Feedback re: Passive Cooling for Sager NP5760

Heya, looking for some feedback about passive cooling for my NP5760.

I'm purchasing the Zalman ZM-NC1000 for use at home or whenever I'm gaming, but I'm also looking for a quieter, lighter weight, more portable solution for use in classes and conferences. In latter types of situations, the load would be light, mostly coding, writing, surfing, etc.

I was wondering if anyone had used any of the passive, heatsink type solutions, such as Gigabyte's 2 offerings:

http://www.coolerguys.com/ghroll.html
&
http://www.coolerguys.com/gpadgby11.html

or the soft one by Thermaltake:

http://www.coolerguys.com/ttixoft.html

or the heat pipe idea from Nexus:

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=notebook_cooler

Feedback appreciated in advance! =)

 

Ok, my thoughts

The fans under are intake fans so apart for giving your laptop a fresh and hard surface to sit on, most flashy designs will be useless.

The 2 gigabyte are wonderful ideas! I think the foldable pad is real nice. Just make sure the 5760 feet can sit on the pad as it's made for 15" laptops. Measure the distance between the midde of the 2 back feets and make sure it fits on the pad. Let me know, I might get one!

The rollable one is also cool, but less portable IMO. You'll need a big bag with lots of empty room. The roll will be bulgy.

Don't even think about the thermaltake. Usually they make great product, but this one is definitely not for notebooks with intake fan under. You'll blow your latop with this. This is suitable for when intakes and out vents are on the sides.

As for the last one, nice idea, but no use for the 5760. The 5760 feet will prevent the notebook to get in contact with the surface, making the heatpipes completely useless. And honestly I doubt heatpipes could do something there. Usually a laptop will become warm, not hot, so this is overkill...

 

You've pretty much confirmed my thoughts on the matter; I did measure the feet and I think the G-Pad should work. The "feetsie-print" of the 5760 is almost on par with the 15-inchers, so I've even been able to make my son's ultra-portable GearHead cooler sit properly under my 5760, albeit very carefully.

My one concern on the G-Pad is the magnetic closure -- I'll be removing that thing upon opening the package.

I'll report back with temps that can be monitored but for the external temperature, it will be strictly subjective.

Thanks for the input!

 

Just checking if you got the G-Pad . Does it work well?

 

I'm vary wary of the various claims of passive notebook cooler manufacturers so I've decided to build my own. I've started a thread about that:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=136134