Enter our December 2007 Giveaway! We're giving away 14 prizes worth several hundred bucks! Enter HERE.
Statistics
Visitors: 925600
| Antec Notebook Cooler |
|
|
|
| Written by Mikhail Ivanenkov | |
| Sunday, 01 July 2007 | |
|
Page 2 of 2
This was due to the fans being located far away from the actual spot where I was measuring the temperature so I decided to give it another shot. This time I shifted the laptop a bit so the area in question would rest directly above one of the fans. After letting the system cool down and then revving it up for another 30 minutes I got a reading of 49.1C. This is somewhat acceptable as a 4.5C drop does feel cooler. However, in my opinion it's nowhere near the degree of difference one would expect from a notebook cooler. Keep in mind that we're not comparing heatsink A to heatsink B here, we're comparing heatsink A to no heatsink at all. That's not to say Antec's solution is a flop, it just needs some revisions. Most notably, reversing the airflow direction would yield significantly greater temperature drops. Why? Because as it stands the cooler is collecting air from beneath the laptop which, although warmer than air around it, isn't nearly as hot as the laptop itself. This is like trying to cool off a processor without a heatsink by placing a fan on top of it and pulling in air around it. If this was an effective way of removing heat then CPU coolers would have never come into existence. What I'm trying to say is that it seems like Antec's cooler isn't cooling the laptop as much as it is the air beneath it and the biggest improvement would be reversing fan direction. This would blow cool air onto the notebook and would undoubtedly lower temperatures considerably. I tried removing the back plate by taking out the screws in hopes of flipping the fans, but it seems like they're glued shut. Finally, there's also no convection of any sort. The other holes punched in the top plate are useless as they're blocked by the plastic plate underneath. The only airflow generated is through the fans. Pros
|
|
| Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 July 2007 ) |
