yup, good for when you are watching movies and it gets a tad bit hotter 60c or more. I have it running all the time at 2600+ then I have a higher speed.
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yup, good for when you are watching movies and it gets a tad bit hotter 60c or more. I have it running all the time at 2600+ then I have a higher speed.
I was bored. When I built that silly contraption, I was still living in my "stupid ages" (some would say I still am!) but that was way before I ever came across iStat. I did have SMC. At any rate, the only way I could gauge temps was by feeling the laptop over its hot areas. So I often felt around areas that used to get piping hot, and they were a good deal cooler with the fan rig. I don't if it actually worked. But it looked cool! And I had a fat PSU with a switch I mounted under the desk with velcro that powered all the fans. It was pretty fun.
I use a Levenger LapLander when not in the office and it works well (not for heat but just to keep it level and insulated from shocks from either my own movements or my children):
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At my desk I use a Zalman NC2000 (I have always had 17" MacBook Pro's).
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At my desk I use a Zalman NC2000 (I have always had 17" MacBook Pro's).
When it getz real hot, I dump it in a cooler full of ice. Cools it off real quick, and works perfectly!
I have a 2010 MBP 13" and I use it to play wow. Sometimes the graphics get all messed up and i need to restart the game to fix it. I check the temps when this happens and it is usually around 78. I play with the laptop on my lap.
Ive been reading reviews on different cooling pads and i will probably buy one soon.
Having to restart 4-5 times an hour is irritating Me.
Ive been reading reviews on different cooling pads and i will probably buy one soon.
Having to restart 4-5 times an hour is irritating Me.
Your graphics card might be failing, it should not be displaying video artifacts at 78C, in fact it should be running fine right up to about 100C.
I use stats pro (i think thats what its called) and the cpu shows 78. I believe it F not celcius but i could be wrong. Nothing else has graphics problems but wow. The laptop feels very hot and i have heard other users have similar problems with wow.
I think the put the vents in a terrible place. They are partially blocked by the screen and then almost completely blocked on my lap. If i pit somethinf under the laptop to lift it up the video is fine for hours. This is why i think a cooling pad would help so the vents stay unobstructed while im playing in bed etc.
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No need (yet) for special cooling with my new 2011 17" MBP (bas config). It runs considerably cooler than my previous early 2008 15" MBP.
Apple does actually note that these are "notebooks" and not "laptops". They suggest that one minimize laptime with the notlapnotebooks ...
The CPU is definitely not running at 78F unless you're in a room where it's -20F, trust me on that. That is definitely celsius. Besides, the GPU temp is what you should be looking at next time, if your graphics are glitching the GPU is at fault, the CPU has nothing at all to do with graphics processing.
And you shouldn't be playing in a way that blocks the vents, try putting tape over a desktop's power supply and various fans and watch it glitch then shut down in minutes, same goes for a laptop, any laptop, not just a MacBook Pro.
I'll have this in the mail tomorrow.
I wasn't sup concerned about the cooling, but I did need a stand and this has a built in USB ports and cable holders so it worked out well.
We'll see tomorrow.
I wasn't sup concerned about the cooling, but I did need a stand and this has a built in USB ports and cable holders so it worked out well.
We'll see tomorrow.
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I don't use anything. To answer your above answers in order.
1. I have it in my lap about 1-3 hours a day. I know, not very long. It doesn't get hot. When it's on my lap I'm traveling about and I'm using the interwebs to read up on chit and/or edit chit (mostly word/PDF docs) for work.
2. It's on my desk a minimum of 8-9 hours a day combined (work and home). I do anything from gaming (Starcraft 2, WoW, Torchlight, etc) to just browsing the ubernets. Hot? Gets up to 82-83 ish in SC2 on High settings. Don't care for any cooling crap.
3. On BART a lot here in Norcal traveling between cities. See reply #1. I'm mostly catching up on work, finishing up on chit or emailing and using the uberwebs via EVDO with my UrFi. Not hot, infact lol if I had a cooling pad...I would call myself retarded.
lol i have a 2006 Core Duo, and back in my first two years in a dorm, i built this fan rig into my desk (6 intake fans in the front, 6 exhaust in the back) to cool my laptop, which lived on top of a Notepal laptop cooler (basically a metal heatsink with 2 fans)
i've attached a pic
at any rate, back here at home, i just have the notepal sitting and i leave the MBP open with fans lying on the keyboard (i have external keyboard, mouse, and monitor) and at the back; as im planning on upgrading very soon and as some of my fans have died, i kind of want to buy a few more fans, and then maybe build a "cooling" box that will house my laptop when it's "stationed"
Loving the AKG's
and OP, I'm using the laptop on my lap right now, but I'm just doing some light browsing + word processing, cPU's at 60 degrees, and it's fine resting on my lap.
When it's on the desk.......it's on the desk lol. no cooling, but i do have one of thos griffin elevators. but not much cooling from that.
Loving the AKG's
and OP, I'm using the laptop on my lap right now, but I'm just doing some light browsing + word processing, cPU's at 60 degrees, and it's fine resting on my lap.
When it's on the desk.......it's on the desk lol. no cooling, but i do have one of thos griffin elevators. but not much cooling from that.
haha i actually sold the AKGs a while back and now am rocking a Sennheiser HD600 (was easier to recable
and i do like the sound) - you on head-fi? i havent visited in forever as i am pretty set on my rig at the moment (even contemplating selling the headphones as i mostly listen with speakers these days...)
haha i actually sold the AKGs a while back and now am rocking a Sennheiser HD600 (was easier to recable
Sennheisers are awesome. I'm also looking at some shure in ears for ultra portability, any ideas/input on that? Love the futurama poster haha.
As far as cooling, normally I don't use anything but if I'm abusing it with vlc and like 8 other apps open I'll turn up the fan speed. If I'm rendering something or am going to leave it running a lot of programs in the background and it's hot inside/outside, I have a pad with fans and four USB 2 ports. I don't know why so many people are upset by the idea of extra cooling, it doesn't hurt anything and often adds more ports and helps position it better and more safely on a desk. It's not about your lap getting warm and being too much of a ***** to "take it" it's about when you're using heavy graphics you're not supposed to add body heat to the already near boiling temps of the computer. Regardless of what you think they're not made to get that hot, my old core duo's battery exploded. Also as previously mentioned they're technically notebooks that aren't supposed to be moved when used whether you think they should be or not. However, SSD is making that history pretty quickly. (although my SSD boot drive definitely makes my MBP run hotter).
thanks! i haven't been in the market for a while, but when i was i went back and forth between the Etymotic ER4 and the Shure e4c, eventually going with Shure - i think models are all different now with Shure but basically the reviews weren't great with the 3-series, and the 5-series was way too expensive
going back on track, i don't think fan noise will really bother me with the new MBPs as if i had a rig with 14 extra fans going (that definitely created a hum) i should be okay
i really do want to build an enclosure to house my cooling rig, though i wonder if there's something pre-fabricated from Ikea or someplace that might save me the trouble of playing carpenter...