U 3. The best of all colers.

 

You want to get the Notepal U3 or Thermaltake Massive 23.. Zalman NC3500 is also a good option..

 

I've been using Zalman NC3500 earlier, but this cooler showed no effect on the temperature of my Alienware17. It's my wife who uses the cooler instead. There are better and use the Cooler Master Notepal U3 modified with 12v fans and separate 12 - 15v power supply. That's what I use for my Alienware laptop..

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Thanks for the replies guys

Ordered the Cooler Master, will update with a mini review once it's arrived and I've had a play with it

 

This to me is just all selling money for nothing...you can just raise the backside and that would do more then the cooling fan could ever do nevermind you will have to lug that cooling pad along with the laptop.

 

StormJumper provided a sound advice.
I would also like to add that you could try to look into undervolting your CPU and GPU under load (lowering the voltage at maximum operational capacity which would lower the power usage and subsequently lower the temperatures).
Undervolting and properly applying the cooling paste to CPU and GPU would be the best ways to lower temperatures (if undervolting is doable - which it should be, unless we are talking about specific CPU's which have integrated graphics from Intel that do not support undervolting).

I found that raising the backside of the laptop in my case didn't really help lower the temperatures.
What worked most (for me) was continuous cleaning of the laptop insides from dust (say twice per year) and replacing the thermal grease on cpu and gpu once per year (or once every 2 years) to keep the temps low along with undervolting.

 

Anyway, it is very kurant and use a laptop cooler if you like and play in bed. HAHAHA :laugh:

 

60 is an acceptable temperature. I doubt you'll get life increase by getting those fans. The biggest benefit is if the ventilation space is covered and cause the temperature to shoot up.

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I would ditch the fans. Adds too much bulk and hassle in my opinion. Just make sure to reapply some good thermal paste after a year and that should continue keeping it running cool and try keeping the dust away and clean vents.

 

If you actually check before cooler stand and after temps, they will likely not budge. Otherwise it's just cooling the bottom of your laptop. If it's metal then it may have a slight effect on overall temps, but with most laptops you'd need added ventilation holes to allow forced air inside the machine. Propping the laptop at the back and let the system fans do their work will likely provide about equal cooling improvement, and primarily because the stand will elevate the back of the laptop!

 

This is something the majority forget to do every year do a dissembly and clean out the dust bunnies on the fan and heatsink fins. This will far improve your system performance as well as reapplying the thermal paste. This is the second advice I would give out if raising and it still doesn't cool down then you obvious have a air flow issue that needs attention.

 

If you can get the U3 for $20 or less, go for it. It certainly can't hurt. As long as the fans intake from the bottom of the laptop, it may help airflow a bit. I've never noticed any major difference in temps (maybe 1 or 2 degree C here or there) but the U3 is worth it as a laptop stand anyway. Of course, as mentioned already, nothing helps more than good standard laptop maintenance.

 

Did we forget what HTWingNut just said? Seems so that temp difference is negligible that your wasting good money after bad solutions. What you need to do is assess how your using your laptop and when was the last time you cleaned out the internals would do far more to improve your laptop heat dissipation then a cooler will ever do not to mention the extra baggage you will need to carry to use it and since it doesn't have it's own power source your going to have to figure how to power the cooler should there be no outlet where your at. That is the part sellers don't tell you no power outlet for the cooler no cooler. Also one should remember laptop was meant to be portable complete PC All-In-One unit and bringing a cooloer just defeats the purpose of having a laptop....get a Desktop/Tower instead and leave true laptopping to the rest of us that use it on the move.

 

A good laptop cooler can make a huge difference.

The Zalman NC-3000 is a bit more expensive than the U3, but worth it IMO. This one has 220mm fan, and it enables me to run games at settings that otherwise cause my laptop to overheat and shut down. Highly recommend this one.

 

As I said in a previous post # 4. I have used the Zalman NC-3500 (3500 and 3000 are quite similar) earlier with my overclocked Alienware 17. This cooler did absolutely nothing with the temperature either during gaming or bench testing with a powerful laptop. . Total useless for my case. My wife got it instead. My mod Cooler Master N U3 actually works. It's only because I switched to good 12v fans and use a separate 15v power supply. Without this modification is also Cooler Master U3 too weak to cool my Alienware laptop under hard bench testing. All standard laptop coolers are useless in my opinion if you can not modify them. Total waste of money.

 

**Update**

So the Cooler Master was a complete waste of money

I was very suprised how weak the fans were considering the purpose of them. Seemed maybe less than 20% of the power my laptop fans can produce. Whilst gaming, I noticed no difference in temps at all using the Cooler Master fans. I would not recommend this fan for anyone considering buying it.

@HTwingNut I found a video of yours on youtube and have undervolted my laptop to -50mV using Intel XTU. However, I am still getting temps in excess of 90 degrees Celsius during the stress test. Is this normal? and what other steps could I take in order to reduce temps?

Thanks for all the responses people, much appreciated

 

See Papsun's above post... You'll need to mod and get bigger fans for temp drops although I'm surprised that raising the bottom with the cooler didn't reduce temps...

 

If you modify Cooler Master Notepal U3 as I have done, this cooler works pretty well.
The only thing that really helps you to reduce the temperature: Apply Liquid Ultra thermal grease, which is the absolute best thermal grease that can be purchased for a laptop processor. Nothing can replace a real good thermal grease and a proper application. :thumbsup:

 

Then you have not overclocked your laptop and run Prime95 and Xtu bench test.