I tested one of Amazon's best rated "laptop cooling pads"… (Llano)
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2024
- About a decade ago my hot Toshiba laptop decided to overheat and switch off for the last time, despite it sitting atop a so-called "cooling pad".
Ever since then I've been skeptical of any product that claims it can drastically reduce temperatures, so when Llano offered to send over their absolute unit of a cooling pad for review, I just had to try it...
Links to RGB and non-RGB versions (with discount codes):
RGB Version:
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(Discounts are valid until March 31st 2024)
0:00 Intro and Features
2:31 Gigabyte G5 KD Gaming Laptop and 300 RPM Noise
3:27 Superposition GPU Benchmark and Temp Test - No Pad and 300RPM
4:00 2800 RPM - Noise and Superposition Result
4:47 Gaming Test - Cyberpunk 2077
5:29 Price...
5:57 Old Alienware M14x Laptop
6:55 Superposition GPU Benchmark
7:15 Gaming Test - The Witcher 3 and Final Thoughts
Thanks for watching :) - Наука та технологія
Thanks for watching :) Llano were kind enough to send over some discount codes for anyone interested in one of these. Here are some Amazon links to the RGB and non-RGB versions:
Amazon UK: amzn.to/3V76GQe (10% Off Code: M4HIZDXU )
Amazon US: amzn.to/4a2aNRU (20% Off Code: UPNHLZNA )
Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3wQA035
Amazon Germany: amzn.to/3T8791V
Non-RGB Version:
Amazon UK: amzn.to/49R3CMa (10% Off Code: DOEPM9J8 )
Amazon US: amzn.to/3TlJhJt (20% Off Code: V13OFFSALE )
Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3uY7vzZ (10% Off Code: JUQNYGRF )
Amazon Germany: amzn.to/3IqwVcM
(Discounts are valid until March 31st 2024)
I could imagine how funny but literally cool it would be to get like a razer package that came with a compatible mouse keyboard cooling pad ect. for like "laptop x". Knowing it all compatible. Would (be)ast!
oh hey, I just recently bought a 4k120hz HDMI 2.1 cable from this brand, it's pretty decent for a cable that costs only $4
Sellout
@@chandlerbing7570hardly, he didn't say buy it, he just posted some results
The dumbest thing you said was that the laptop cooler cooled down the room, it's the same logic of people who thing leaving the fridge door open will cool down the room.
I thought that was a cooking stove at the first place.
I does look like it, I thought the same, some kind of camping stove.
Cooling stove 😂
I accidentally drank my own urine 3 times in a row in one month
Same.. 😅
Your profile icon\avatar is great.
there is only one issue with this pad... it costs more than my laptop...
Its not more then what I spent on the wifes laptop, but its not far off, hers just has a i5 and a 1050 but it was only £170, will probably get her a coolermaster ergostand iv, but theyre only £30
If you have a laptop that cheap it isn't overheating. This is for actual gaming laptops
@@Wobbothe3rd it is a gaming laptop tho, a rog g74sx, with an i7 2630qm and a gtx 560m. and yes it overheats 🤣 paid 100$ on ebay, was an auction
@@Artemis_WR hm its a low end gaming laptop even when it was new so i would expect that temps would be much higher on 570m and 580m
@@Ciffer-1998 still manages over 80° on the cpu, and i've changed the paste
FINALLY!!! Someone has the brains to test this with the lowest possible RPM too! Literally every other review out there just cranks it up the max - praises the low temperatures and complaints about the noise. And the fact that you compared the noise levels with the laptop's own cooling is a cherry on top!
I honestly never expected a laptop cooler to be THAT good
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cuz you havent tried IETS gt600
I can see why this is a highly effective design. It creates a seal around the edge of the laptop and crams air through the vents.
The only reason this wouldn't work is if the laptop had a lifting rear hinge and the foam couldn't make a complete seal.
That's how it work. Without the foam seal, it won't be effective because of leaked and wasted potential. The wind would spill over anywhere but not to the laptop where it supposed to go.
