Reddit mentions of OPOLAR Laptop Fan Cooler with Temperature Display, Rapid Cooling, Auto-Temp Detection, 13 Wind Speed(2600-5000RPM), Perfect for Gaming Laptop, Nintendo Switch

Typing this on an Omen 17t right now, and I have to say I completely agree. When I got this thing, I was blown away by the price to specs ratio, but it was a stuttery gaming mess. Even with G-Sync on my model I was getting terrible throttling and screen tearing due to the CPU throttling up and down. Honestly I would not consider buying unless you're willing to shell out a bit more in upgrades (anywhere from $8-$75ish depending which suggestions you choose to pick up) and apply a little bit of elbow grease (and literally some thermal grease).

If you're up for it, you can have the best of all worlds (cooling, performance, and price). I regularly idle between 45-50C, and I no longer get thermal throttling while gaming, almost never get past 85-90C while gaming, even lower if I have my fans on (detail below).

If you're curious what I did, here it is in order of (imo) most effective to least effective changes:

• Repasting the CPU and GPU - Prior to replacing the horrifically bad thermal paste on this thing, my idling CPU temperatures never dipped below 70-75C (yikes), games were almost out of question, they were always pinned at 99C with horrific thermal throttling. JUST repasting the CPU brought it down 10C. Highly recommend using Arctic MX-4 if you're considering this option (the 2019 edition comes with a cute little paste spreader if you don't have one already). A word of warning on doing this: HP uses some kind of fucking insane screws on their internal heatsink mountings. They look like a standard phillips, and for all intents and purposes they are, but the fuckers are mounted INSANELY tightly and are frustratingly between a size 0 and 00 screwdriver (one is slightly too small, one is slightly too large). And they strip damn near instantly. I had to gently file down the side of 3 screws to make one side flat, then tap them loose with a small hammer. Just a word of warning, it's well worth the effort, but you have to be careful.
  
  
• Undervolt your CPU - I've had great luck undervolting my CPU on this Omen and getting way better temperatures from it. It's as easy as downloading Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility and clicking on one slider, that's it. This super easy fix dropped my temperatures another 5-10C. And for anyone wondering, this does not have any performance impact on your machine whatsoever, it's not a "downclock" it's simply giving your CPU slightly less voltage to work with (making it run much cooler). I've had zero issues with -0.155 to -0.16 offsets, but it's a highly YMMV sort of thing. You can drop it even lower on the fly if you're not doing any real crazy intensive tasks.
  
  
• Bring in some more fan power - The two steps above can EASILY net you a 15-25C decrease, and I'd recommend doing those before anything else (given thermal paste is free if you have some extra tubes laying around to under $8). But if you want to beat down those temps even further, I think these OPOLAR laptop fans are a godsend. These are different from normal laptop cooling pads (the big plastic ones with big fans in them you set underneath your laptop) in that they aren't shoving air in the PC but outtaking it. This works particularly well on the Omen line, given their back fans are both outtakes. When I want to really grind down temps, they routinely give me another 5-15C (depending on how sensitive you are to fan noise) in gaming. HP, imo, has bar none the worst fan curves in the game, and they don't let you tinker with them in the bios either (I've had no luck in getting speedfan to work either). You can mount these things permanently with a little plastic mount that can fit PERFECTLY spaced on the bottom of the Omen laptops I have (ie, not blocking fan intakes) for super easy mount/removal. In a surprising feat of good design, HP fan outtakes are removable on most models (meaning, you can expose the heatpipe fins while keeping the rest of the laptop all in once piece), so you can chuck those off and mount these suckers darn near directly on the laptop heatpipes and really draw out heat. I have two mounted on my Omen, but you could probably get away with only one and get very similar performance benefits (particularly by attaching on the heatpipe that is mounted on your CPU, that seems to be the hotter heatsink in my experience, but obviously YMMV).
  
