Testing:
Here are the Spec’s of the notebook I am testing the NP160 Laptop Cooler on:
ASUS notebook G50VT series with an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz.
Memory(RAM)- 4.00 GB
VideoCard- NVIDIA 512mb GeForce 9800M GT
Without anything plugged in, my notebook runs for 3hours and 20minutes.
With the NP160, the notebook only lasts *Insert time here*.
Temperatures:
During Idle-
Without the NP160, I sat at 57C on a wooden desktop.
With the NP160 and its fans, There was no change in temperature (It remained at 57C).
Torture Testing:
Without the NP160, I peaked at 73C on a wooden desktop.
With the NP160 and its fans, I only dropped from my previous temperature to 70C.
Conclusion:
Right out of the box Logisys drew me in with the simple and sleek design of the NP160, but then they went so far as to add an extremely convenient usb-attachment to plug the cooler right into the back of a laptop. Now, I am a sucker for things that don’t require a lot of thought process, and boy did Logisys make my day! I plugged my NP160 into my notebook hit the power button and heard those fans start up(As a side note, I heard them but they are much quieter compared to literally every other laptop cooler I have used in the past). Another quick thing is that it has a built-in card reader on the left side of the cooler, which seems to be very useful if you ever find yourself in the need for something like that. Alright, the NP160 looks awesome, uses up what little space it takes in a very efficient manner, however the so called notebook cooler only showed a small difference when I had my notebook running a torture test. As far as the NP160 goes, I would trade out the minimal sound from the fans for a larger drop in my notebooks core temp any day. If Logisys can keep all of the NP160’s amazing add-ons but actually make a cooler to help those high-performance or just-plain-hot laptops, I see a bright future for notebook coolers and Logisys themselves.
I definatly need one cooler for my compaq presario v3000…
i always say..Its HOT….lol