That foam looks tacky. You can already see on the bottom right corner where it's damaged 🤣 Thick industrial rubber, like the stuff on the soles of workboots, would have been better at this price point,
even if it does, some people use these with monitors and keyboards since the keyboard is too uncomfy to type on, so you can have it half open or in clamshell mode
exactly my thoughts im gonna try to recreate this on my own laptop cooler just get a foam cut it in the shape of my laptop, plug any other holes on the cooler except the fan this might work.
wow this actually works i thought all laptop cooling pads were a scam lol
Me too especially after my last experience haha
Entirely depends on the lappy, mine gets cooler just by the tilt of the cooling pad, with the fans off. In contrast, a severly heatsoaked, undercooled lappy will only be cooled by a monstrosity like this or maybe not even by this lol
Having your laptop on a stand with holes is already much better thank keeping it against the desk with no room to breathe. No wonder a pair of good fans makes it even better. The thing is that the majority of laptop cooling pads break very quickly
Most pads provide pretty much the same amount of cooling as just propping the back end of the laptop up on something. But it really depends on how the laptops cooling is designed. A fan that seals well enough to shove large volumes of air right into the case would certainly provide significant cooling.
There are a few factors. For one, these cooling pads assist the original fans in the laptop in pushing air into the bottom of the laptop, creating a higher pressure region and makes the original cooling system more effective.
However, if your thermal paste is dried up, or your internal fans and heatsink are covered in dust, a laptop cooler like this is unlikely to help since it only can assist the original cooler and can't really do much to cool the laptop by itself.
I do wonder however if using the laptop on this stand with a filtered input makes it better in terms of dust compared to regular unfiltered input on the laptop itself.
Cup of tea every five minutes because of being British that cracked me up laughing 🤣☕👍
I laughed so hard when he said that lol
Wait But im not Brit but I need to have at least 6 cups of tea a day 💀
Fun fact, the Irish drink more tea per capita than the British
It was more of a statement of fact than it was a joke. 😆
yep, me too
Much much better design than the usual crappy laptop coolers that just has cheap fans on the bottom. Although it seems incredibly expensive.
It's expensive but way cheaper than IETS GT626 at least.
@@Jakiyyyyy it's the exact same design as the IETS GT600/626
I have an older "non-crappy" Laptop Cooler which is a Aluminium Pad with two 120mm fans in it. Which have a high and low setting. On low they are as loud as a laptop and on high to loud. Low Setting drops the temperature about 5-10°C. Putting a Laptop on this Wedge for 2°C. I never use high. The biggest Problem with it is: I can't buy a new one. The Company is no longer on the market. And the heavy Aluminium Design is replaced by crappy ones in the market. Plastik needs to be thicker, which kills the advantage and most Fans are crappier then the old Revoltec fans at this pricepoint.
There's a $60 one that iets sells which I have. Don't remember the model and is well worth the cost for preserving your laptop from cooking itself
@@Jakiyyyyy that's like 20 dollars cheaper, so I don't get what you mean?
Tears up pieces of fabric to test the power of the fan...now this is peak UA-cam
100% scientific, the ol paper tissue test never fails to demonstrate with perfect accuracy!
You can't decrease the temperature in you room with a fan btw, unless it's taking cooler air from somewhere else and blowing it into the room.
Air movement can however cause a percieved drop in room temperature.
@@KiraSlith that's as long as the air isn't warmer than your body.
@your_average_cultured_dude you're not getting any temps above 30 degrees c in the UK so I'm sure it's fine
@@fjjwfp7819wait till summer
Bro its just a joke
Thats great, my laptop is already pretty well cooled when its elevated, but im really thinking of getting this now because of stepless fan adjustment. Youre a real champ for testing this out!
I have a Razer Blade laptop with a i9/3080ti. It gets hot!
I bought this per your recommendation and...it works!
Thank you so very much.
