In a pinch I just stick the laptops power brick under the back to raise it up, how do you cool yours? 💲Find the best gaming laptop deals at my site gaminglaptop.deals
I have an Acer Nitro 5, I just use a cheap notebook riser that came with my old laptop, plus an old PC fan placed on the side blowing on the keyboard and underside
@@ABCD-rn6tk Yep. That's what I used to do with my Omen 15. Man, that thing ran hot. I have a new laptop that I'm not quite happy with that I'm thinking of selling but, oddly, running temperatures is something it seems to do rather well and the replacement I'm looking at (Aero 17 HDR) seems to run hotter than most so I might be back to the way things used to be with the Omen.
now this is how you make an informative video, no obnoxious music, straight to point stuff, detailed explanation of what what and whats not. great videos jarrod. keep it up
@@JarrodsTech One secret from automotive world that you can use in pc world as well is that you can paint it red and put some stickers on it. Plus you can always download more ram, better cpu and gpu from web to boost performance even further.
Given that there are idiots who pay extra money for substandard office chairs if they're labelled "gaming" and are obnoxiously coloured (the chairs, not necessarily the idiots), selling "gaming" tables could also be good business. BRB, gotta order some LEDs and then pay IKEA a visit!
yeah I'm really impressed with how rigorous these tests are. Most people wouldn't bother testing so many pads, let alone on multiple laptops. Earned a new subscriber!
I really like this test set as well as I’ve been trying to find comparisons to mine. I followed along with my metabox p960rf (i7 9750h + rtx 2070 mq). My ambient temp is a little under 20c. Running on max fans, undervolted cpu&gpu, liquid metal both plus changed some thermal pads to improve vrm contact with heat sink. Avg 66c gpu, 83c cpu, 1500mhz gpu, 3961mhz cpu. This is with laptop beings propped up by approx 1inch with plastic feet.
My personal experience with laptop cooling pads is that the fans on the pad really need to line up with the intake fans on the bottom of the laptop to really make a temperature difference.
It's quite surprising how well the simple stand works, versus the active coolers. I thought the active coolers would have had much better results. So the price/performance win would go to the stand. Plus the lack of extra fan noise is a bonus as well. Great work Jarrod! Stay safe, Brother.
I really like the fact that the metal stand is the “best bang for buck!”. The cooler might have been more useful on laptops of before 2015 but for the past few years I realized the quality of the thermals went up. Might also be because of better graphic card efficiency too. Good job on the video. Wish you all the best.
thermal has everything to do with airflow. Even heatsink needs a fan to move the heat via air. So it's not about the years the laptop is made but how they design the intake and outtake.
When i was a kid i had this old laptop that would overheat like crazy. Got so hot you could barely use the keys.(at the time there was no such thing as gaming laptops, the ones that did exist were hyper expensive aliens and 99% of stores did not have them) So my 12 year old me had a briliant idea. No joke , there was this ice packs ( plastic case whith ice inside used to keep food freezed) and i would take them out of the freezer and straight up put them under the laptop. Not only the ice was cold , the laptop was also raised. It helped, though now i would think twice before puting wet stuff bellow my laptop, but that not something 12 year old me would think. Just a funny memory
I did the same thing on my teenage years. My minibook was heating because the online flash player game I have played was getting heavier on my minibook. I tried freezing water in ice cream cases. It helped amazingly and keyboard was not burning my fingers anymore but once waterdrops got into RAM vents and my laptop gave bluescreen. Fortunately, it was working again. I just removed the RAM and left in balcony since it was summer. Got dried in half on hour.
When my AC went out this past summer (in Texas), I put those cryopack ice packs underneath the fan stand and blew extra cool air into the laptop. I have four of them, so I was able to rotate them every 1-2hr and keep a mostly cold pack under the fans. Worked like a dream to get me through the three days it took to get a new AC. Starfield had JUST launched and I was NOT missing out on the early access days I bought!
I am surprised by this test! Just give it a boost of height and let the airflow do its job and we already got cooler temperature! Bought myself a hefty 50USD cooling pad. Seems fine but it was bulkier cannot be carry with the laptop bag (already forgot what model it is)
I've found the best solution for mine (at least with my Targus pad with a pretty small fan) is to use the cooling pad but also raise the computer up slightly above the pad too. Though I am thinking about lowing the graphics on a few games, performance is fine, but I just worry when my temps going much above 70c. My previous Dell laptop gave me 9 years (and still works, just very outdated, along with my other Dell that is nearly 2 decades old), I am hoping my HP Omen can do the same.
@@CJBhattarai It doesn't loose performance at higher then 70c (think the thermal throttling doesn't kick in till like 95c), I just worry about putting undue strain on the hardware long term. Hasn't been an issue at all lately though, as I've just been playing 90's/early 2000's games. Got an RTX 2060 and I am using it to play Wing Commander II, lol!
@@scottthewaterwarrior dude my points was, why waste money and not play good games on laptop if it reaches 80C!! They are designed to reach that much without causing any damage even long term! So don’t worry and go ape shit!
The thing with these laptop coolers is that they almost always have just one big fan in the centre. And when you place the laptop on the pad the space between the pad and the laptop is similiar to having the laptop just sitting on the table, and theres not enough space for the air from the cooling pad fan to reach the intakes of the laptop effectively. I think for a cooling pad to be effective the fans should be directly below the intakes. You should do a test with the laptop sitting on top of two 120mm fans blowing directly into the intake and see if it makes a dfference. I think the reason the metal stand did so well here is because its the only solution that creates more space around the intakes, therefore unrestricting the airflow.
I've been a pc guy since I was a little kid, just got back into PC's a few years ago. Built four since then. Just bought a laptop and came across your channel, really like it and like the way you keep it simple. Really refreshing, can only take so much of Ltt store, 2centz, bitwit. Still like Steve at GN. Thanks for keeping your videos straightforward and helpful 👍
I thought that my cooling pad was getting old and looking for a new one. I am so glad to have found your video before I purchased a new one. I will now purchase a thermal paste and change that instead :) Thanks!
