Laptop Cooling Pad's

Nate75 said:
Hi.

I have just invested in a new gaming lappy from OCUK.

One of my friends has said don't forget to get a cooling pad...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=959&catid=1843

Are these necessary and if so can someone recommend one?

I have never come across one!

Cheers.
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They arn't necessary but do have their uses.

In general use you will get the same benefit (possibly more) by simply raising the back of the laptop up a bit (I find two blu ray cases under each foot does the trick).

The big benefit comes from running one where the direct air flow can directly cool the laptop components (such as the GPU heatpipes). Normally the back cover of the laptop will most likely block any air flow coming from the cooler itself, negating any real benefit.

I run a modified cooler (with the laptops back cover removed) when benchmarking or gaming for prolonged periods.

With the back cover removed (Clevo P170SM chassis), the cooler is blowing cool air directly over the GPU heatsink assembly and RAM/CPU areas. This has a noticable affect on reducing GPU temperatures by around 4-5 degrees @ 99% load.
 
Have you tried Liquid Metal oweneades?

I've used it on both my CPU and GPU and noticed a decent drop in temps. CPU i'd regularly see the CPU at 70-80 degrees when gaming hard. Since using liquid metal it's not gone higher than 60 degrees.

GPU has seen a similar drop with temps hitting 70 degrees during gaming.
 
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JamesM said:
Have you tried Liquid Metal oweneades?

I've used it on both my CPU and GPU and noticed a decent drop in temps. CPU i'd regularly see the CPU at 70-80 degrees when gaming hard. Since using liquid metal it's not gone higher than 50 degrees.

GPU has seen a similar drop with temps hitting 70 degrees during gaming.
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I have not, will have to take a look at it.

Is it this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=TH-005-CL&groupid=701&catid=27

?

I have just received replacement GPU HSF screws so will try a repaste some MX2 this weekend (at least as an interim). I wanted to double check my AS5 repaste but couldn't due to the screws being made of cheese.

My CPU doesn't really get that hot (60-70 degrees) but my GPU will peak at 92 under 99% utilisation.
 
Thermal paste worked wonders for me and my Clevo P150H or soemthing. My CPU temps dropped from 100c to 90c which is great. A cooling pad brings it down to 86c now.

These gaming laptops are seriously hot thou haha.
 
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