Reddit mentions of Opolar LC05 Laptop Cooler with Vacuum Fan (Rapid Cooling, Auto-Temp Detection, 13 Wind Speed, Unique Clamp Design, Compatible with Cooling Pads)

THIS! I've got young kids and found that wooden blocks (with the ABCs and shapes on the sides) work great. I've got one under each of the 4 corners, one under the center and another that holds up my external exhaust fan. I avg ~12° C lower temps than when it's lying flat with no exhaust fan.

Edit: this is the laptop exhaust fan I use.

Had a similar problem with the old gaming laptop I use for work, as the cpu fan had died on it. Bought one of these, and no problems since: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_SKtExbWM8729W

I usually get temps around 50c at the most now. Great little machine. Thought I'd share. Cheers!

Get yourself one of these Vacuum Fan Coolers, it’ll save your laptop any potential heat damage.

https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

If you have a laptop, invest in a laptop cooling pad or a cooler.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XKU47Y2?keywords=cooling%20pad%20laptop&qid=1457587369

This little devil helped me a lot - I am currently playing Witcher 3 on a 4 year old laptop and I am not seeing my PC melt.

If you are on PC, there are numerous things you can use to get rid of excess heat.
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It looks like it might be the same one I have.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XKU47Y2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It does seem to work, but I primarily play on the couch with the armrest on my left so it would get in the way. Also IMO it does get very noisy. In my situation it had to run either at full blast or the fan speed would constantly fluctuate which was more annoying than just having it run 100% all the time.

Looks like that might be the same laptop as mine as well.. GL551-JW I think is the model

clean out ur fan u probly dont need another pc.

pc too loud -> fan spinning too fast - > fan most probably clogged with dust

if it's a laptop I've had good success with this shit gave my shitty overheating laptop 2 more years:

like this (not this brand but something like it)

and a cooling pad like that

if its a desktop u only need a can of air

Most laptop major components can't be removed.

As for the cooling fans, I hear good things about vacuum fans for laptops.

I usually check here when I’m curious about what CPU will work in a laptop.

Adequate cooling might be a concern for the i7 (though if the TDP is the same... maybe not...).

Either way, cooling is good: I’ve used this Opolar fan before and had good luck. Maybe a cooling mat too.

Not sure if these older generation CPUs will work with Intel Extreme Tuning utility but on an 4th Gen i5 Lenovo I’ve been playing around with I can undervolt the CPU and overclock the iGPU for a few extra FPS.

you need this

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1TU6ZEWZ81GB7&coliid=IV0JK0NKWGDK5&psc=1

will cool your laptop very well

Opolar LC05 Laptop Cooler with Vacuum Fan (Rapid Cooling, Auto-Temp Detection, 13 Wind Speed, Unique Clamp Design, Compatible with Cooling Pads) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_2chvzbRG2PPD7

I have the y510p which is the precursor to the y50, this oppo cooler does wonders https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XKU47Y2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

this style seems to be popular right now. There's a bunch of different models that you can find on Amazon.

Was considering this a few months back and in all the youtube videos I saw it only helped by a few degrees. I believe the only real solution that works is a vacuum but is only available to Windows users.

Yes, an air vent. Sometimes it doesn't fit on certain laptops because of the way their vents are designed. This particular fan has a guide showing what it can fit on: https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

Have you had this laptop for a while or is it brand new?

A post I considered regarding temps:

With turbo disabled (2.6 GHz) and the Cool fan profile, my SC NUC is 50C at idle, 65 watching movies, 83 under full CPU load, and 92 playing 3D games. 80C is the recommended long term temp (Tcontrol)

90+ is concerning and I wonder about the health of other components at that temp. Below is a couple tips for reducing temp and I welcome any others

Undervolt the CPU and GPU. This reduces voltage and heat. To do this, go to BIOS (press F2), Advanced, and slide the voltage down on core and uncore (slice and unslice for GPU). Do one at a time, either CPU or GPU. Then run a benchmark like Cinebench for CPU or Heaven for GPU. If it passes, reduce voltage. If it crashes, increase and run again. There's more tuning you can do, but I'm not an expert

Buy a laptop cooler. I've had luck with Opolar. It stays on without adhesive, albeit must be attached upside down, but is loud and the auto-temp makes it overly noisy at low work loads. At the minimum fan speed it's not too bad. Temps while gaming have been reduced by 9C

How else can users reduce temps and what's the effect of 80+ on lifespan?