I've used about 9 different pads. 5 different no name brands on amazon, 2 different thermal take, and 2 different coolermaster. Cooler master ones seem to be the best ones overall so far.
Jarrod, I bought my Eluktronic Max-15 based off of your review on it and I'm loving it so far after a year of use with 10+ hrs daily of use. It's a treat it's still on your choice of test subjects for something like this.. I don't need to use that much of an imagination if this would work or not haha.
Big brain moves 😎 haha nah I don't think you'd be able to do it, the vacuum coolers need to rest on a surface, it might actually be possible with my large V20 cooler, but I didn't test it.
@@JarrodsTech should atleast try for the lolz of it. Since just vacuum might not be able to suck more air out, a boost from the cooling pad might be what it needs to help push more air
Thank you very much for your video! I've been going back and forth and doing my research when it comes to what cooling pad I should get for the type of laptop I have: a Surface Book 2. I do game on it now and then and run Photoshop as well, which is a resource hungry program and it tends to cause the internal fans to whir up quite a bit. Trying to decide which cooling pad to go with and switching between differing opinions in different review articles has been a little maddening. I'm so glad I found your video where you lay out specs and actually test the differences between, not just cooling pads, but other methods of reducing heat (and one not in the case of the table). It's valuable to see these comparisons side by side and also gratifying to know that there's not going to be much of a performance difference with the more expensive pads vs. the cheaper ones. I'll definitely be returning if I am in need of some more comparison insights. Thanks again!!
Great work. Personally I highly recommend lifting the laptop. Free yet effective way to drop CPU+GPU temps. Some cheap cooling pad don't even drop temps.
You might want to try cooling pads with multiple fans (at least two). AFAIK most laptops have cpu and gpu on the left and right, so with multiple fans you can potentially blow fresh air right beneath those components. With my omen 15 (2017) a cooling pad with a single big fan decreases Temps by 2°C, while a cheaper pad with two fans (left and right) decreases Temps by 5°C.
Honestly, I made my own custom cooling pad with EPS foam and a 120mm CPU fan (converted to USB power) and that reduces the CPU temps by 11º C and the GPU by 9º C. Most cooling pads on the market don't do well because all laptops have different cooling designs and there's no one size fits all cooling pad that performs that well. P.D. Yes, my custom cooling pad is fugly, but it does a better job for my specific laptop than any other cooling pad on the market.
@@romannavratilid I will try to upload a picture later today. But I have some news, I have a new laptop aaannndd the custom cooling pad is not as effective anymore. But I hope it works for you!
So I have a docked (lid closed) ASUS A15 that I've been playing with. I have found that if you perform the turbo-boost-disabling registry trick, in conjunction with simultaneously undervolting/overclocking the GPU using MSI Afterburner (at a straight value across the board of 1500MHz@0.700V) the OPOLAR Vacuum Coolers start to actually make a difference. (Without the mods, the vacuum coolers do nothing to drop temps on either side.) I'm thinking that without the CPU and GPU mods, the vacuum coolers do nothing because all they do (by themselves) is simply allow the CPU and GPU to keep pushing harder, until they hit their thermal limits again (95C and 86C respectively). BUT, when you enable the two mods, clocks on both chips are now capped, such that doing so starts to naturally cap their temps, and then, ONLY THEN do the vacuum coolers start to work their magic. Basically, with just the CPU and GPU mods alone, I get roughly 10C less on the CPU, and 6C less on the GPU (rough example). BUT, when I throw the vacuum coolers on the back, ON TOP OF THOSE MODS, I see an additional 10C drop in both temps, ON TOP OF THOSE TEMPS JUST MENTIONED! Literally. Like, 75C on the CPU now, and 70C on the GPU now. All while still seeing minimal (0-10%) drops in FPS btw! So ultimately, it all depends on how your system's thermal throttling is designed. If anything, with just the vacuum coolers attached (no CPU or GPU mods enabled) I noticed that doing so simply dropped the internal fan speeds of both my chips, as the system evidently didn't feel like it needed to work as hard by itself (obviously, the coolers essentially replaced them) all while still hitting 95C and 86C. MORAL OF THE STORY: Several temperature reducing mods work better TOGETHER, as only then are they able to -- at that point -- combine and compound their effectiveness. =) PS- I just learned about a super awesome trick via another RUclips channel that eliminates the need to manually drag all those "balls" down in MSI Afterburner! All you have to do is move the first ball to your target position (1500MHz@0.700V for me) then hold the SHIFT key down while dragging your mouse across the entire window (from just before the first ball, to just after the last ball) and then while all balls are highlighed, simply hold SHIFT down again while hitting ENTER twice, and voila! All balls are moved to the same position that the first one was set at! Took all of 10 seconds for me to set my UV/OC settings. (If only I learned about this trick BEFORE dragging them all manually!) Hope this helps, and happy computing!
So, a cooling pad would be no good for a ASUS TUF A15 right? I don't know much about undervolting and all that stuff you mentioned above either so if you can explain it or maybe direct me to instructions.
Hi I have asus tuf a15 too and planning to buy vacuum cooler. Could you share the RUclips link you have watched. I didn't seem to understand your explanation, I might need a video demo on that.
I got a cooking tray from Amazon the other day for $30. It's got 5 individual fans, 1 large and 4 smaller, that run EXTREMELY quiet. You have to, literally, put your ear next to the tray to even hear it run. It's also got RGB, which definitely helps it cool the laptop down, as well as a kickstand that lets me choose from 5 different heights. I'll be honest, I was very skeptical when I was ordering it, but for just $30, I said "why not", and I must say, it really does help with cooling the laptop. I am definitely surprised and impressed.
I have a cooling pad that runs on 1500rpm and i use it on my acer nitro 5, the metal mesh really helps since it basically acts as stand and very cool too. It helps reducing my temperature from 95° to 80°-85°. But i need to adjust my laptop so that the fan was placed directly under my gpu and cpu so that it will work
I absolutely LOVE your test and review videos! Such a life saver, thorough, concise, and helpful channel! Thanks so much, you are my Go-To most trusted source for new devices.
