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Cooler for Studio 1555, 15.6"

Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Mastershroom, Oct 30, 2009.

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Hi all. What's a good laptop cooler for the Dell Studio 1555? It's 15.6".

I never really used one until now, but after playing TF2 for an hour, my hit 98C according to HWMonitor. The CPU is a more manageable 65C, but still pretty warm. For the record, my CPU is undervolted with RMClock, and everything is at stock clocks. I've actually modified the heatsink for the CPU with a copper mod and some Arctic Silver, otherwise it would be even hotter.

Ideally this should stay under $50 if possible.

Thanks guys!

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98*C . . . ouch.

The bottom of my HP dv5t is similar to the Studio 15 in terms of vent placement. I use a Zalman NC1000 cooler and it takes about 10*C off the GPU at load (95*C -> 85*C). It also makes the laptop feel a lot cooler.

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Thanks! ^_^

You think 98C is bad, you should see my desktop. It's packing an EVGA 8800GT 512MB, which has hit 105C on occasion. Not overclocked or anything.

Funny thing is, it has never given me any driver crashes or artifacting.

(just looked it up, that NC1000 looks nice )

Mastershroom, Oct 30, 2009

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