Also have a Razer Blade, how has it been for you?
I was actually looking to buy myself obe of these and timing couldn't have been better!
Thank you for the discount promo 😊❤
As a PC enthusiast in Florida these are a must 😂
Excellent review as always Steve! Cheers from across the pond as they say 🤘💯
Thanks for watching :)
£130 for a cooling pad, they are having a laugh!
If it gets the job done for better performance, why not?
In a desktop setup there are people replacing the stock cpu fan with a 100+ euro AIO that gives better cooling and thus performance.
You can get iets gt500 for cheaper price. This is what I have used for the last 6 months and is great cooler. My CPU temps never get above 75c, and this is max I ever seen after 5+ hours of gaming. I also use ANC headphones, so I barely hear anything outside.
The one saving grace is that heat really kills batteries, so this will likely help keep said battery in good condition for longer- which is pretty important for a $1000+ laptop.
@@algatronalgirdasExcept the IETS 500 sounds like a vacuum cleaner with ear bleeding pitches.
@stardomplays1386 I have anc headphones so the noise of the cooler doesn't make any difference for me
I've had junky $10 cooling pads that actually made a reasonable difference in temps (10-15°) but it also depended on the laptop itself. If the laptop has slots on the bottom side for cooling it will make a difference but with a laptop that's completely flat and covered underneath it would do nothing
And he mentioned that.
Love videos like this. Thermal management is oddly satisfying and interesting
My favorite laptop cooler was the lasko 20 inch Box 3 speed fan, worked wonderfully when my laptop started to overheat 🙏
I got a couple of these to write reviews on as well, and other than the ludicrous sound I was shocked they actually worked pretty well. Not just snake oil for once.
This is probably what my (older) laptop should have. My i5-8250U and MX150 equipped laptop gets so hot when playing games (95C or higher) and even my laptop cooler pad struggle to take the temps down. Wish I could test it and release the results. Nice video btw, thanks!
My old gaming laptop had a habit of overheating. Being a broke teenager and then uni student, I used a cooling rack (like the one you'd use in the kitchen) as a cheap DIY solution. It worked pretty well, dropped the temps by about 10C and stopped it from thermal throttling (although it was still pushing 90C on the CPU)
Llano is an old western town in Texas. Been a while since I was there last, but I don't remember seeing any RGB laptop coolers grazing out in the pasture 🤔🤔🤔
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Super happy you are getting review samples now!!! I have been with you since the beginning! I use to buy intel pre-built pics and mod them for bigger psus and graphics cards..I would add rgb and optimize the systems for the hardware..you helped me alot! I am super grateful 🙏 for your Chanel and wish you all the luck and wealth!! Give it a few years and you will have your own office space with tons of hardware to test! I would buy stock in you if I could! You make the best videos possible with what you have and I have always loved your personality dedication and charisma!!❤.. your an awesome influence on new pc builders and pc enthusiasts looking for advise or budget friendly options for the best gaming experience.. and for that I will always stay tuned for your next video!! I will be picking up this cooler for my aero 16 xe4! Lm just don't get me the Temps I want!! Glad you reviewed this product!! Was looking for a decent one and this is it!!!
Very tempted to pick one of these up for video renders to help keep the laptop cool
Nice one! I found anything that just lifts the laptop works well as then it can get fresh air in. Nice to see how it can boost performance if temp is throttling the cpu or GPU too.
Your results were enough to at least determine it's not a completely worthless piece of junk! But also it seems pretty impressive -- usually they just have a weak little 5V fan, not a beefy 12V one that can hit respectable speeds. And the incorporated USB hub definitely is a value-add. Most of the "cooling pads" I've had were more helpful as "keep your lap from getting cooked" pads -- we have one in my house that never even gets plugged in because the fan is worthless.
My wife has a Dell with XE graphics. Got her a cooling pad and it helped a lot but it was mainly due to the fans no longer being choked by the sofa cushions. 😂
Good video, unusual device for the channel but aptly chosen and interesting.