Laptop cooling pads are useless since they draw power from USB slots, which have a measly voltage output of only 5v. Their built-in fans can cool itself just fine as long as they have enough air intake space. Hence why there are some laptops that show little difference in temperature & sometimes even get warmer because you are basically blocking the laptop's built-in cooling fan with a cooling pad. Better to buy a stand & use a small, desk fan that connects straight to a power outlet, elevate the laptop with the stand & have the fan point straight underneath the air intake.
Very good video!, I ended up buying today a "Targus - Chill Mat+ Laptop Cooling System with 4-Port USB Hub - Gray" but it was to noisy however the temps were way better on my Dell GE 15 SE. Then ended up customizing some feet for the laptop below and worked out way better for me. Not to mention the temps were close to similar using the cooling pad without the added noise from the two fans on it. I will be returning the cooling pad tomorrow. XD
i think laptop should start coming with a default stand like those in keyboard just a simply fold out stand to elevate it from the table can definitely improve temperature
Wow, this is some serious tedious work - thanks man! I always thought that basically - lifting your laptop up about 1" is good enough, no need to buy some bulky pad. Interesting to see, laptop dependent, a cooling pad might squeeze out some more performance. I still prefer the cleaner look of just using a minimal stand with my XPS15.
I think the reason why the cooling pads increase heat sometimes was becuase the air vents were on the bottom of the laptop, so when you put the fan under it, it would miss with venting and blowing.
what do you mean? so the vents under the laptop would make things warmer? i would thing that putting the fans under would make it flow better by making the air from better thru the vents, or does it make it workse bc the air is supposed to get out of there?
I'm about to receive a simple laptop stand that I'll strap a 20 cm Noctua fan to. My hope is merely that by cooling the case itself a bit and improving airflow, the internal fans don't have to ramp up as frequently, resulting in less overall noise. At least my experiences with Noctua fans have been great so far, so I expects its noise level to be very low.
not in all cases. apple macbook air before m1 had absolutely 0 connection between the chip and the fan, so even before apple removed the fan, you were basically getting the same performance as you would if they'd not put it there. my hp envy has a ridiculously small vent space on the bottom. also, the fact that it doesn't have vapor chambers instead of heat pipes despite the form factor just proves that they aren't cooling their products in the most efficient way.
It's not really a good idea using these as for a reference. For an example, a cooling pad isn't the best solution for my laptop since my laptop got really good fans and thermals and it's better using a stand. Some laptops might benefit from a cooling pad.
Been there, done that. There is a slight improvement especially in hot enviroments (it's the biggest external factor for cooling a laptop), but setting it up is a pain in the ass, because your vacuum coolers start to hang in the air :D
@@JarrodsTech hahaha that's true. I can't beleive u tested so many laptops and so many graphs. U really deserve more subscribers. Ur videos are always great to watch.
The best results I've seen with my Aorus 17G is when pinning the fans at 100% and setting the laptop up like a tent and connect it to an external monitor. I get 10-20% more FPS like that compared to when its just sitting flat on a desk.
I think there's no point in getting a laptop cooler with active cooler vs a simple elevation stand unless the active cooler creates a positive pressurized environment under the laptop to consistently push air through all laptop internals and out the laptop exhaust. I order the IETS GT500 and will report if there is a decent reduction in temps. Positive pressure is key with cooling, that and air filters. Otherwise these coolers are just blowing soft air gently under the laptop (the reduction in temps comes largely from the elevated laptop unless you have positive pressure :) Alienware X series did this with their Xseries laptops and 4 fans; but you can achieve this apparently with coolers like the IETS GT300, GT500 series no joke coolers ($$)
In my experience if the vacuum coolers are not perfectly placed on the heatsinks, their performance almost equals to zero. Just like the results of this video show. But managing an almost perfect air sealing gave me around 10-15 degree temp. drop.
these cooling pads are missing important feature, they all should have the ability to lift up the laptop from the pad itself alittle bit more, that will increase ventilation well also blowing cool air underneath. most just blocks the laptops vents since the rubber stand on the laptops are usually not high enough.
I used the legs for the first time on my cooling pad the other day and I can't believe I wasn't doing so before! 😂 The laptop is now cool underneath haha. Would there be any advantage to plug the USB into a power brick vs in the laptop itself?
It would've been good to see you add in a "free" option, like a stack of coins on all 4 corners, or some folded cardboard, just to prop it up a cm or two and compare that.
Great cooling analysis! I personally prefer using the metal stand you tested here, as its easy to fold up and take with you on the go. It's good to see it works almost as well as a full cooling pad.
I wonder if a cooling pad is a better item for older laptops, which cooling system has deteriorated. Blowing extra air into the new fans cause them to perform worse, but for the older system, this gadget might compensate for the lack of air flow.
Would've been nice if he did a bonus review with the cooling pads combined with the vacuums 💡 one thing I like about the vacuums is that they should also help keeping internals from getting dusty
Hey Jarrod . Great video. There is a big controversy with the thermals of asus tuf a15 ryzen 7 laptops . Would u do a video of that laptop with the best cooling solution and see if it makes a good difference. 👉👈 It will go viral 4sure.🤗 Looking forward to ur response.
So budget laptop cooler is a stand? Plus it is also silent. This video is really great as it points out how much we will be benefited in performamce by spending on cooler. These amount of testing really need so much work and time. You also upload your videos frequently. I wonder how you manage time.
Tip. Have a light fan blowing on your pc to get the outside cool and just for extra cooling. Little table fans worked to not burn my hands. Prop up the feet w something small. 2-3 cm helped mine alot
bro love your channel and updates on new labtops and accessorizes, man i diff would like to get a cooling pad since i watched your video or a stand if it better in the long run
There's this cooler called IETS gt300 that has 2 built-in blower fans, I love how it comes with rubber seal so the air cooling the laptop won't go anywhere, nice vid as always!