  
• Rip off the stupid webbing air filters on the underside of your laptop - Fair warning, this will obviously require you to dust out your laptop a bit more frequently (you should be doing that regardless, really) and leave you open to crumbs/dust particles getting your machine a bit more easily, but I think it's well worth the tradeoff. HP puts on this silvery tightly knit webbing glued on the bottom of their gaming laptops that is really, truly great at stopping dust and debris from getting into your chassis. With that said, it's also great at stopping AIR getting to the intake fans (seriously, if you have an Omen and haven't done this already, try taking your back panel off your laptop and blowing through it, this webbing drastically cuts airflow on a machine already airflow deprived). This won't give as drastic of a boost as the other recommendations, but it's another completely free way to get better performance.
  
  
  
• Elevate - Get a laptop stand that allows you to get your laptop off the table, or hell even prop a book under it, anything to give the fans more clearance. Obviously try a free option first to see if you get any benefit from it, but if you're looking for a recommendation on stands, I've tried a good chunk of them from Amazon, and I like this Nulaxy the best. It's super stable and has a really nice heft to it, works great for me at home/office.
  
  There's some other minor stuff you can do, but those are the big ones. I think it's worth it, but it's all personal preference. If I can clarify something/add pictures or whatever, just ask, or if I missed something big feel free to reply and add it.
  
  TL;DR In order of effectiveness: Repaste your CPU/GPU (Arctic MX-4 is great), undervolt your CPU, get some laptop fans (I prefer ones that outtake), rip off the air filter webbing on the bottom laptop panel, elevate your laptop off your usage area.

I have an external fan that sucks the air out of my laptop. It's ran through USB and it was $25. Works really well
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NACVLWM?ref_=Oct_CARAsinC_2243862011_1

Make sure you dust/clean the air vents.


Also the fan/heatsink that originally game on the laptop may not be able to handle the additional heat produced by the faster CPU.


You may want to try a laptop cooling pad or aftermarket fan attachment.


https://www.amazon.com/Targus-Chill-Laptop-Black-AWE55US/dp/B002NU5O9C/ref=lp_2243862011_1_17?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1574110531&sr=1-17


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I stuck a side mount laptop cooler on mine at my office installs...
something like this works... https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-2600-5000RPM-Nintendo/dp/B01NACVLWM

The cooler I use is this
. I can get a little noisy but with my headset on, I do not hear anything. If you got any questions about it ama.

Here is the vacuum.

https://imgur.com/gallery/k6CpNek
https://imgur.com/gallery/4JimH5y

The vacuum fan was the number one thing to bring down my temperatures. I was playing battlefront 2, undervolted to around -0.100, and on the cooling stand and was hitting 80-88 , not dangerous, but I still don't like seeing that number). With it attached, it runs high demanding games around 75-78 peak. Basically it has a suction cup you attach to your laptop vent. Then there are settings for power levels, or you can set it to smart power where it adjusts how much it is pushing out depending on the temperature (only setting I use)

Here it is on amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NACVLWM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I don't know exactly to what degree, but a cooling pad under your laptop might help if you have intakes or vents underneath. There are also these usb fans that help pull air through your exhaust vent, not sure how effective they are either but moving more air can't hurt.

In addition to the cooling pads mentioned in another comment, there are also these external module-type cooling fans you could look into:

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https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-2600-5000RPM-Nintendo/dp/B01NACVLWM/

https://www.amazon.com/⭐️Klim-Cool-Laptop-Cooler-Fan/dp/B00ZA0HFSA/

https://www.amazon.com/⭐️Klim-Cool-Metal-Laptop-Cooler/dp/B01G3G3C7M/

A good cleaning might help. There are these as well.

Do you have a side exhaust on the laptop? If so this thing might be pretty cool: https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Display-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection/dp/B01NACVLWM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdkjrVkqDM

Stick to any other setting that’s between 60 to lower 80s. You could try getting a laptop cooling pad or this ..i dont own one since mine is incompatible..seems very effective according to reviews.

If you have a laptop with a side exhaust, this external vacuum fan will keep it nice and cool.

