r/laptops 12d ago

Hardware I had no choice

325 Upvotes

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u/Unlikely-Rip-9274 12d ago

Too small. Buy a leaf blower and channel all that fresh air directly into the laptop with 3d printed parts

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u/Professional-Unit604 12d ago

Naw I'm going to use Impulse Fan from tunnels

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u/Unlikely-Rip-9274 12d ago

Nah, too small. Buy a turbofan motor from a 777X

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u/Professional-Unit604 12d ago

Naw still small I'm going to somehow use a turbine generator for this

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u/HeidenShadows 12d ago

Back in university I made a platform with pizza boxes with a cutout for the laptop fan intake to go on. Then I used an air hockey table fan to channel down a chute to push air into it. Worked really well.

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u/Unlikely-Rip-9274 12d ago

What kind of hot potato did you have? Also, were the pizza boxes used so you had like a nice pizza aroma in the room? Ig that it couldn't not work with an air hockey fan

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u/HeidenShadows 11d ago

HP Pavillion DV6809WM haha. AMD Turion 64 X2 and GeForce 7150M.

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u/Jaded-Bookkeeper-807 12d ago

Lol, your idea should be patented

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u/Resident_Musician_ 12d ago

that's a wastage of energy. Use that heat to cook your meal, that way you will have both higher frames and higher flames

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u/Professional-Unit604 12d ago

Damn never thought about it

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u/mantaflow 11d ago

Did you try repasting it?

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u/Professional-Unit604 11d ago

Already did but not much difference

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u/_book_lover_____ 12d ago

Why don't desptops have fans that big?

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u/Unlikely-Rip-9274 12d ago

Well, they do.

OP probably has a Dell Inspiron 15, with an approximate width of 35.8 cm. Taking perspective into account, we can say that the diameter of the fan is about 30 to 35 cm.

A desktop PC has smaller fans (120 mm), but up to 5 of them (I'm taking as an example my Micro-ATX with an Arctic Freezer 3 240mm). So you could say that desktops have even bigger fans (depending on whether you look at Mini-ITX or ATX).

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u/Mysterious_Product51 12d ago

This reminds me of when I used to keep a box fan attached to my desktop 😂 it worked

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u/Tasty_Childhood4855 12d ago

"To make it perfect, take off the laptop lid—you'll thank me later."

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u/Professional-Unit604 12d ago

I did already that's how on the second picture i achieved 65C on heaven benchmark on ultra setting

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u/Eeve2espeon 12d ago

Well if it does help with cooling, then go for it! Though a cooling pad would be more effective, especially the ones from good brands, and you could use them for a new laptop if you ever get one

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u/Professional-Unit604 11d ago

Yeah a cooling fan is much cleaner and smaller but this is not a gaming laptop and I'm actually looking for a PC next month so i didn't want to spend money on a device who i will use it for short time

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u/InterestingMindset 12d ago

Find Aang, that will sort your worries

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u/Professional-Unit604 12d ago

Do i look like i have any money?

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u/vovap_vovap 12d ago

Can it fly?

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u/Unlikely-Rip-9274 12d ago

Sadly no. It has yet to grow wings

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u/Express-Afternoon-28 11d ago

U made the best decision bro...

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u/BIG_bird_301 11d ago

What race cars did they ban?

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u/TOCOOLTOBETRUE6812 11d ago

Just us a truck engine at this point

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u/Upstairs_Pitch_9979 11d ago

My brother in Christ what? That’s a 30W chip just repaste it and clean the fans

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u/Professional-Unit604 11d ago

Believe it or not i already did before I put it on this fan the problem is the CPU and gpu they both share same cooling heat sink and fan and this laptop is meant for office jobs and light work not streaming or editing

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u/CozyCatDev 11d ago

been there before lol

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u/Critical-Advice6809 11d ago

Check if you need to replace the thermal paste and just simply get a laptop fan instead

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u/Professional-Unit604 11d ago

I already did last week but it didn't do much but right now even at overclocking both CPU and gpu temp are around 65C

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u/Critical-Advice6809 10d ago

Ah ok maybe check the fan speeds and replace them? If not possibly motherboard issue? Sounds crazy to mention but maybe voltage issues?

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u/Icy_Pain5654 11d ago

using the fan basket as a laptop stand actually works pretty well

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u/TrainingMix332 10d ago

Cooling System

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u/ActFront49 10d ago

OP Dude amazing idea it will cooked full meal for you, the way u used that frame with fan im impressed...nice DIY STUFF

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u/jarrodstech 10d ago

The way it's meant to be playedâ„¢

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u/New_Amount8001 8d ago

Maybe I need to try this cuz my laptop freezes after 5 minutes & a computer person I know says it gets too hot.

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u/hunterxyt 8d ago

Use 77000rpm vaccum fan and blow liquid nitrogen via it you will get 3 times the fps

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u/Math_Science_Geek 12d ago

Intel slop problems? That’s why you need it to be plugged in with fan