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Agreed I have a zephyrese g14 and that thing cooks. Selling it for 45wat apu laptop. At least the performance will be more stable, then the heat from RTX anything.
framework laptops
Good idea the angle but all those angled cooler are known to off center the laptop fans after a while making them noisier and damaging the fans in the end. Better go with a more neutral angle design for long term use.
If you are going to be modding your N-Switch, then I expect you to replace the Joy-Con plastic covers with *wewd.* Otherwise, I will be very disappointed in you.
i recommend a framework laptop. it might even be the last laptop you buy.
You should get a Framework laptop
Just waiting for the Framework 16 to drop!
Thi is the first heart I have ever gotten
I just got my framework and it's the bee's knees. Plus, better for the environment and I'm not worried about obsolescence!
@@ZacBuildsmake sure you get the AMD version.
@@ZacBuildsSo I'm not the only one waiting to upgrade
For reference, the reason why laptops don’t dump heat into the outer chassis directly is generally so that the batteries don’t overheat, which is a fire hazard.
(source: th-cam.com/video/eS_MVDoaIoM/w-d-xo.html)
Edit: In addition, there are also regulations about how hot surfaces can get so that they don't burn you.
Also there are regulations on how hot touchable surfaces are allowed to get.
@@JanJanJanJanJanJanJanJanJan2cooking steak on the back o my laptop go brrrrrrrrrrrrr 😎
Laptops are limited in the amount of heat they are allowed to dissipate through the chassis outer shell to prevent burns, that particular limitation has little to nothing to do with battery protection.
and you know, you dont want to burn your legs if you had them on your lap. just saying.
Intel MacBook Pros be like: what regulations?
From what I can see, it looks like the Thunderport hub kind of blocks the air intake in the fan as well, so that might be worth a redesign. Also making the top removable so that whenb the fan eventually dies you can replace it without busting apart a glued piece
Yep. Rule of thumb with fans is at least an inch of space in front of them to allow flow. Only instance I've seen in 40 years of doing support where it isn't involves rifle bearing fans. You don't want rifle bearing fans.
Considering there is likely much more resistance on the push side finding gaps out from under the laptop i highly doubt there is much, if any, flow constriction happening on the pull side where the hub is located. also if the stand is for this particular model of laptop and hes already shown its power limited and not thermo limited then any improvments to airflow are largely moot. would be nice if the fan was more easily replaceable, although an offset phillips driver (looks like a hex/allen key) should probably get the job done in the current config but would still be a PITA.
Noctua fans usually last 10 years plus so....
I had the same thought and would make this change. I would move the connection hub so that the edge of the hub matches ( or close ) to the edge of the 'projet'. Since the top is at an incline, this would make more airspace for the fan. I do not believe that this would break the looks of the 'project'.
Also some Thunderbolt hubs can get very hot themselves, so then it's pulling hot air onto the hot laptop.
Would also be interesting to see how it would compare with all the internal cooling mods and using the body as a heat sink but without the big cooling stand.
Ah damn, I didnt even think to run that benchmark. Next time!
@ZacBuilds not too late. Run the test and update the description
Sounds demanding lol. Not meaning to be like that. But this is actually a good idea I haven't seen before
Idk on Dell
But there's a ton of that in MacBook
The main problem by solely using the body without external cooling is that you also heats up battery and SSD
Yeah, was disappointed he didn't show that. Really wanted to know becuase maybe the big fan isn't worth it for those of us who would be OK with doing all that. Also be careful with pass, I'm not too familiar with that pudy product you used. But another tech ch, jayztwocents, removed the pads from his ram and put paste and it turned out the pad was also there to bridge the gap on the cooler. His issue was it was a huge heatsink which included the ram and was just mm higher on some places.
Not sure if you check older videos, but regarding the Dell Dock: you can get right angle adapters to reduce the strain on the USB C port. Additionally, the docks usually have a power button, which can turn the laptop on. In my setup, I 3D printed a side shelf that holds the laptop on the side of my desk, giving me the entire desk for use. So basically, something akin to what you did with the drawer, but more barebones.
