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    Using the Zalman NC2000 on the dv5t

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Chango99, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. Chango99

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    These are my temps from casual gaming of Warcraft 3, around 20 minutes without the cooler then turning on the cooler and recording another 20 minutes. Doesn't seem like it helped much :\. Of course, i placed my laptop right on top for a more aesthetically pleasuring look, it looks very ugly and leaves alot of open space in the back if i try to line up the vents.

    As you can see, with the cooler on, the laptop was able to drop 2C on GPU, while 4C on CPU. I personally expected 10C drops so i am disappointed.

    I have a P8600 processor 2.4 GHz and a 9600 GT GPU.

    Next time, i'll place the laptop lower so i can align the back left vent with the cooler's grid and record those temperatures.

    Anyone else care to share experience?
     

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    You have to try to line up the vents to get good performance man...
     
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    My GPU temp dropped almost 20 degrees Celsius with the vents lined up properly running 3dMark06. From 91 max to 73 max...I'm going to do more testing over the weekend hopefully.
     
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    I'm testing right now with just web surfing. I just checked with the fan on and the vents not lined up then with the fan on with vents lined up, saw a drop in 1C in GPU and 3-4 in CPU. I'm idling right now without a fan and i'll see the temp.
     
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    I point a fan at the back of my dv5t and it drops the cpu temps by 15c and gpu by 10.
     
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    Eh, my fan is too high from the vent. Anyway, i'm thinking right now that this wasn't worth the 72$ (tax and shipping) that i paid for it.
     
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    Ok here are 3 snips, all are just web surfing pretty much idle. I did around 10 minutes each, one with fan off, another with fan on no vent line up, last is a vent line up. With the vent line up there is a notable CPU decrease from the non-vent line up, while everything else is minimal.

    So yes, I guess i'll have to push the laptop forward, owell.
     

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