Also own an Gigabyte A5 with same specs, expect the 5600H, a mini microwave
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aided by the inability to undervolt, what a shame
This was really interesting and would have been a god send 10 years ago. Thank u for this video.
Thank you a lot for the review. Have the same Gigabyte laptop as well.
Good video! It would have been neat to see the differences between a. laptop flat on a surface vs b. laptop on a surface with something to prop up the back, ie just a little wedge to allow more airflow underneath and c. with the cooling pad.
I have the oem version, IETS GT. Sounds like a plane taking off at full chat. Doesnt matter that much as I play games using headphones. Works brilliantly.
If you haven't tried before, I suggest you try a vacuum cooler too, it works at least for me. My laptop, an ASUS X550IU kept throttling down whenever I play games, the GPU clocked down to 300 MHz per MSI Afterburner without any cooling. With a vacuum cooler, it did also throttled but only came down to 600-700 MHz (from 1.2 GHz iirc). And its cheaper too.
that worked awesome on my old laptop.. i could literally overclock he hell out of the gpu and get way lower temps than without it. but my new laptop has a bunch of exhausts. so my only choice are these pads
back kinda looks like a Alienware laptop
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It definitely helped my old 1060 laptop, degrees dropped noticeably!
Awesome :)
i saw this on amazon and purchased it. What a big difference i noticed on the temps for my laptop. You can also really crank this cooler up but i use it at 1000 rpm with still nice coolling. Also love that it matches the back of my alienware m18
I've had the same cooler master x slim cooling pad now for about a decade. Works great. The thing about a cooling pad is that it has to pull air from the bottom and blow up. Too many pads did the opposite when I was looking at them years ago. It was more about having something that I could put it on and use it in bed at the time as well. I don't use it that often nowadays since I purchased a small saiji bed desk, but when I want to game on the go, it does keep my laptop from getting too loud.
Wow yeah seems laptop cooling pads have indeed came a ways in the last decade. Like you I as well haven’t touched one in about 10 years and the last one I had way back then quite literally did nothing but make noise. This Llano on the other hand looks quite well designed. I mean the numbers speak for themselves. Looking at it as an engineer I already knew by the design that it would very likely do something but my gosh I didn’t expect it to do that much! That kind of performance perfectly justifies the price.
i was not expecting these numbers at all..... this is impressive
its been so long since I actually seen anyone use one of these laptop coolers lol. Someone I knew had one (not this exact model ofc) wayyy back in like 09 for his laptop. His unit was pretty powerful for the time, if I remember correctly it was a Samsung Aura model with a 9600M GT. I dont think the cooler ever did anything meaningful cooling wise, but I still remember how bulky it looked.
It's very impressive that it actually worked so well
Top tier video bro!
I think it depends on the laptop. Mine doesnt have vents on the bottom, theyre on the top above the keyboard between the screen, so this coolong pad would just blow air at a flat solid plastic bottom and do nothing.
This is definitely something else than the crummy cooling pad I used as a kid which sucked air away from the bottom of the laptop lol
That cooling wanna kill your laptop 😂😂
great work! Would love to see if there are any fps differences if you are going to test another one:)
They definitely work! I was on a laptop for a while that always throttled the GPU and the CPU as they would always hit hit their max temps. I bought one of those that threw air right into the fans and it helped quite a lot! It actually kept both the CPU and GPU from throttling and gave me a nice bump in performance! The only downside was that it was pretty loud. Worth it though in my opinion.
The old usb one you used to use probably primarily gives the laptop the benefit of being raised from the surface to more easily get air, where the cooling device itself doesnt do much (at least the case with the ones I am familiar with).
This is the exact model of laptop cooler I have been circling for months. None of the reviews out there has really convinced me, until this. It's a remarkable laptop cooler, expensive, but from the results, it is totally worth it. I don't mind the loud sound as I usually game with the headphones on.
I just got this yesterday after waiting for almost 3 weeks to get it from Amazon. Totally worth the wait.