Laptop Fan Cooler with Temperature Display, Rapid Cooling, Auto-Temp Detection, 13 Wind Speed(2600-5000RPM), Perfect for Gaming Laptop, Nintendo Switch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Vfs5Ab96YFNM7

It's definitely overheat. Your system throttles to stop overheating. You can fix that with one of this.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NACVLWM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use a gaming laptop aswell, Acer VX 15 (i7 7700hq, 16gb ram, SSD and 1050ti. I found best settings for me are running the game on full screen, 1600x900, I think sacale is on 100% I'll check it when I get home, AA on Ultra, Post Processing on very low, shadows on medium, textures on High, effects on very low, foliage on Ultra and View distance on High. I get 60-80 fps with that settings (ofc sometimes on the plane and on spawn I get 30-40 fps, but the game runs generally between 60-80). I use reshade and according to reshade im losing 0.Xfps by using it and game looks muuuch better, so it's definitely worth it for less than 1 fps drop. I also did a few tweaks on nvidia control panel. If you're interested in that I can link you to the guide I use.

a better way to get better temps is to change the thermal pastes on your cpu and gpu(and at the same time, clean out the fans, and thermal fins). In terms of cooling pads, you're better off buying usb exhaust fans that you place behind the vents to suck out air. its loud though

also, im not sure if replacing thermal pads would help, it probably would, but very little gains, its up to you since thermal pads are pretty cheap too

edit: this is what i got for my laptop a while ago: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NACVLWM/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_2_w

edit 2: Something to consider would be just increasing your cooling solutions. Instead of trying to overclock, try to control your temps so that your cpu/gpu won't throttle.

Another really expensive option would be is to email your laptop manufacturer if they would be willing to sell you a gpu upgrade. This is a really expensive option.
A cheaper alternative is to use external GPUs. I'm not really sure if you buy the housing and gpu separately or if its 1 whole package. If you can buy the housing separately, you'll have an option to choose a gpu that's not too powerful that your CPU will bottleneck

Yes indeed, I'm planning to mount four of these cooling fans on each vent of the Gigabyte Aero 15 XA and powering it with a seperate 4 port USB power bank.

Yes, I finally get to show off my specs! I've been travelling a lot for work this past year, and previous setups included trying to play on netcafe machines (have not found the game installed on pcs outside of Japan), and lugging around a ps4 pro + peripherals (since slims were absolutely unavailable when I was looking).

clevo P950 HR

15.6 4K QFHD LG IPS Anitglare Matte Display

Intel Core i7-7700HQ quad core, 2.8ghz with 6mb smart cache

Nvidia 1070 Max-Q 8GB GPU

Killer Wireless-AC N1550 card

Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR4-2400

Samsung 970 Pro 1TB NVMe and a 2TB Seagate Firecuda

Weighs about 5 pounds. Runs almost everything with no problems (ffxiv will run at 100+ frames on ultra), although I manually set fans to high when gaming. It stays pretty cool, but I also run a laptop cooler as well:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NACVLWM/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here's one that's basically a re-brand:
https://www.eluktronics.com/P950ER

Hope this helps!

Sorry I do not know how many degrees it cools but yes it does limit portability . I only use my laptop at home so it isn't an issue for me. There are small coolers that plug directly into the usb port but I have never used one of those types. I think they suck warm air out rather than blow air. Like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-2600-5000RPM-Nintendo/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=pd_bxgy_147_3/139-4359693-1619526?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01NACVLWM&pd_rd_r=980fc117-630b-11e9-a637-6b060766031a&pd_rd_w=eaMwu&pd_rd_wg=pbxk4&pf_rd_p=a2006322-0bc0-4db9-a08e-d168c18ce6f0&pf_rd_r=QGH1RX8HNRBYKDQ5ZHQX&psc=1&refRID=QGH1RX8HNRBYKDQ5ZHQX

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Edit. It says in description that this type is not for slim laptops but there may be some that are.

I have the m15 RTX 2060 version with the 144hz screen and after returning it for over hearing (over 100 Celsius) and getting a fixed m15 I’ve had no problems.

It does come with a bit of apps like games but you can uninstall, and the quality is top notch for me and I’m usually very picky. I like the track pad and the webcam is good enough for twitch streaming (which I just started doing). Now games run around 75-82 Celsius plus streaming and playing music. I’ve raised the laptop a bit and got this to keep it cooler. Works perfectly

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_oM2TCb2RYKMP7

Overall I love this laptop, but I’ve noticed with its competitors you can get more for your money (Lenovo).