There's this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKU47Y2 available from Amazon that should ship to Belgium

Sorry for the late reply

A 1080m should be able to handle gaming workload of current games if gaming on 1080p resolution, but can't compare to 20xx series if more games adopt DLSS and/or ray tracing in the future. The only thing you need for eGPU is a USB-c with Thunderbolt 3 support, which should be stated clearly on spec sheet. However, don't get laptop with Intel ultra portable CPUs (there's a 'u' @ the CPU model name), cause the T3 has only half the maximum bandwidth compare to other laptop CPUs

I have had couple different laptops through out the year, and they all get toasty while gaming except for large ones that's more like a portable desktop. There are heat extractor you can buy to help keep things cool, they work pretty good from my experience

You didn't follow directions hardly at all, yet darned if you didn't get it working. Good going.

50°/60° is pretty normal for a laptop (and even plenty of desktops). While designed to run at this temperature, electronics of course last longer when cooler. Cooling pads typically lower temps 5° or so (though this one looks tempting). I don't have any longevity studies to prove this, so feel free to adapt your equipment to however you like rather than vice versa.

You may or may not have the ability to overclock your processor, depending on the specific model of your cpu and motherboard. That aside though, it also depends on the efficiency of your laptops cooling system; if its too low overheating could be a serious issue, like physically damaged parts.

If you do decide to go this route I would recommend getting a good cooling pad if you don't already have one, particularly one with a fan blowing directly on whatever hotspots you have. I would also recommend getting a forced air cooler like this one

I wonder if something like this might work better for you? I haven't personally tried it, but it looks like it would make sense for a laptop with air vents on the side.

Take a look at this extra cooler. Someone else linked the same type of design as this one, but from what I can tell this one seems to get better ratings and reviews. Granted, I didn't look too much into it.

You should also take a look at this cooling pad. I have a similar version and it worked absolute wonders for me until I finally got my desktop. It's a very open cooler so air flow shouldn't be too much of a problem as you stated you experience with your current cooler.
You can also adjust exactly where you want the fans so that they blow right into the vents on your laptop.

Of course, there's the obvious possibility that your laptop outputs far more heat than mine did, so take my recommendation of this cooling pad with a grain of salt.

http://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

I bought this and both gpu and cpu temp's were lowered by 10C each (without any cleaning or thermal paste)

Changing the battery plan from balanced to high performance may have had some effect, but it is hard to quantify. It does feel like i am getting better performance, but it might be placebo.

I have i7-4720HQ 2.6GHz + GTX950M + 12GB RAM and I run 1680x1050 (75% rendering, low preset except for 4x anisotropic filtering, FXAA, high texture, medium model) at 70FPS basically stable. Sometimes when Mei freezes me it might be going down (perhaps 50?) due to some effect BS

I really thing the opolar fan is much much much better than laptop stand style coolers. You put it on, and temperatures fall by 10C right off the bat.

Yeah they have lost their edge a bit, but not too blinded by fandom to ignore it. I have no problem going against its constitutes, even if it falls at times. All in all it is your choice, whatever you choice; various heat temps by others reported has a lot of factors the temp of the room, what it is on, the dust built up over time. No matter what you end up choosing to go with, I would say get a extra laptop cooler on your machine, every little bit helps overtime.

Personally I have two coolers on my laptop machine, (Coolmaster massive 200mm fan I believe, and havoc vacuum on the vent [CPU focus] on the side./vacuum is an example they don't make my model anymore they cost 15-30 usually on amazon.) and it helps it run much cooler. I will now always keep the combo, because it's just overall healthier for the machine. I have 10 year old machine so it actually needs it now. Thermal past has worn away.

If you are bit paranoid about cooling (for laptops you should always be) a 3rd party seller that can help out is http://www.xoticpc.com/ they offer stronger cooling that's above any manufacturers default; cost more obviously. ( $35ish.) Can customize them too, an they have more than just Alienware (seems the 17x 980m is sold out for the moment sadly.) there too pretty much every gaming laptop brand.