I also have a Gigabyte laptop. I have the G5 KF5 version with a i7-12650h and a 4060. The CPU temps will hit 100℃ when I play fortnite and throttle but with this cooler at 1000 RPM, it dropped down to around 85℃ and rarely going into the 90's.
i got mine for the non-rgb version for less than 70$. recently bought it from ilano official store. works really good, ive seen previews reviews about it, it does get loud if put higher rpm. For intense gaming, around 40%-50% of max speed shud get the work done if you dont stand the loud noise. After few days fan noise wont bother much.
If it wasn't for the IETS GT500v2 I own, I absolutely would have picked one of these Llano coolers in white to fit the black/white carbon skin on my Strix G15.
Main reason this seems to work so well is because the foam creates seal around bottom so the fan is properly acting as a fan for the laptop inside instead of throwing most of air out the sides before it gets into the laptop. Costs a shit ton for a cooling pad with a foam rectangle on top tho they are making bank lol.
I too was skeptical about these fans because the cheap ones only act as a placebo while doing nothing to reduce temps. But I recently tried the IETS GT500 and it actually works really well. The laptop used to spike to 90c when a heavy gaming load was on it, but since using the fan the temps were always down in mid 70s, with some random momentary spikes up to 90 but those are very short. Those new designs are well made because they isolate the intake of air to the laptop and therefore ensure the flow is significantly increased.
129$ for this is a hell of a scam. This thing probably didn't even require 15$ to manufacture.
probably more like 1$
You haven’t accounted for research and development,including the planning and design, the time spent sourcing parts and/or factories. Storage and shipping also, taxes and business fees. Also, if that’s the case, you could make a killing making them . Go ahead, it only costs 15 bux right ? Der hurr
it's because your amz seller marks it up. It's about 30-40$ normally.
Cooling pads can work, i made one myself, you take a cheap fan and then you take some books and make two towers that are a little higher than the fan, and you are done, difference between the fan being on vs off is 10Cº or more.
Hey Random Gaming In HD!
Love your content, been watching your channel for a few years now.
I was wondering, can you dedicate a video to Windows 10 "Optimization" tips?
what apparently boost fps and performance for older systems.
Example: Disabling un-needed services, CMD commands.
I was literally watching laptop cooling pads comparison and my favourite youtuber pops right up with his own review
Love your british tea jokes
Nice test
I owned like 4 different laptop cooling pads but the fan bearing would give away very soon most of the time so they ended up being used as a laptop stand, which is still better than putting the laptop on a flat table. It IS hard to find something that works like the one you featured on the video. :)
I've had the same issue, fans start behaving oddly first by making silly rattling noises.
I made one myself, found pad with a broken fan, replaced the no-brand fan with a 140mm one. did wonders to the temps of my old laptop
I bought a cooling pad for use with my new laptop, but then quickly found out that it only brought the temperatures down a few degrees (and my laptop already has decent cooling) and the RGB was pretty abrasive against my eyes. Love it as a stand, though, actually having the screen on my eye level is incredible for long gaming sessions.
Thanks for the video. Do you think ambient room temp would be a worthwhile variable to showcase when testing the efficacy of these laptop cooler pads? This pad is working excellent for me as of now, however during the summer I may have to really blast my air conditioner haha.
Very impressive cooler!
I would have really like to have seen performance metrics along side the temps. Lowering temps usually also increases performance and while performance improvements should be different depending on the laptop and their tdp, it can show one of the most important reasons to get one of these coolers.
This is crazy an absolute game changer imo
To bad you did not test the scaling at different RPM. Would have loved to see how it scales with lets say every 500RPM increments and also to find its sweet spot in regards of noise vs performance. I know the latter is more subjective, but still. Regardless, great and fun little review. Am glad to see the channel grow.
In my experience with the (much cheaper) TeckNet cooling pad, most of the benefit came from the extra clearance it created between the laptop and the surface it's placed upon. Having the fans running or not makes little difference.