He should check this cooling pad out. I tested this using cinebench and it raised my scores to 150 points. You can really see how longer the laptop took to throttle compared to a flat setup and raised setup.
The problem with these cooling pads is they use just a large fan that is not ideal you want fans which are reduced size with static pressure. Other issue can be they don't raise it enough you need good clearance below having a cm or few really isn't enough on the cooling pad the fans to close to bottom surface. I remember some of the older design ones which would have like two fans you could place in any location on the pad this is better suited if the fans are correct type.
If you have no aircon unit in your room you should buy one of these. Since I have one, I'm temporarily using an egg tray as my laptop base. But I will definitely buy a stand for it's portability. Thanks for your tests. I have subscribed.
Thank you for the review! It was helpful. For my razer blade 15, I noticed that my laptop got too hot with a cooling pad, nice to know that the metal stand helps!
That metal stand was close enough for me. Those little differences were all pretty subtle when compared to the stand. The. Stand. I like it. Plus it doesn't add any more noise.
Thanks for comprehensive review. The only way to effectively lower temperature is to place laptop on the thermoelectric cooling pad (based on Peltair modules) which lowers air temperature above to about 5C, this air then get sucked by laptop fans and lowers internal temperature dramatically allowing GPU and CPU to run faster and battery to live longer. Unfortunately there are just few to none solutions like this, most sold out of unavailable. I am building one myself though and will share results once it's ready. Thank you.
I just got a new laptop a month ago and I've been looking for laptop cooler reviews that aren't bogus. So far this one's the only one that shows proper graphs and even one specifically for my laptop. :)
In a pinch I just stick the laptops power brick under the back to raise it up, how do you cool yours?
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I put half of it under nothing and use my hand to stop it from falling
I have an Acer Nitro 5, I just use a cheap notebook riser that came with my old laptop, plus an old PC fan placed on the side blowing on the keyboard and underside
Which budget laptop would you recommend
I use external hdd to raise laptop
@@ABCD-rn6tk Yep. That's what I used to do with my Omen 15. Man, that thing ran hot. I have a new laptop that I'm not quite happy with that I'm thinking of selling but, oddly, running temperatures is something it seems to do rather well and the replacement I'm looking at (Aero 17 HDR) seems to run hotter than most so I might be back to the way things used to be with the Omen.
now this is how you make an informative video, no obnoxious music, straight to point stuff, detailed explanation of what what and whats not. great videos jarrod. keep it up
Cheers!
Jarrod is the best tech reviewer.
Agreed.
Why obnoxious music is bad? It really depends.
This man just said “it’s got rgb which will boost performance” I like
Lmao
He was sarcastic
@@themetal2001 No shit Sherlock.
Absolutely true. Rgb gives like 30 fps more
From another comment the lights from rgb can grab some air. Like if you wear a black shirt on a hot day you’ll be more hot
1:37 "Plus it's got RGB lighting which will undoubtedly boost performance" 🤣🤣🤣
It's the secret they don't want you to know 👀
@@JarrodsTech lol
That's some 40k Ork logic
This one cracked me up dude
@@JarrodsTech One secret from automotive world that you can use in pc world as well is that you can paint it red and put some stickers on it. Plus you can always download more ram, better cpu and gpu from web to boost performance even further.
That table performs quite well and is super quiet! What's the model?
Lol
Ikea
Table G24 Pro White Edition, currently out of stock because of silicon chip shortage.
I bet if they put rgb on that table it'll become even way quieter and also give extra fps for your games.
Given that there are idiots who pay extra money for substandard office chairs if they're labelled "gaming" and are obnoxiously coloured (the chairs, not necessarily the idiots), selling "gaming" tables could also be good business. BRB, gotta order some LEDs and then pay IKEA a visit!
How much testing can you perform?
Jarrod - YES
ALL TESTING
@@JarrodsTech Glados approves this.
Deadass meme.
yeah I'm really impressed with how rigorous these tests are. Most people wouldn't bother testing so many pads, let alone on multiple laptops. Earned a new subscriber!
I really like this test set as well as I’ve been trying to find comparisons to mine. I followed along with my metabox p960rf (i7 9750h + rtx 2070 mq). My ambient temp is a little under 20c. Running on max fans, undervolted cpu&gpu, liquid metal both plus changed some thermal pads to improve vrm contact with heat sink. Avg 66c gpu, 83c cpu, 1500mhz gpu, 3961mhz cpu. This is with laptop beings propped up by approx 1inch with plastic feet.
Basically, continue to use the wooden stick I made. Sounds good to me
Yep 👌
What does that mean?
@@ameralimi6844 put a block of wood inderneath your pc to elevate it off the suface, allowing the vents more room to breathe.
The Book stays winning
@@ThumberBulls6 Same, a thick book for c++ programming that our profesor made as buy but never used in the end :(
1:37, RGB lightings always boost my laptop performance by 30% to 40%
Confirmed 😎
@@JarrodsTech Darn it. Should have paid extra for the RGB model of my laptop then...
Blue for cold and green for eco 👌🏼 😂
They are the equivalent of Stickers on cars , performance boost guaranteed
Thats not significant on my laptop
My personal experience with laptop cooling pads is that the fans on the pad really need to line up with the intake fans on the bottom of the laptop to really make a temperature difference.
Yeah almost like you need to rig it just right for how it's all set up
need good seal too.
Let me try this.
I've really wanted to see this and I've looked everywhere before, thanks a lot for this!
No problem at all, hope it's useful!
@@JarrodsTech well it's totally useful. thank you!
It's quite surprising how well the simple stand works, versus the active coolers. I thought the active coolers would have had much better results. So the price/performance win would go to the stand. Plus the lack of extra fan noise is a bonus as well.
Great work Jarrod!
Stay safe, Brother.
agreed, using the x-stand here from the video, it's quite excellent!
