Solving a HOT HOT Laptop Problem.

Having a laptop next to you can get pretty toasty over prolonged usage. That's normally a common issue. And for mine, it's a big big problem. Every time a laptop gets too hot, it'll automatically force my system shutdown, and have to let it cool down for a bit before restarting the system again.

Now as you know I extensively use my laptop for Facebook and YouTube if my bro's using my rig outside my room. Games are done there. However not to disturb my parents in the wee hours of the morning, I game with it. Problem is that system heats up alot during gaming. Even the free laptop cooler that came with it just barely able to hold it.

So currently my setup is like that and with another fan next to me for cooling when I use my laptop on the bed. 

The big limitation of the cooler is that the USB Connection is powered up to only 9 volts, and isn't  really optimized like that for cooling, not at that stage. So Dad stepped into the challenge and we're actually going to DIY our own Laptop Cooling table that will draw Full power off the wall.

Fortunately, my old 2005 now-dead rig is still lying around in front of my new rig, where the old one used to be. So we're gonna salvage the 450W power supply which from the outside still looks new. We'll rip out 2 case fans at the back of the chassis. We are gonna add more fans to that and we're gonna make a flat meshed platform that's going to be the mount for my laptop. We are targeting to whack 6 fans (we're gonna add more) Underneath the surface will be the fans and we'll use the power supply to draw power from the 12 volt rails.

As soon as we're done we're gonna test this bad boy and compare the difference.

DIABLO III: 15th-May-2012

Heya Tech Junkies out there, as many gamers may be aware, that Diablo III will be released on 15th May 2012. So, I'm heading down to Qisahn early in the morning to get in line for the queue so hope to see many of you guys there. In particular, SC2SEA and / or past and present SAF Band members who bought the game.

Now concerning how this game will be benchmarked by me, I aim to use the following rigs that my family have around the house:

My Laptop Rig:
(Low End Testing)
Core i7-740QM 1.73 GHz, Turbo 2.93GHz
8GB DDR3 1333 MHz RAM
1GB GDDR3 ATI Mobility Radeon 5470
DVD / RW Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium

There'll be 2 tests on this Setup. The first will be testing with the GPU at default 750MHz in Core / Memory Clocks and will be overclocked to 800 / 850 to see what sort of improvement I can get.


Dad's Laptop / Older Bro's Laptop Rigs (Same Spec)
(Mid End Testing)
Core i7 2620QM Sandy Bridge
8GB DDR3 RAM
2GB GDDR3 nVidia GeForce GT 540M
DVD / RW Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium

My Own Rig
(High End Testing)
Core i5 2500K OC to 4.5GHz Sandy Bridge
Asus P8P67 PRO Mobo
16 GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM (4x4GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance)
2GB GDDR5 Sapphire Radeon 6970
DVD RW Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium

Overhauled Rig (TBC)
(Enthusiast Testing)
Specs Same save:
2 x 2GB GDDR5 Radeon 6970

All benchmarks will be done with FRAPS. This will probably give a good gauge how CPU or GPU heavy does the game require. But I still need a Radeon 6970 from somewhere, but it's out of production and needs to be gotten second hand. I know there are some reviews but nobody has benchmarked laptop Diablo 3 Gameplay yet.

Dang!

Ah dang, can't post on Facebook in Chiang Mai. Use blog lor....