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is it necessary for using a laptop cooling pad in winter
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It depends on your temps. Use a utility like AIDA64, HWMon, or Open Hardware Monitor (I prefer this one for a free utility). Check your temps.
The best thing is to make sure you don't block your intake or exhaust ports. With winter, ambient temps are cooler so a cooling pad may not be necessary.
The best thing is to make sure you don't block your intake or exhaust ports. With winter, ambient temps are cooler so a cooling pad may not be necessary.
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It depends on your temps. Use a utility like AIDA64, HWMon, or Open Hardware Monitor (I prefer this one for a free utility). Check your temps.
The best thing is to make sure you don't block your intake or exhaust ports. With winter, ambient temps are cooler so a cooling pad may not be necessary.
Exactly..I have a cooling pad and even on cooler days/late nights I don't use it just because the ambient temps are pretty good at keeping the laptop cool. But I use AIDA64 on mine to monitor temps regularly. Worth keeping an eye on. Depending on what you are doing too, if you are gaming perhaps it would be worth it just to keep temps low, but if it is just general use I wouldn't bother on those cooler days
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depending on your room temps...
like others said, just dont block intake and exhaust fans
like others said, just dont block intake and exhaust fans
Generally as long as the laptop is well designed and the intakes are not blocked (sitting on a bed), a cooling pad is not needed for the hardware's health. One of the issues is that the internal laptop components can tolerate very high heat, if a good job is not done insulating the outer shell from this heat, the temperatures can be uncomfortable to the user - but not cause any problems for the hardware. There are definitely exceptions to this where the thermal management is insufficient.
When I look for a laptop, I prefer a laptop with larger fans that pull some air from the keyboard area as well as the bottom which keeps the top and bottom cool to the touch. Some pull a little bit of air around most of the internal components and then exhaust out through the heatsink. This rules out a lot of the ultrabooks unfortunately. All of my current Dell Latitude and Precision laptops are high power and stay cool and fairly quiet or silent during normal operation. My main laptop, the only thing under the palm rest are the battery and DVD drive - not too hot.
When I look for a laptop, I prefer a laptop with larger fans that pull some air from the keyboard area as well as the bottom which keeps the top and bottom cool to the touch. Some pull a little bit of air around most of the internal components and then exhaust out through the heatsink. This rules out a lot of the ultrabooks unfortunately. All of my current Dell Latitude and Precision laptops are high power and stay cool and fairly quiet or silent during normal operation. My main laptop, the only thing under the palm rest are the battery and DVD drive - not too hot.
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Just dont take it under the blankets