Thanks! Yeah just raising the back up = most of the gains 👍
Depends on how much internal heat is going through the laptop
@@JarrodsTech Just put it in the fridge
i have a lenovo legion 7, where can i buy stands? how can i know if the size is good? thanks a lot
I really like the fact that the metal stand is the “best bang for buck!”. The cooler might have been more useful on laptops of before 2015 but for the past few years I realized the quality of the thermals went up. Might also be because of better graphic card efficiency too. Good job on the video. Wish you all the best.
Thanks! Yeah me too, it's also the easiest to throw in a bag and take with you, oh and one of the cheaper options. Stand OP!
thermal has everything to do with airflow. Even heatsink needs a fan to move the heat via air. So it's not about the years the laptop is made but how they design the intake and outtake.
Malik Yh tell that to the guys at asus putting plastic over main vents!
@@9572-x8n (Cough cough xiaomi)
"The quality of thermals has gone up"
Xiaomi: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jarod: asus g14 is here.
Also Jarod: here’s a video about laptop coolers.
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Given the G14 had to compromise by using a 2060 Max Q instead of a laptop 1660 Ti, maybe this video is a hint about how hard it throttles?
that was cruel of you :\ I actually thought he released the G14 video.
Yeah man, I'm checking yt everyday to see if the review is out yet...
Haha, g14 is up now, sorry it was under embargo 😛
Oh my god you don't know how much time I have waited for someone to make this video thank you so much
Glad I could help!
Calming voice, informative information, no music, hard and detailed work. and answered all my question in one video. Dude, you're awesome!
This is exactly the kind of video i was looking for, thanks!
No problem!
ok
When i was a kid i had this old laptop that would overheat like crazy. Got so hot you could barely use the keys.(at the time there was no such thing as gaming laptops, the ones that did exist were hyper expensive aliens and 99% of stores did not have them) So my 12 year old me had a briliant idea. No joke , there was this ice packs ( plastic case whith ice inside used to keep food freezed) and i would take them out of the freezer and straight up put them under the laptop. Not only the ice was cold , the laptop was also raised. It helped, though now i would think twice before puting wet stuff bellow my laptop, but that not something 12 year old me would think. Just a funny memory
I did the same thing on my teenage years. My minibook was heating because the online flash player game I have played was getting heavier on my minibook. I tried freezing water in ice cream cases. It helped amazingly and keyboard was not burning my fingers anymore but once waterdrops got into RAM vents and my laptop gave bluescreen. Fortunately, it was working again. I just removed the RAM and left in balcony since it was summer. Got dried in half on hour.
When my AC went out this past summer (in Texas), I put those cryopack ice packs underneath the fan stand and blew extra cool air into the laptop. I have four of them, so I was able to rotate them every 1-2hr and keep a mostly cold pack under the fans. Worked like a dream to get me through the three days it took to get a new AC. Starfield had JUST launched and I was NOT missing out on the early access days I bought!
The metal stand is just enough for me. Plus, it is compact, can bring it where ever, just chuck into my laptop backpack. Great video Jarrod
Thanks! Yeah it's a great option 👍
Tbh so happy I subbed here to find this video. I needed the portability of this stand.
same here, I'm using Steklo X-stand used in the video, it's great for how compact and silent it is! Shaved a few degrees off of my Dell G3 2018
I am surprised by this test! Just give it a boost of height and let the airflow do its job and we already got cooler temperature!
Bought myself a hefty 50USD cooling pad. Seems fine but it was bulkier cannot be carry with the laptop bag (already forgot what model it is)
plus it doesn't use any battery
I've found the best solution for mine (at least with my Targus pad with a pretty small fan) is to use the cooling pad but also raise the computer up slightly above the pad too. Though I am thinking about lowing the graphics on a few games, performance is fine, but I just worry when my temps going much above 70c. My previous Dell laptop gave me 9 years (and still works, just very outdated, along with my other Dell that is nearly 2 decades old), I am hoping my HP Omen can do the same.
I ordered one of those too
70c ? My gaming laptop reach 80c in both gpu and cpu without losing performance and I been playing like that since I bought that laptop.
@@CJBhattarai It doesn't loose performance at higher then 70c (think the thermal throttling doesn't kick in till like 95c), I just worry about putting undue strain on the hardware long term. Hasn't been an issue at all lately though, as I've just been playing 90's/early 2000's games. Got an RTX 2060 and I am using it to play Wing Commander II, lol!
@@scottthewaterwarrior dude my points was, why waste money and not play good games on laptop if it reaches 80C!! They are designed to reach that much without causing any damage even long term! So don’t worry and go ape shit!
@@CJBhattaraihow long is that
The thing with these laptop coolers is that they almost always have just one big fan in the centre. And when you place the laptop on the pad the space between the pad and the laptop is similiar to having the laptop just sitting on the table, and theres not enough space for the air from the cooling pad fan to reach the intakes of the laptop effectively.
I think for a cooling pad to be effective the fans should be directly below the intakes. You should do a test with the laptop sitting on top of two 120mm fans blowing directly into the intake and see if it makes a dfference.
I think the reason the metal stand did so well here is because its the only solution that creates more space around the intakes, therefore unrestricting the airflow.
He already tested it with one fan, it's not enough for u?
I've been a pc guy since I was a little kid, just got back into PC's a few years ago. Built four since then. Just bought a laptop and came across your channel, really like it and like the way you keep it simple. Really refreshing, can only take so much of Ltt store, 2centz, bitwit. Still like Steve at GN. Thanks for keeping your videos straightforward and helpful 👍
Appreciate all of your time and effort doing this jarrod!
Cheers Vincent!
I thought that my cooling pad was getting old and looking for a new one. I am so glad to have found your video before I purchased a new one. I will now purchase a thermal paste and change that instead :) Thanks!
Great rewiew, I was about to waste some money.
I've used about 9 different pads. 5 different no name brands on amazon, 2 different thermal take, and 2 different coolermaster. Cooler master ones seem to be the best ones overall so far.
Can i know the cooler master name ?
Jarrod, I bought my Eluktronic Max-15 based off of your review on it and I'm loving it so far after a year of use with 10+ hrs daily of use. It's a treat it's still on your choice of test subjects for something like this.. I don't need to use that much of an imagination if this would work or not haha.