I did similar for my XPS 9560 (i7-7700HQ, 1050) a couple of years ago, with some differences: no external fan, I made a thermal bridge from the VRMs to bare heatpipes, undervolted the CPU 0.12V, put fine mesh over the intakes (to eliminate dust), and resting it on a dowell bar near the rubber strip to stop hot air recirculating into the intake. As a result, it only hits around 85'C with a GPU game or CPU-intensive work, and the power delivery stays higher. There were other tweaks, like also using ThrottleStop to improve responsiveness for DAW work.
So if you want to improve on what you already have, maybe try undervolting, if your system allows it.
Your content is some of my favorite combination of "computer nerd" and "wood working maker".
Given your penchant for customizing, I'd say you should get a Framework laptop 16 when orders open up. Completely customizable IO and all replaceable parts. It'll even have an expansion bay for a replaceable internal video card.
I said somewhat of the same thing about Framework and also Clevo.
+1 for Framework. Entirely aside from customizability, their whole take on reusability is SO overdue for the laptop industry. I was sold the moment I saw how easy they'd made it to rehouse the internals into a standalone mini-PC.
I just fixed up an old Elitebook 2560p, one of the last socketed laptops. The thing came with 4 gigs of RAM but now has 16, and i5 only kind of upgrades to i7 (2nd gen only😢), but then the peripheral slots are just insane. eSATA, swappable dvd drive, DisplayPort, SD slot, PC Express slot (thankfully there are cool cards for), m.2e X 3- ethernet card, swappable wifi card,also a sim slot and cell card. Dedicated docking port. Oh, and smart card for biz security. It's no Framework, but it is built to stay relevant 12 years later. It does. It crushes at music production. I got this out of the garbage, dude. This mission is loooong overdue.
@@feetericani do not recommend Clevo. I used to work on them often
@@feetericanThe 16" framework seems like it could have the specs he needs to replace the dell. But I wouldn't want to go all in on the AMD 7700s which is arriving on the 16. As a prior Asus G55 owner, I've been burned by the MXM hype. Framework seems more dedicated and likely to acheieve the upgradable GPU goal, but I wouldn't bet against history yet.
You're my favorite youtuber right now. You woodwork, build computer/electronic/emulation stuff, and longboard. All of which are things I like to do! I've been 30 mph on a longboard, built my own PC, built an arcade style emulator with the big joysticks, and I make some money on the side woodworking.
I think you may be my spirit animal 😂
Hell ya! That's the best feedback I could get. Hopefully some more of our future projects sync up
My only note is that there are plenty of existing laptop cooling pad devices that have spare room inside their chassis that could fit the dock if you swapped out their fans for that nice one. Many of them even have fan controllers built-in. You would end up with a more comfortable purpose-built device by cobbling something together rather than building it from scratch in this case.
Thats awesome! Love the look of it and that magnet into the cupboard is soo slick.
Cool! you should also try undervolting you cpu and gpu aswell as lowering you're minimum processor state and changing the turbo from aggressive to enabled this should increase the power ALOT more
I’d like to see the performance upgrade with just the fan, just the improved thermal paste, and then the combination. Awesome build though!
He didn't want you to find out that all the extra performance came from the work he did on the laptop, and not from his laptop stand.
LOL, funny, in another part of the comments he said he didn't even think of benchmarking anything else, "good idea!" That last bit might not be paraphrasing so I put it in quotes, lol. @@ianhaylock7409
We all probably have different laptops, and that putty is a pain if you ever want to redo it so....
all I did was use mx-4 on my gpu and cpu under the cooler
And replaced what Asus did with thermal puddy, with really high end thermal pads.
I reinstalled my cpu/gpu cooler, and immediately uninstalled, of course my thermal paste was fine, the only thing you can do is use too little and since I normally repaste full sized GPU's I used too much. Cleaned up the edges a bit - that wouldn't have mattered. Checked the thermal pads that they were all indented by the memory a little, but not too much. Refettied as necessary, rechecked for fit. Reassembled.
