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Notebook Cooler Recommendations?

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The warranty on my M1330 has expired and it’s running hot again, so I’m looking to get a cooling pad. I did a bit of research and the Cooler Master products seem to be highly reviewed and decently priced. Some models in particular that caught my eye are the X-Slim, the U1, and the X2.

I’ve never used a cooling pad before so am looking for feedback from those of you who have. Would you recommend one of the models I listed, or are there better alternatives out there? As I’m sure many of you are aware, the M1330 is infamous for running extremely hot so I want to make sure I get something powerful enough for the job.

Considering the large number of positive reviews for the lower-priced models, I didn’t really look at the more expensive options much (I did look at the Zalman NC1000 some, but it is currently out of stock at Amazon where I get free 2-day shipping and I’m hoping to order something tonight or tomorrow.). If there is a major increase in quality, though, I may consider paying more.
 
try lift your laptop with something, like a book/eraser. It's the space other than the fan of the cooling pad makes your laptop cooler. If doing this doesn't help, I doubt a pad could do any other magic job.
 
Been there, done that. Now I usually have it closed and upside down since it's connected to an external monitor. So you're saying that you don't think the fans in cooling pads actually do anything? Would anyone else care to comment?
 
I have the U1 and it works great. Had it with me when I went to CES and it worked out great. I took the fans off of it cause I didn't need them. For $20 I couldn't be happier.
 
theres a lot of options available, it really depends on what will work for you. the cheap ones are nice since they are cheap and cost effect to replace every year. if you actually take the laptop around with you it also comes down to portability. if it just sits there and spends most of its life connected to an external monitor then you might want to check out this cooler..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834997730

i had this one for a while, i ended up replacing the 2 80mm fans with 2 120mm but it didn't really work to well for me since my laptop usually sat on my lap most of the time. but sitting on a desk it was great. the other nice thing about that cooler is the fact that you can move the fans to where ever you want. especially nice when your laptop doesn't have the standard vent placements.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834997817

this is the U1 the above guy mentioned which is for netbooks or laptops under 13".
 
limitedaccess said:
Give undervolting your CPU a try maybe.
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if its AMD they undervolt an insane amount. but the C2D's don't undervolt very well. tried it with a C2D 1.5Ghz and a C2D 2Ghz (can't remember the cpu names anymore) neither liked being undervolted even .005v. where as my TL-60 under volted from 1.175v to .925v and even my ancient athlon XP-M 2400+ under volted from 1.45v to .985v. it was a night and day difference in temps for both those processors.
 
Portability would be nice, but is certainly not required and function far outweighs portability. 99% of the time I am in my office while using my laptop, so the cooling pad will be stationary on my desk for the most part. Any surfing I do while sitting on the couch, for example, isn't for a long enough period of time to justify getting a more portable cooler than doesn't work as well.
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
if its AMD they undervolt an insane amount. but the C2D's don't undervolt very well. tried it with a C2D 1.5Ghz and a C2D 2Ghz (can't remember the cpu names anymore) neither liked being undervolted even .005v. where as my TL-60 under volted from 1.175v to .925v and even my ancient athlon XP-M 2400+ under volted from 1.45v to .985v. it was a night and day difference in temps for both those processors.
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I got my t5800 (c2d 2ghz) down quite a bit, from 1.25v to 1.05v (this is the lowest rmclock let me). Results may vary of course. Also handy for manually limiting the clock speed if I'm just web browsing for instance.

Some other things you can try for notebook cooling btw -
Replace the panels on the back with more open ones. You can find some replacement panels for some more popular models on ebay. Or if you are good I guess you can make your own. If I remove the back panel on mine it drops the temps quite a bit.

I also replaced the thermal pad they used (for the GPU) with a small copper sheet (and paste on both sides) and thermal paste.
 
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