Haven't even finished the vid but the fact that you took time to test all these on so many laptops is enough for a like!
What about cooling pad and vacuum combined together
Big brain moves 😎 haha nah I don't think you'd be able to do it, the vacuum coolers need to rest on a surface, it might actually be possible with my large V20 cooler, but I didn't test it.
@@JarrodsTech should atleast try for the lolz of it. Since just vacuum might not be able to suck more air out, a boost from the cooling pad might be what it needs to help push more air
@@JarrodsTechYou can add a stand with the same height as your laptop cooler to support the vacuum cooler.
It's like having a turbocharger and a supercharger on the same car.
@@Kobinals I don't need sleep I need answers
Thank you very much for your video! I've been going back and forth and doing my research when it comes to what cooling pad I should get for the type of laptop I have: a Surface Book 2. I do game on it now and then and run Photoshop as well, which is a resource hungry program and it tends to cause the internal fans to whir up quite a bit. Trying to decide which cooling pad to go with and switching between differing opinions in different review articles has been a little maddening. I'm so glad I found your video where you lay out specs and actually test the differences between, not just cooling pads, but other methods of reducing heat (and one not in the case of the table). It's valuable to see these comparisons side by side and also gratifying to know that there's not going to be much of a performance difference with the more expensive pads vs. the cheaper ones. I'll definitely be returning if I am in need of some more comparison insights. Thanks again!!
You always surprise us by doing every kind of laptop testing out there.....thank you so much for this video, Very helpful ...
Happy to help, thanks!
That rgb gonna boost my fps. Perfect
The dedication from you is not only amazing to see, but it is also inspiring. Well done.
Cheers!
FINALLYYYY!!! serious tests regarding additional cooling options. Thanks Jarrod!!!
My pleasure!
@@JarrodsTech YOU EVEN REPLIED!!
Great work. Personally I highly recommend lifting the laptop. Free yet effective way to drop CPU+GPU temps. Some cheap cooling pad don't even drop temps.
It’s very convenient that you had my exact hamming laptop on your video
You might want to try cooling pads with multiple fans (at least two). AFAIK most laptops have cpu and gpu on the left and right, so with multiple fans you can potentially blow fresh air right beneath those components. With my omen 15 (2017) a cooling pad with a single big fan decreases Temps by 2°C, while a cheaper pad with two fans (left and right) decreases Temps by 5°C.
Honestly, I made my own custom cooling pad with EPS foam and a 120mm CPU fan (converted to USB power) and that reduces the CPU temps by 11º C and the GPU by 9º C. Most cooling pads on the market don't do well because all laptops have different cooling designs and there's no one size fits all cooling pad that performs that well.
P.D. Yes, my custom cooling pad is fugly, but it does a better job for my specific laptop than any other cooling pad on the market.
Nice. I use 2 books :p
Picture please ...?
@@completelymindfucked Picture please ...?
@@romannavratilid I will try to upload a picture later today. But I have some news, I have a new laptop aaannndd the custom cooling pad is not as effective anymore. But I hope it works for you!
So I have a docked (lid closed) ASUS A15 that I've been playing with. I have found that if you perform the turbo-boost-disabling registry trick, in conjunction with simultaneously undervolting/overclocking the GPU using MSI Afterburner (at a straight value across the board of 1500MHz@0.700V) the OPOLAR Vacuum Coolers start to actually make a difference. (Without the mods, the vacuum coolers do nothing to drop temps on either side.)
I'm thinking that without the CPU and GPU mods, the vacuum coolers do nothing because all they do (by themselves) is simply allow the CPU and GPU to keep pushing harder, until they hit their thermal limits again (95C and 86C respectively). BUT, when you enable the two mods, clocks on both chips are now capped, such that doing so starts to naturally cap their temps, and then, ONLY THEN do the vacuum coolers start to work their magic.
Basically, with just the CPU and GPU mods alone, I get roughly 10C less on the CPU, and 6C less on the GPU (rough example). BUT, when I throw the vacuum coolers on the back, ON TOP OF THOSE MODS, I see an additional 10C drop in both temps, ON TOP OF THOSE TEMPS JUST MENTIONED! Literally. Like, 75C on the CPU now, and 70C on the GPU now. All while still seeing minimal (0-10%) drops in FPS btw!
So ultimately, it all depends on how your system's thermal throttling is designed. If anything, with just the vacuum coolers attached (no CPU or GPU mods enabled) I noticed that doing so simply dropped the internal fan speeds of both my chips, as the system evidently didn't feel like it needed to work as hard by itself (obviously, the coolers essentially replaced them) all while still hitting 95C and 86C.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Several temperature reducing mods work better TOGETHER, as only then are they able to -- at that point -- combine and compound their effectiveness. =)
PS- I just learned about a super awesome trick via another RUclips channel that eliminates the need to manually drag all those "balls" down in MSI Afterburner! All you have to do is move the first ball to your target position (1500MHz@0.700V for me) then hold the SHIFT key down while dragging your mouse across the entire window (from just before the first ball, to just after the last ball) and then while all balls are highlighed, simply hold SHIFT down again while hitting ENTER twice, and voila! All balls are moved to the same position that the first one was set at! Took all of 10 seconds for me to set my UV/OC settings. (If only I learned about this trick BEFORE dragging them all manually!)
Hope this helps, and happy computing!
So, a cooling pad would be no good for a ASUS TUF A15 right? I don't know much about undervolting and all that stuff you mentioned above either so if you can explain it or maybe direct me to instructions.
Hi I have asus tuf a15 too and planning to buy vacuum cooler. Could you share the RUclips link you have watched. I didn't seem to understand your explanation, I might need a video demo on that.
I got a cooking tray from Amazon the other day for $30. It's got 5 individual fans, 1 large and 4 smaller, that run EXTREMELY quiet. You have to, literally, put your ear next to the tray to even hear it run. It's also got RGB, which definitely helps it cool the laptop down, as well as a kickstand that lets me choose from 5 different heights. I'll be honest, I was very skeptical when I was ordering it, but for just $30, I said "why not", and I must say, it really does help with cooling the laptop. I am definitely surprised and impressed.
