Which brand/models has the best ventilation/cooling?

Some laptops I've had and seen, make an awful lot of noise and gets really warm. (Dell, Acer, Fujitsu, etc.)

Has this changed and if so, who are the good ones at staying cool and quiet? I read a review on a new Lenovo and he said the fan had no dynamic speeds, just low and max.
Cool and quiet is one of the key features for me on a laptop, but you can never read much about it, unless someone is doing a proper review.

What do you think guys?

 

Asus G73/G74.

Basically, a built in notebook cooler included with each system.

 

Sager / Clevo has well made cooling.
I own the Clevo P170HMx with a Intel Core i7 2720QM and a OCed AMD Radeon HD 6970m and on full load its not even reaching max fan speed.

 

I haven't heard much about the newest Asus cooling systems, but I don't expect them to be better or worse than Clevo or MSI as far as performance.

Clevo is unfortunately a brand that uses VERY loud fans. Doesn't matter if they are on low speed.

MSI laptops have pretty good cooling these days, so do Alienwares, not sure which is quieter. I think MSI is probably a little better than Alienware with cooling, but they don't have any laptops with 2 gpus (or more than 1 fan).

 

Asus should definitely be better than MSI in terms of cooling. I saw a couple powernotebook videos and the g74 definitely outcools the msi gt780. This should hold true with the g53 and gt680 since the cooling systems are fundamentally the same.

Not sure about Sager though.

 

it's hard to rate any brand better than Alienware or Clevo, since none of them offer top of the line GPUs.

I think Clevo 7280 has the best cooling, it has desktop cpu + 2gpu option

 

You have to choose a class of laptops first. For example, I'm sure my Thinkpad T500 is quieter than any gaming laptop out there, but obviously it doesn't quite measure up in gaming performance. Likewise, the Dell Mini 10v is extremely quiet, because it doesn't even have a fan, but for most purposes, an Atom CPU isn't the best choice.

Thinkpads in general are pretty good at staying cool and quiet, particularly the Thinkpad T420 and T520. The TPFanControl software can also be used to adjust the fan speed if you feel the BIOS fan settings are too loud.

 

Yeah, I meant something with i3, i5, i7 or AMD E, A-Series and faster. a Sub 8 Watt TDP is not going to need as much cooling, and therefore be rather quiet.

 

ThinkPad is the most quiet laptop brand I ever owned. Tempratures on my ACER (signature) drops about 10C when I take the cover off. (load). Face palm.

 

The newest ThinkPad models have much louder fans than old school ones; pre _x10 series are much quieter. My fans on my T60/Z61t's are much quieter on max than my T410s. But as MidnightSun stated, tpfancontrol is a very powerful program in controlling the fan speed.

Pretty much giant gaming laptops and giant mobile workstations are going to have very good cooling.

 

I still remember my T61. I used it in my classes, and it was just brilliant. Just wanted to say.

 

Ugh! There is someone I know, pretty well with an Acer laptop a few years old where the fans keeps spinning up and down, all the time. It's the most annoying computer I've tried, just seeing it makes me cringe. On top of that I needed to take it apart to find the back-up battery, but I never found it!!! Arrrrrghhh!!

I've tried newer Acers, but they haven't been 100% either, in my book. I'd never buy an Acer, myself.

 

I'm actually pretty 'in love' with my Acer. My maxtemprature is about 85C on chipset with broken heatsink. I have orderd new parts and I'm working on some modification plans. Going to publish everyting once it is finished.

 

Asus cooling, while great, I don't think compares to AW/Clevo. It takes a LOT more to cool down two 100+w TDP cards than it does a single 70w one. It's just a little overhyped, that's all.

 

Since this thread is about cool and quiet, I don't think AW/Clevo has that distinction - even if it sports the superior cooling system.

With the Asus solution, you can actually use the system fully without ear protection or being too out of place in a boardroom setting.

Can the AW/Clevo units compare?

 

Asus' cooling is good for what it has to cool, same goes for AW and Clevo. It's not a matter of the maximum load the cooling is able to handle, but rather how it can handle the load it was designed for. In this regard, Asus is awesome. Why design cooling for over 200W of TDP is the total TDP of both CPU and GPU isn't going to exceed 125W. Asus' cooling on the G series can handle more TDP than what the components can deliver, but there's also no point in oversizing the cooling too much as it will only drive cost up for little benefits.

The cooling on AWs and Clevos is also very good and was designed for the parts that can go in them, same goes for Asus. Asus wins in terms of noise levels though. Heck, even while gaming, i have to be in a very quiet room to hear the fans on my G73. On battery, the fans are off half the time too.

 

lol. I think clevo would be the only one, and maybe a few Optimus/Switchable GPU "normal looking" laptops

 

I cant say much on the current refresh of Clevos but the ASUS G series is pretty good, but in all honesty I find some of the business class units like my Elitebook running alot colder and quieter especially compared to our AW's ( m17xR3 and M18X ), granted my GPU is an older 5870 and not a crossfire or SLI config but my CPU is not exactly as cool as the new SB's

 

I have an Asus G73 and Sager 8150. Both run cool and quiet for me. I can't tell the difference between them.