Laptop cooler?

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HvyMtl

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Would like a cooling pad for the laptop, one that blows air, not sucks air.
Not too expensive, and can handle a wide screen 15.6 inch (think closer to 16 inch) laptop.

Bought an Antec Classic, found it to suck air off the bottom of the laptop, not blowing on it, actually caused the heat to increase, as it conflicted with the pull of the cooling fan (Asus N56D Series has cooling vents on the bottom to draw air to the inside cooling.)

Reasonably priced, like less than $30.

Thanks.
 
Hopefully someone has some recommendations for you. Three out of three of the chill pads I've had pulled air away. But I never found them to work against the system fans because the pads move so little air.

Good luck!
 
To be honest all you need is a flat even surface to put under the laptop if you are using in bed or on your lap. Have a friend that made his own from a piece of wood with rubber pads on the corners of the wood to help raise the laptop to let more airflow in the fans.
 
A lot of the coolers, especially those with common 80mm / 120mm fans you can simply flip the fans in them yourself, which is what I've done before
 
Have you tried one of the fanless laptop cooling pads that just creates an air gap under the machine? You can probably make your own as long as it creates a sufficient gap beneath the machine.
 
This is a great laptop cooler. Right size, and price. I have this exact unit. My old laptop would overheat after 30 minutes when gaming, but when it was on this cooler I could game for hours without issue. Placed my kids PS3 on it after I retired the laptop. Not sure why, but it helps keep the PS3 cool, never had an issue with it overheating while on this cooler.

http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-CRYO-LX-...97&sr=8-1&keywords=nzxt+cryo+lx+laptop+cooler
 
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Spazturtle said:
Changing the thermal paste would likely do more then a cooling pad.
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Yes, but I do not want to do that right now, as it may void the accidental damage insurance...

Chrisroman, the cooler you recommended seems to be out of stock. How much $ is it?

Some suggest flipping the fans. I wish I could with the Antec cooler, but it has blowers, not fans. Anyone have a recommendation for a cooler you can flip the fans on?

Thanks
 
Anything that lifts up the laptop works just fine, I had an old 17" Sager out in Iraq. I didn't notice much of a difference at all in thermals with the 3 I tried. Two were active while the other one was just a plain stand cooler with no fans.
 
Bottle caps on the rear legs will do wonders ;)
 
HvyMtl said:
lol bottle caps?
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Like some of the people above and I said earlier all you really need is have the laptop raised to allow airflow to flow through to the fans. Some laptops already have sufficent raised rubber stoppers and only really need a flat surface to allow the airflow.
 
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