I have a cooling pad that runs on 1500rpm and i use it on my acer nitro 5, the metal mesh really helps since it basically acts as stand and very cool too. It helps reducing my temperature from 95° to 80°-85°. But i need to adjust my laptop so that the fan was placed directly under my gpu and cpu so that it will work
what’s the name of it??
I absolutely LOVE your test and review videos! Such a life saver, thorough, concise, and helpful channel! Thanks so much, you are my Go-To most trusted source for new devices.
Laptop cooling pads are useless since they draw power from USB slots, which have a measly voltage output of only 5v. Their built-in fans can cool itself just fine as long as they have enough air intake space. Hence why there are some laptops that show little difference in temperature & sometimes even get warmer because you are basically blocking the laptop's built-in cooling fan with a cooling pad.
Better to buy a stand & use a small, desk fan that connects straight to a power outlet, elevate the laptop with the stand & have the fan point straight underneath the air intake.
this, my experience are very similar
Very good video!, I ended up buying today a "Targus - Chill Mat+ Laptop Cooling System with 4-Port USB Hub - Gray" but it was to noisy however the temps were way better on my Dell GE 15 SE. Then ended up customizing some feet for the laptop below and worked out way better for me. Not to mention the temps were close to similar using the cooling pad without the added noise from the two fans on it. I will be returning the cooling pad tomorrow. XD
Dude I was literally just looking for a video like this... How do you always manage to make what people want when they want it lol
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i think laptop should start coming with a default stand like those in keyboard
just a simply fold out stand to elevate it from the table can definitely improve temperature
Wow, this is some serious tedious work - thanks man! I always thought that basically - lifting your laptop up about 1" is good enough, no need to buy some bulky pad. Interesting to see, laptop dependent, a cooling pad might squeeze out some more performance. I still prefer the cleaner look of just using a minimal stand with my XPS15.
i use a three edged triangle "ruler" under the back foot of the laptops and it look like doing a good job.
I think the reason why the cooling pads increase heat sometimes was becuase the air vents were on the bottom of the laptop, so when you put the fan under it, it would miss with venting and blowing.
what do you mean? so the vents under the laptop would make things warmer? i would thing that putting the fans under would make it flow better by making the air from better thru the vents, or does it make it workse bc the air is supposed to get out of there?
@mamatila123 i think he/she is talking about the exhaust being on the bottom. So the cooling pad would blow air into the exhaust.
@@StreamerBTW99 most, if not all, computers have exhausts at the sides though, and the air exists thru the sides
@@mamatila123 I think it makes some friction depending on what direction the air intake outtake is
Wow thanks for extensive comparison!
No worries!
Yoo this upload is littt!! much needed🔥
Thanks 🔥
I love when my exact questions get answered by RUclips videos thank you sir
Whatever I search, he has done it. The legend.
I love your reviews and you work hard to give accurate results man
keep it up
I appreciate that!
1:37 Damn right, it does!! :D
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I'm about to receive a simple laptop stand that I'll strap a 20 cm Noctua fan to.
My hope is merely that by cooling the case itself a bit and improving airflow, the internal fans don't have to ramp up as frequently, resulting in less overall noise. At least my experiences with Noctua fans have been great so far, so I expects its noise level to be very low.
So it's kinda like the engineers already know how to efficiently cool their product, without any 3rd party add-ons? Hmmm... Interesting.
not in all cases. apple macbook air before m1 had absolutely 0 connection between the chip and the fan, so even before apple removed the fan, you were basically getting the same performance as you would if they'd not put it there.
my hp envy has a ridiculously small vent space on the bottom.
also, the fact that it doesn't have vapor chambers instead of heat pipes despite the form factor just proves that they aren't cooling their products in the most efficient way.
@TheLQ And then won't let anyone but a licensed apple repair center fix them. They even gave Linus issues
It's not really a good idea using these as for a reference. For an example, a cooling pad isn't the best solution for my laptop since my laptop got really good fans and thermals and it's better using a stand. Some laptops might benefit from a cooling pad.
I'm curious how much the cooling would improve if you combined the pad / stands with the vacuum. BTW great video!
Been there, done that. There is a slight improvement especially in hot enviroments (it's the biggest external factor for cooling a laptop), but setting it up is a pain in the ass, because your vacuum coolers start to hang in the air :D
Thank you Jarrod. You rally did the great job.
My laptop literally sits on my wallet. Raises a bit of Height, helps cool better, plus I always have it with me lol
Excellent review! I’ll just get the cooling stand. Thanks!!!!
Hardware unboxed: Does 30 GPU benchmark
Jarrod: Hold my laptop
They only did 25 in today's video, Steve is slipping 😉
@@JarrodsTech hahaha that's true. I can't beleive u tested so many laptops and so many graphs. U really deserve more subscribers. Ur videos are always great to watch.
@@abhirajbaruah4676 Thanks! Yeah it was a lot of work, but I did it over a period of months, this video has been a LONG time coming.
The best results I've seen with my Aorus 17G is when pinning the fans at 100% and setting the laptop up like a tent and connect it to an external monitor. I get 10-20% more FPS like that compared to when its just sitting flat on a desk.
PC users: "Oh no, it's too hot!"
Laptop users: "I paid for the whole thermometer, I'm gonna use the whole thermometer"
I think there's no point in getting a laptop cooler with active cooler vs a simple elevation stand unless the active cooler creates a positive pressurized environment under the laptop to consistently push air through all laptop internals and out the laptop exhaust. I order the IETS GT500 and will report if there is a decent reduction in temps.