If your laptop regularly overheats, you probably need to clean the air system. To do that, you need to either suck air through the laptop's air intake, or blow through the laptop's air exhaust; essentially reversing the usual air flow direction. This should result in lots of crud coming out of the laptop and it running much cooler afterwards.
Love the laptop! Mine is the victus 16.1" with an i7 11800H and RTX 3060. Same color too!
Surprisingly effective!
That's a really nice looking hot plate, RGinHD!
Hi! Thank you for this test. It was very interesting. It's a shame you didn't have a chance to test how the Macbook with M processor (without fan) would perform in games. :)
Randomcookinginkitched back with another video now today we are comparing portable stoves
How does the cooling performance compare to the cheap
It looks like a roomba that was put into jail for being bad. Perhaps it vacuumed over some poop or something
It looks very cool and hey it works. I would probably get the non RGB version.
It looks like something that is normally sold for half the price. When I looked it up I got some weird results. People on reddit call it a copy of an "IETS gt626", yet that isnt available to buy anymore. It seems that this style of laptop cooler hadn't always cost >$100 so be careful about buying it at that price.
In my country the IETS GT626 actually has similar price to this so this wouldn't be an option anymore.
Nice video, the earlier cooling pads with fans were considered sc as if used without fans they used to provide equal or better cooling. Is it possible to do a test where the pad is unplugged?
Correct me if I'm wrong but I read somewhere that cooling pad can messed with laptop airflow and cause more dust build up, and it only works if your room temp is equally cool, so using one in place like mine in south east asia might be useless. I only use laptop stand, while not significant I can see the temp drop between 3°-5° C. But after seeing the result from your video, I might try one of these..
I remember years ago running iracing on a laptop that had no business running it, using an actual fan on its highest setting with books and cardboard to blow air directly under and into it so it would stop overheating lol
For a laptop cooler I usually just buy something really cheap that gives my laptop more airflow in the bottom, cause my laptop is old enough it has almost no underneath clearance, even tho the air intake is from the bottom. The dock on this is really sweet tho, especially since its built right into the cooler.
Interesting! Did you get higher clocks on the GPU/CPU with the cooler temps?
Not in this case but I bet you would with an even hotter and throttling machine
Generally speaking the clocks on a gaming laptop are a consequence of the harsh power limit rather than thermals.
In my experience you shouldn't expect much thermal throttling with modern gaming laptops unless they're poorly built or caked in dust.
That being said Ultrabooks can thermally throttle, it a design feature from devices such as the Macbook air, which are designed more like smartphones.
But unfortunately many of those laptops lack the large bottom vents needed for a device like this to be effective.
It's a real shame, as awesome as this product is there just aren't too many modern laptops that'd truly benefit from it.
The device's that need it can't use it and the devices that can use it usually run well within their thermal limits (90°+ temps are acceptable for gaming laptops its 100°+ where you need to start worrying.).
I think most people considering this are either paranoid about the standard running temps of gaming laptops or would be better served by simply cleaning the inside of their laptop.
Let me introduce you to me budget laptop cooling set up. So, you get two bottle caps of the same vertical size and put them on the back rubber legs. In my case helps cool enough for it not to throttle at full load.
PS the higher the lift up the better the results.
I remember i had a cooling pad for my old laptop years ago. It'd get to 100c playing Dota 2 and shut off, that cooling pad and removing the drive bay door were just barely enough to stop it doing that XD
It's not gonna damage anything:
laptop Intakes are almost always centrifuge fans not the standard 'scoopy paddles' fans.
There are no perpendicular surfaces for air to interact with on the 'intake' side of the blower
This does what I've always insisted laptop coolers should do: it creates positive pressure instead of just blowing air against the chassis.