An AW fanboy so I want to bully towards them(pretty colors!), but you have to get what is right for you. If there is another brand that's cheaper that seems to be the better performer go for it! AW is about gaming and doing whatever you want with the power that machine gives, and it's not the only one that can do it. Just don't get a macbook pro...I will not support that at all, and they actually run as hot gaming laptops without the power! But in all I just want to help a fellow gamer out. Giving you the most tools that can use to make a judgement.

I use a standard laptop cooler stand with a pair of these. I have the GS60 with one on each exhaust fan (my model only has two). They can get a bit noisy at full blast, but I almost never see temps over 70c with a +125mHz OC on the GPU.

60-70c is normal for laptops under load, and even 80c shouldn't be damaging. Better safe than sorry though.

Here's a picture of my fans.

https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

(shrug) Nearly all our servers are laptops. This is what we use:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XKU47Y2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


I would never hesitate building passive cooling into a desktop machine, but the price for using refined single board laptop computers is forced air cooling. Don't see a way arould it.

Have considered buying a refrigerator to use as a server shelf :)

One of these little guys I bet will work better than the typical cooling pad.

You could always add small side cooler to help reduce the thermals to peace of mind levels

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XKU47Y2/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1495765908&sr=8-14&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=laptop+coolers

I have one laptop that runs pretty hot up to 205°F , has anyone tried a laptop vacuum. The reviews on this one are pretty good.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XKU47Y2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467933539&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=laptop+vacuum&dpPl=1&dpID=4110DLzrigL&ref=plSrch

Just curious if anyone has tried something like this, connects right on the side of the heat vent and sucks all the hot air out of the laptop.

Update: it works, I now am at 160°f with everything running. With just browsing I'm at about 130-140°f

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XKU47Y2/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8 one user here reported these work well. Just make sure it's the exhaust vents you attach to. It's the back two I believe, someone may be able to verify.

external fan doohickey

Max operating temp for the i7-6700hq is 100°.

However, if you'd prefer the temperature to be lower for peace of mind, vacuum coolers like this and this are generally the most effective way to lower laptop cpu/gpu temps aside from undervolting.

http://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453517757&sr=8-1&keywords=vacuum+laptop+cooler

Consider trying that. Even if it doesn't improve your performance it's a better cooler than those board ones.

http://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

I had a fan fail on mine and Acer had it for 6 months and never fixed it. After warranty ran out i opened it myself, found the issue, bought one of these and it runs for days without shutting off now. She may have also dislodged the heatsink a bit and that could be causing the issue. If that's the case you'll have to take it apart and reseat everything and make sure all the mounting points are intact.

Every one of these types of coolers I have ever tried using do basically nothing. Blasting the bottom piece of plastic on your laptop with air doesn't really help with anything. A cooler that clips on to your existing exhaust ports like this one generally works much better since it actually works with the laptops existing cooling system.

https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1493797721&sr=1-9&keywords=laptop+cooling+pad

or

https://www.amazon.com/Tree-New-Bee-Cooling-15-6/dp/B016PMVM7Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1493797915&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=laptop+cooling+pad&refinements=p_72%3A1248879011&psc=1


Or both :P

I have an Acer with the same situation. I use a cooling pad for my laptop, and it works, to a degree. They also make side vent cooling fans, such as https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2 , though I do not have personal experience with it. The reviews seem to be relatively good, though.

Well I'd like to share my results. This is on a Dell Latitude E6440 i7-4610m with a AMD Radeon HD 8690M switchable graphics card with Windows 7.

Spectating gets me 30-40 FPS (with real lows of 25 rarely) 1366x768 with an-isotropic filtering, anti-aliasing and high texture quality active, otherwise minimal settings.

The CPU gets sorta hot running at 85 C and GPU at 65 - 70 C. I'm looking into getting a portable external cooling fan like this.

Initially the game refused to load on the proper graphics card, loading on the default intel hd 4600. After updating the graphics card drivers everything worked beautifully, and I'd also like to note that the new AMD catalyst center is AWESOME and even provides the ability to overclock a bit. Pre-upgrade catalyst control center was garbage.

Also the keyboard and mouse do not function simultaneously unless you disable touchguard under dell trackpad settings.