Positive pressure is key with cooling, that and air filters. Otherwise these coolers are just blowing soft air gently under the laptop (the reduction in temps comes largely from the elevated laptop unless you have positive pressure :) Alienware X series did this with their Xseries laptops and 4 fans; but you can achieve this apparently with coolers like the IETS GT300, GT500 series no joke coolers ($$)
In my experience if the vacuum coolers are not perfectly placed on the heatsinks, their performance almost equals to zero. Just like the results of this video show. But managing an almost perfect air sealing gave me around 10-15 degree temp. drop.
these cooling pads are missing important feature, they all should have the ability to lift up the laptop from the pad itself alittle bit more, that will increase ventilation well also blowing cool air underneath. most just blocks the laptops vents since the rubber stand on the laptops are usually not high enough.
I used the legs for the first time on my cooling pad the other day and I can't believe I wasn't doing so before! 😂 The laptop is now cool underneath haha. Would there be any advantage to plug the USB into a power brick vs in the laptop itself?
Just draining a potential significant amount of energy of the laptop
you are the best man, already subbed
It would've been good to see you add in a "free" option, like a stack of coins on all 4 corners, or some folded cardboard, just to prop it up a cm or two and compare that.
Hmm if it’s coins, then wouldn’t it technically cost money?
why do you have so less subs? you made a huge effort making this video. all ur videos are showing your dedication! keep it up!
Great cooling analysis! I personally prefer using the metal stand you tested here, as its easy to fold up and take with you on the go. It's good to see it works almost as well as a full cooling pad.
Thanks! Yeah I hear that 👍
I appreciate your work, keep it going!
i believe that the laptop which has almost no effect on cooling pads and stands has the best cooling solution.
True. Just savr money and get use books for laptop stands. No need to waste 40 bucks on a cooler
It does. Like different temperature in a room
I wonder if a cooling pad is a better item for older laptops, which cooling system has deteriorated. Blowing extra air into the new fans cause them to perform worse, but for the older system, this gadget might compensate for the lack of air flow.
Would've been nice if he did a bonus review with the cooling pads combined with the vacuums 💡 one thing I like about the vacuums is that they should also help keeping internals from getting dusty
it's been almost 2 years since I know this channel and I never disappoint about your content quality.
1:39 what is that sleek laptop?
Thanks! I think that was the Aorus X7
Just ordered my Thermaltake Massive V20 for my Dell G3 based on this review. Thanks man, earned yourself a new sub.
the glazing is crazy
Man you have one of the jobs I find to be so much fun!
I wonder who will exactly choose the vacuum coolers over the 4 other cooling methods.
Hey Jarrod .
Great video.
There is a big controversy with the thermals of asus tuf a15 ryzen 7 laptops . Would u do a video of that laptop with the best cooling solution and see if it makes a good difference. 👉👈
It will go viral 4sure.🤗
Looking forward to ur response.
Now time to use all these at the same time for my a15 😞
For real man :(
So budget laptop cooler is a stand? Plus it is also silent.
This video is really great as it points out how much we will be benefited in performamce by spending on cooler. These amount of testing really need so much work and time. You also upload your videos frequently. I wonder how you manage time.
Tip. Have a light fan blowing on your pc to get the outside cool and just for extra cooling. Little table fans worked to not burn my hands. Prop up the feet w something small. 2-3 cm helped mine alot
bro love your channel and updates on new labtops and accessorizes, man i diff would like to get a cooling pad since i watched your video or a stand if it better in the long run
Either will be fine, stand quieter and performs similarly and doesn't need a USB plug.
There's this cooler called IETS gt300 that has 2 built-in blower fans, I love how it comes with rubber seal so the air cooling the laptop won't go anywhere, nice vid as always!
He should check this cooling pad out. I tested this using cinebench and it raised my scores to 150 points. You can really see how longer the laptop took to throttle compared to a flat setup and raised setup.
U r jst the bestttt ! Awsm dedication to the work u do. 😊
Thanks!
would the vacuum coolers put strain on the fans as they may pull in more air than the fans at max speed can manage and over revving them?
The problem with these cooling pads is they use just a large fan that is not ideal you want fans which are reduced size with static pressure.
Other issue can be they don't raise it enough you need good clearance below having a cm or few really isn't enough on the cooling pad the fans to close to bottom surface.
I remember some of the older design ones which would have like two fans you could place in any location on the pad this is better suited if the fans are correct type.
If you have no aircon unit in your room you should buy one of these. Since I have one, I'm temporarily using an egg tray as my laptop base. But I will definitely buy a stand for it's portability. Thanks for your tests. I have subscribed.
Thank you for the review! It was helpful. For my razer blade 15, I noticed that my laptop got too hot with a cooling pad, nice to know that the metal stand helps!
Thanks for this video!
That metal stand was close enough for me. Those little differences were all pretty subtle when compared to the stand. The. Stand. I like it. Plus it doesn't add any more noise.
This is the first guy to do an actual test, kudos
Thanks for comprehensive review. The only way to effectively lower temperature is to place laptop on the thermoelectric cooling pad (based on Peltair modules) which lowers air temperature above to about 5C, this air then get sucked by laptop fans and lowers internal temperature dramatically allowing GPU and CPU to run faster and battery to live longer.
Unfortunately there are just few to none solutions like this, most sold out of unavailable. I am building one myself though and will share results once it's ready. Thank you.
What about condensation
Any update on the peltier cooling pad experiment ?
Hey just want to thank you for your content!
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!
Should have done a test where it's just on your lap in bed 😂 I wonder if the cloth or body heat would influence the test.
it will burn your skin off
@@brucelopez3935 exactly, I don't have a desk so that's what I do so I wanted to see the difference lmao. I feel like I'm slowly murdering my laptop
@@Faolan_Grey yes many gaming and regular laptops have vents underneath for airflow if you block that you will most certainly increase temperature
You are doing a superhero's work! These are the hidden tests i have yearned to see. Thank you ❤️❤️
Wow, thank you!
I just got a new laptop a month ago and I've been looking for laptop cooler reviews that aren't bogus. So far this one's the only one that shows proper graphs and even one specifically for my laptop. :)
I love you
@@CarlosReyes-zn6tn but sir what about your dignity?
awesome reviews. Thanks