I've used laptops as servers for decades. This was my fix: https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-2600-5000RPM-Nintendo/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=laptop+fan+opolar&qid=1554436073&s=gateway&sr=8-1

ASIN B01NACVLWM Item model number 10-1000-LC06US

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YMMV

What do you think about this? Laptop Fan Cooler with Temperature Display, Rapid Cooling, Auto-Temp Detection, 13 Wind Speed(2600-5000RPM), Perfect for Gaming Laptop, Nintendo Switch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Yx7VAbEP08BZW

Get a cooling pad or heat extractor. Even if GPU/CPU are capable of handling those temps, the extra wear&tear will lead to higher chance of hardware failure

Not that i know of.
Try these: https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-2600-5000RPM-Nintendo/dp/B01NACVLWM

Does your laptop even get that hot ?

But for a Cooler that you can use laying down you could check this .

for sure, You tried the stupid cooling/fan pads? I never liked them, did make good for travel, but i did find these, https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Display-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1500673388&sr=1-6&keywords=laptop+cooler and they worked pretty good along with the 99% throttle

Opolar laptop fan

This fan has increased the life of my laptop by a lot. Takes up a usb slot but it's worth it.

The TopMate's design is the de facto standard so you couldn't go too wrong with it. The only thing I don't like is that it is not portable. I also recommend checking out this -> Laptop Fan Cooler. It is very portable and attacks the laptop air vent directly. The only downside is, this is not a one size fits all solution. Due to different thermal design, some laptops are unable to use it. Check it out and see if it work for you.

The only things you can do to improve stock laptop fans are to improve the thermal interface by switching materials to stuff like liquid metal and improving the thermal pads.

Caution with liquid metal cooling is you cannot use it on aluminium and to use it very sparingly. That can allow for 13C potential drops. Or you can try using Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.

Other laptop coolers are this beast designed for clamping onto the rear or sides of the laptop on the cooling exhaust. From my understanding of how it works it,s going to create one hell of vacuum to pull more air out of the laptop but it could wreck your laptop fans by overspeeding their bearings past their design RPM.

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I highly recommend this
https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-2600-5000RPM-Nintendo/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=computer%2Bfan%2Bvacuum&qid=1566352616&s=gateway&sr=8-4&th=1
use it to cool laptop

pheeew! That CPU is HOT my friend.


You need get the dust out of there or have someone clean it out and re-seat the heat sink. Also to make sure all the fans are working!

There is noooo way it should be that hot. You can get laptop fans that can help cool it. In particular, I saw this and thought it was pretty neat. It isn't terribly expensive either.

It seems like your GPU is not being held back by your CPU, so that is good, it isn't being bottle necked. The CPU running so hot, that it is absolutely causing it to throttle down to lower speeds.

The lower clock speeds mean higher frame times and for you that means lag spikes.

Your CPU should rarely be above 85C for normal every day operation. Somewhere in the 70C - 80C range for pretty heavy stuff. Maybe 90C for something like prime95 using AVX instructions--i.e. not normal everyday use.

If you are seeing 96C, man that is close to causing thermal damage to your CPU. You're seeing lag spikes because the processor is desperately trying to protect itself from damage. Once it hits 100C for any appreciable amount of time, your computer will just hard crash--just shut off. I wouldn't be surprised if you've had some crashes here and there due to this!

Three or four questions, all regarding my laptop (check flair for model/specs).

Is there a program that will let me see exactly what MHz/GHz my CPU is running at while gaming? I'm curious to know if the Turbo is kicking in or not, because at times it feels like it isn't. Also looking for a possible alternative to Afterburner/RivaTuner, since allegedly Riva has issues with some of the games I play.

If the Turbo isn't kicking in (or if it's sporadic), is there a way to force it to whenever I'm gaming, then turn it off when I'm not?

Also, is something like this "extractor" type cooler (https://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Auto-Temp-Detection-Installation-Compatible/dp/B01NACVLWM/ref=lp_11750451011_1_2?srs=11750451011&ie=UTF8&qid=1484053668&sr=8-2) a good choice to help with temperature issues (I'm seeing peaks of 90C at as low as 48% usage), or would I be better off with a traditional cooling pad?

Also, if the linked cooler/extractor is a bad choice, what would PCMR recommend? I don't have much money, so please, keep recommendations around $60 or less.