I know it has great sounds, but how efficient is it at cooling? Does it drop the temperature by a significant amount?
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I just received this item today and I've been running it all day for the last 6 hours. As to how far in temperature does it drop, I don't know. I do know that the bottom of the lap top is not hot yet. In fact, it isn't even warm. Before I bought this, I was running an Antec fan with my laptop, which also kept the pc from running hot. So, as far as a cooling fan goes, I'd say this Logitech lapdesk is as comparable, if not better than just a cooling fan. The great sound from the speakers and it being a lapdesk are great additions, if you're looking for those niceities. As I said, I already had a good working cooling fan for my laptop, which was considerably cheaper than this lap desk is. I bought this for the speakers so I can watch movies, etc. The cooling fan is a plus for me, as is the lap desk. I don't have to worry about a hot pc on my lap anymore, not being able to hear movies and don't have to use a book to set my laptop on. If you're looking for an all in one unit with cooling a priority, I see no reason not to purchase this item. Of course, the price is a high right now. I paid $59.99 last week at Amazon and this week it has jumped nearly 20 bucks. Check around, or set an Amazon alert to see when the price goes down. Best Buy also had it on sale last week for $59.99, so I'm sure sale prices will come and go. Of course, if you just want a stand alone cooling fan, those are much cheaper. I paid around $29.99 for mine from Amazon. Hope this helps you out.
2258147
I'm using it for basically the same thing, blowing down into the top of a power amp to cool the main heatsink. Works great and it's silent. Based on my experience with other similar fans and all the servers/workstations I've serviced I expect many years of use.
1115776
It is pretty loud-but that is one reason I bought it-I use it in my bedroom for ambient noise while I fall asleep (also to keep cool)!
1421494
You're definitely right! I think the chip outputs too much heat. What I did is undervolted the cpu from the BIOS and also disabled the AMD Turbo Technology, and now it's so much cooler and quieter. Temp on idle around 30-35 load 50-55. Lowest degree was 25. That's insane with the stock fan!
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It's relatively good. It reduces the temperature of your laptop by a few degrees. Unfortunately for me though, since my internal fan is barely working, it wasn't enough for mine, but I'd say it's pretty good. Not a fan of the material that the chill pad is made of though. Thought it would be made of a harder plastic. Hope I was helpful
388111
Definitely. I have owned it for... several months now (6 maybe) and it is excellent. It is quiet enough that I have perhaps used it to catch up some some Minecraft (click-click-click!) at the campus library.I've never tested in a truly noiseless environment (a/c, coworkers, etc...), but for me it's effectively silent.
825995
Can't help on that. We've only used it for cooling. Would be interested to know if someone has experience with using the heat feature.
2069837
I think the fan is about as silent as it gets. I have noticedno noise whatsoever. You do have to keep the vents on the back clear or it will heat up way too fast. I use mine primarily for MusicReader software for performance and I am happy with it. That said it isn't TOTALLY silent, but mine is very close.
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it's 80mm and very quiet so it can't be much (on their site it lists as 1200RPM, but no CFM rating. and 26.5dBA), however after installing it I saw avg CPU temps drop 3-4 degrees C, as well as internal temps by several degrees. My video card splits the case in half so there was less air intake for the upper half (intake fans are on lower half). This gets air to the heatsinks for all the motherboard chipsets and RAM which is then sucked out the back quite nicely.
1835829
The sound is normal. The unit has higher power use and needs a fan to cool the unit.
994183
This is the quietest window AC I've ever encountered. Nonetheless, it is still a window unit and has some noise, including the sound of the compressor, but even that is much quieter than other units. My wife is especially sensitive to sound during sleep and has never complained.I would say a bigger concern should be, is this AC powerful to cool the space. Personally I think the unit's cooling power is overrated, but the aesthetics and noise are the strong points.
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Well this question would depend on a personal feeling of what is noisy so I'll do my best. I took this product with me camping. When camping it's obviously totally quiet except for bird sounds and such. The fan was on since it was hot. The low mode is VERY quiet and I think anyone would agree. The high mode gives more substantial cooling effect and I was surprised it wasn't louder. So by my scale the high fan function is about a 4 or 5 out of 10 on the noisy scale. I think you'll be impressed.
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its ultimately only a fan, so it moves air and makes it feel cooler, it does not truly cool the air. If you don't mind a little noise, it can be very good at 3 blades and high speed. at slower speeds, it still does a good job of blowing air and providing a nice breeze. hope that helps.
519255
The fan cools only as much as a fan would cool the air. It is not an air conditioner. But this fan is taller than most, so it does a much better job of cooling a room, in my opinion.And it absolutely is not noisy, as some reviews stated; also, the blue light doesn't 'light up the whole house' as others have said. We absolutely love this fan. Hopefully you will too.
1774889
Well, I have four fans cooling my system and when gaming I let them spin pretty fast. Don't really care about excessive sound because I'm wearing a headset most of the time. With stock fan/heat sink mine is very cool while idle, and have never seen it above 60C while playing some of the most demanding games. Yes the fan and heat sink could be better but for me it's fine.
1743987
its amazing. I don't have a water cooling system and it rarely gets warm. (I keep it on lowest fan setting for noise and game pretty hard on highest settings, when it rarely does I turn the fans up and its cool again within a minute)
2174000
It is fairly loud. Also I should mention that the cooling capability is disappointing.