Llano is a good laptop cooling brand, lots of good reviews, myself included, i got the config where it uses the mains power too since usb powered fan isnt going to push alot of air, i really like the insulation of the cooler because it forces the cool air to go through the vent holes of the laptop instead of blowing out the sides, the only downside for me is i live in somewhat of a humid environment and the foam would feel wet, and started to grow mold, good thing that llano sells just the foam inserts too
Do they share the same OEM factory with IETS or are these different?
today i have used some padding tape to create a seal on the edges of my cooling pad sorta like this, that i'm hoping will improve its performance further since the air now HAS to go through the laptop to exit at all. i haven't tested it yet (or before), but i'm hoping it makes a difference
Nice cooking stove. Is it water resistant? 😂 Kidding.. very good review 👍🏽
How would this work with passively cooled laptops like the Macbook Air?
There’s a huge market for laptops in parts of the world that are so hot that even ambient/room temps are too high to run without an issue. This and other cooling pads are really best suited for those environments.
I wonder if a cheap laptop coolers performance could be improved just by sealing the output side with a couple of bucks of foam strip.
$110 USD!?! They are crazy. I got one that works perfectly well for $20 years back from a different Chinese seller.
well the $110 version seems to also function as a USB hub, and comes with a pretty large mousepad as well (at least on Amazon in the US at the time of writing). it’s definitely still a steep price for what it is, but i generally think that if it’s well built and can serve the purpose well, and has some things bundled in that make is a more reasonable buy, then it could be worth it. combined with the coupon from this video it’s around $88, so it definitely hovers into that reasonable criteria.
It is a better design in than other pads so long as the foam border doesn't block a vent, though if a laptop is overheating, then a cooling pad is at best a temporary bandaid solution to a bigger issue of a nearly fully clogged heatsink (dust easily buildup on the back of the fin stack), or in the case of older laptops, the thermal paste would have degraded significantly, in addition to a clogged heatsink. Often a good cleaning, and high quality thermal paste, will restore them to better than new performance. For example, on my old Lenovo FLEX 4 laptop, the noctua NT-H2 thermal paste achieved lower temperatures than when the unit was new.
Yep Flex model pretty hot when running on intelligent mode or extreme mode. CPU throttling easy triggered
1:46 loved that demonstration 🤩
Most people's laptop cooling problems result from dust getting in and clogging up the fins of the internal cooler. So these heat pads are just a crutch to avoid fixing the actual problem. Often you can just blow some compressed air through the exhaust vent to push it back out and break it up.
i have something similar to this(literally same design), which is the iets gt500 (costs $60 on the local store). it can literally cool down an i5 12500h rtx 3050 ti laptop, which usually runs at 90°C , if i dont put it in the cooler and the laptop is also brand new lmao (i confirmed that it's not a defective unit too). it kept my temps below 75°C when gaming/heavy workloads and usually 45-50°C when it's just chilling.
my room also has no air conditioner, i have the windows closed all the time, i only have 1 small fan near me and i also live in a tropical asian country so yeah.
I got a Dell G15 5530 and boy doesn’t she heat up. At one point it was 101c. I spoke to Dell and they said laptops are designed to run hotter due to it compact size. I’ve never had a laptop go over 65c in the past but then it was a gaming laptop etc. it does give fantastic performance still regardless of the heat. What I tried was removing the base of the of the laptop cover, I had a big 190mm spare and put it to use in a diy sink shape like this cooler. The fan was rated for 3600rpm, further testing showed it would only go 3219rpm. So I bought a fan controller from parts and soldered them together so the fan is adjustable. I play DCS and the gpu is a Rtx 4060. Testing and benchmarks showed me I can now go from between 69c to 98c down to 53c maxed out. I’m so chuffed actually. This is a nice cooler. But I built for about £7.
I'm really surprised you got that good of results with one of these. It would be cool to see if you got an increase in fps because of that, although I doubt it. My desktop performed pretty much the same with the fans blasting as it did letting things sit around 65-75C
I just got one of these and it does indeed lower my Razer's CPU/GPU temps. My only complaint is that for $95 they could supply a power cord longer than 5 feet.