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Jetart NP5000 Notebook Cooler |
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Written by Mikhail Ivanenkov
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Sunday, 01 July 2007 |
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Thanks to Jetart for the product sample.
Generally speaking laptop coolers are a novelty; if notebooks were built properly there would be little to no use for them. The concept is simple: stick a couple fans (or a huge heatsink) below a laptop to decrease temperatures, extend life, and prevent some serious, though highly unlikely burns. Still, placing a high end notebook on your lap isn't such a good idea. Today we're taking a look at Jetart's NP5000, their latest notebook cooler and then some.
The unit comes in a nice retail box as seen above. Measuring 300mm x 262mm x 20mm it's large enough to fit the majority of laptops out there, excluding the extra large widescreen models. At 650g it's also pretty lightweight and thin enough to fit in your laptop bag. What sets the NP5000 apart from the generic dual fan cooler is the feature set: a 4 port USB2.0 hub, adjustable fan speed dial, and an optional AC adapter. It also looks neat with the aluminum faceplate.
Inside the package you'll find the cooler in a bag, a blue/purple USB cable, an AC adapter, and a quick one page manual. The power adapter is flat rather than "L" shaped, meaning it won't block any nearby sockets. The cooler will function using either the USB cable or the adapter, though the latter is recommended because a) the cooler uses up to 10watts which kills battery life, and b) the fans seem to spin just a tad slower at full speed when running solely off the USB cable. My power hungry Inspiron 8200 manages to draw under 60watts and the dying battery provides no more than 30 minutes at full charge, so another 10watt draw would reduce that time noticeably; good thing there's the adapter.
The front of the cooler is pretty simple: a plastic rectangle with a fancy piece of aluminum in the center whose sole purpose is to look cool. It doesn't serve any thermal function because it never comes into direct contact with the laptop. What's interesting here though are the four "feet" that flip back. These have rubber pads which both prevent a placed notebook from slipping and elevate it so the air coming out of the fans has some room to spread out across the entire bottom of your computer. There are also two green LEDs that light up whenever the fans receive power whether or not they're actually spinning. Once you put your laptop on the cooler they disappear from view, so they're not very useful.
The back is no less interesting. There are little rubber pads to prevent the cooler from slipping on whatever surface it's placed as well as a pair of feet to elevate the NP5000 above its resting place. Because the fans are oriented in such a way that draws in cold air from the bottom of the cooler and exhausts it onto the bottom of the hot notebook, it's crucial to have ample room for the fans to gather said air and therefore the feet must be extended for any sort of cooling benefit.
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