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Good cooling pad?

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Which cooling base do you recommend to cool down a 17.3 inch laptop?
In the past i use a cooling block that instead make a vacuum effect in the exit ventilation slot and was great, but my new laptop have 4 air exit slots...

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    I tried using one of those phase change cooling pads once for my poorly ventilated HP (that died, leaving me now with an 8 year old "works" machine I managed to find). I recommend staying away from them. They're uncomfortable and while they are a barrier between you and the machine for a moment, they don't last long, and most importantly they just do nothing for the laptop. Absolute waste. Didn't even keep my head cool trying to use it on hot nights...

    I think a high pressure fan is the only thing that could help, or if the laptop has a metal chassis maybe a gentle breeze over the whole thing. But even then it depends on the design of the laptop/placement of vents and fans. 

    Keep your machine elevated and clean. That's the only surefire advice I can give without knowing more. Beyond that anything is a shot in the dark.

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    I tried using one of those phase change cooling pads once for my poorly ventilated HP (that died, leaving me now with an 8 year old "works" machine I managed to find). I recommend staying away from them. They're uncomfortable and while they are a barrier between you and the machine for a moment, they don't last long, and most importantly they just do nothing for the laptop. Absolute waste. Didn't even keep my head cool trying to use it on hot nights...

    I think a high pressure fan is the only thing that could help, or if the laptop has a metal chassis maybe a gentle breeze over the whole thing. But even then it depends on the design of the laptop/placement of vents and fans. 

    Keep your machine elevated and clean. That's the only surefire advice I can give without knowing more. Beyond that anything is a shot in the dark.

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