Overall I'm very happy with this machine and would suggest it to anyone looking for a primary laptop workstation with good battery life with the ability to game on occasion plugged in. Especially noteworthy is the (dell unsupported) msata slot, thus with certainty the ability to use at least 3 disk drives (one msata, one standard 2.5, and a second 2.5 in the disc drive bay). BIOS actually lists a fourth sata interface, though I've yet to attempt to determine if that would enable another msata or whatnot - if so it would be a half size, which do exist but are rarer.

this one? (edit: found more likely one) (edit2: if it is this one, it does have a graphics card Intel® HD Graphics 4400 and drivers available online there. would still suggest getting a new computer and probably the cooling thing in the meantime.)

at any rate, computers should be replaced every 4-5 years (longer if you buy higher end components but not much longer). if you've been using your laptop for gaming for even half that long while it doesn't have a graphics card, it is probably dying one of those horrible deaths borne of usage due to using the cpu and the mother board's onboard graphics instead of a proper gpu. i would suggest getting a new laptop/computer when you can as its age is probably the problem here. in the meantime, you could get one of these goofy things to help with cooling the laptop as overheating one component or another is likely the reason for the issue. finakl note: i would advise against using it for gaming any further if the laptop is needed for anything vital like college/work. if not, it should be fine for a while yet but if it conks out on you don't be too surprised.

Try this:
https://www.amazon.com/Opolar-LC05-Cooling-Powered-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

Works wonders for me. 95'C => 70'C.

thanks for the suggestion. I've noticed fans get dirty quite easily, so that's a major plus. Does anyone know if these 'vacuums' work on the 15 r2?

Here ya go

That one looks like it would be very effective, but how loud is it? I was looking into coolers today and found a couple:

This one is kindof different but it seems to work and it has a lot of good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1458172921&sr=8-5&keywords=laptop+cooler

Read really good reviews on this one and I like that you can adjust the fan position.
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-NotePal-PLUS-Performance/dp/B00ED3WMTC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458180143&sr=8-1&keywords=laptop+cooler+u3

Add some cooling! :)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooling-Powered-Control-Operation-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

This might help

Look for something that is going to work well with the positions of the vents on the laptop. If your intake vents are on the bottom of the laptop, I'd suggest something like the Cooler Master Notepad U2/U3. Especially because you can move the fans to line up with the intake vents. I have the U2 and it works very nicely. Although, I think the fact that the laptop is raised off a surface is more important than the actually fans. I saw temperatures drop about 6-8° C under load on my XPS 15 9550 just using the cooling stand, while turning the fans on only brought the temps down about 1-3° C.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002SGATH8?fp=1&pc_redir=T1

If your exhaust fans are on the side of the laptop, maybe try on of those vacuum suction type coolers that pulls air out of the machine. Like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2

After doing a bunch of research, I came to the conclusion that there isn't a perfect cooler out there, you have to find what gives your specific laptop the best airflow. Hope this helps!

Look in BIOS, there might be a thermal monitor setting to adjust the fan speed.

When cooled off, give a few short spritz with canned air to unclog any dust.

Maybe redo the thermal paste. Thermal paste instructions and video of different techniques on glass (hint: pre-spreading makes bubbles, an "X" is best), and another video with temps (hint: use plenty, technique doesn't matter). Also: thermal paste cleaning.

Could be the fan is failing (something's wrong to have a 90C idle).

Last resort, a laptop fan or cooling pad.

Edit: Also, check if some program is maxing the CPU. In Task Manager (Ctrl-Shift-Esc) click Processes (file tab), then CPU (header) a time or two to sort by descending. Other than System Idle, this will show the process currently using the CPU. (And/or run ProcessExplorer to see what Processes are running and ProcessMonitor to see which Program called what Process.)

I have the y510p dual 755m, I am going to test a heat vacuum on the primary card to see how well it works... I could let you know if it's effective - there are generally good reviews.

Here is a link to one on amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468455219&sr=8-2&keywords=gaming+laptop+heat+vacuum

http://www.amazon.com/LC05-Cooling-Auto-Temp-Detection-Compatible/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=pd_sim_147_5?ie=UTF8&dpID=4110DLzrigL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=0Y9P574JN5T62RWTWTZS

Would those side coolers be a waste?
Opolar LC05 Laptop Cooler with Vacuum Fan (Rapid Cooling, Auto-Temp Detection, 13 Wind Speed, Unique Clamp Design, Compatible with Cooling Pads) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XKU47Y2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_92IYxbCAHNSQ5

My friend gave me one of these Polar fans after it didn't end up working with his laptop, and it definitely helps a bit when used along with a traditional cooling pad.