You see, about the thermal pads imprinting, heavy imprints and you may reduce pressure on the CPU/GPU points because the thermal pads are too thick, which could cause their temps to go up or even severely overheat them.
When I was done my laptop was flying fast. I mean flying fast. It's still faster than the day I bought it 5 years ago. Curios about what happened, I looked it up online and found out "everybody" talking about how much faster this laptop is, even new out of the box with new thermals. Oh, well at least 2 years later I started in on that performance!
That a lot of nice thermal mods, I never had good experiences repasting my XPS17 9710 (I tried MX5 and GC Extreme and thermals were worse until I switched to Honeywell PTM, that made a huge improvement), but pretty awesome to see the before and after, and considering that Intel/Dell boosts these CPUs to over 100W (at least in my experience with the XPS 17 9710), the fact you can get it to power limit throttle is kinda amazing
It's so wild to see my PTM experiment has made it this far. We talked about it in Discord then I purchased some from a sketchy Chinese shop and the PTM revolution was born.
Hi Zac, I have been rocking a MSI Gaming GT72 6QD(Dominator G)-249UK for 10 years now and it has been rock solid. I've upgraded the storage to 6TB of internal SSD storage, bumped the RAM to 64GB and configured the system to dual boot Windows 10 and Linux Mint. I have a desktop that I use for gaming now, but this laptop still performs very well for development duties and general use. If the newer MSI systems are as solid as this thing, hard to go wrong. Another system I have considered is the new Framework 16 laptop. It can be stripped down to a bare chasis with one included tool and everything on this laptop may be user serviced/upgraded. The ports may be configured as desired and there is a dedicated bay for a graphics card. Looks to be well engineered.
I recently finished building a cooling pad with 3 120mm Noctua NF-P12 redux fans and Noctua NA-FC1 fan controller. It works great, can be a bit loud but way better than any previous ones I've owned.
Ya most laptop cooling pads are really loud anyways. This 200mm fan is crazy quiet. I should've talked more about it, but you cant really hear it until you get within 12" inches of it and even then it's just a whisper. The built in fans inside the laptop are WAY louder haha.
I love your videos on upgrading / hacking your tech! That cinebench score improvement is insane.
For new laptops I have my eye on the new framework laptop!
Thanks man! And me too, I'm waiting to see what their 16 inch model can do!
I'd like to see what you could do with a framework laptop, especially when you upgrade one because of what you'll do with the old board.
I'd love to see what you could do with a Framework laptop! After seeing this video I'm thinking of trying those mods on my own...
Cooling pads do work great if your laptop has proper air intake underneath (unlike the one shown in this video where the vents are at the bottom)
Would love to see a video on how you come up with these ideas, especially how you know if it'll work or not?
Huh that's an interesting idea. Basically I just look for problems I'm having in my own life.
"Wish my laptop didnt overheat so badly.....Hmmm, I bet I can fix that with a DIY project"
The fun part is I almost never know if they will work or not. It keeps the whole thing interesting from start to finish for me, and hopefully for you and everyone else at home too!
Designing in external radii to those tenon joints that have about a 5-10% clearance on the internal radii will eliminate the need to do manual chisel work
nice build! I might've missed it, but what was the temperature difference before/after?
Hi, I like the wood designs even though a Cooler Master 23 would've done the job. For a new laptop I would recommend a Razer Blade Pro 17. The reason for that is the extra fan or fans used at the bottom for intake, meant to move the hot air generated over the board, and push it to the exhaust. Some models have one bottom fan, and some others have 2, making the device a 3, and also a 4 fan laptop that is both cooler than most, and more quiet. Consider it ✌
Do you have a link for that cooling pad ? Not coming back in Google
Dude this whole time watching your channel I've loved that you use hexagons because I'm a CGP Grey fan. Who'd have thought you used them for the same reason. So cool.
Hexagons are the bestagons :p
As far as common, North American woods go, walnut is definitely the best. If you're looking for portability then I'd suggest Framework since upgrading will be easier than with others.
I love the whole Framework ethos, but for video editing a dedicated GPU is a big factor. I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the 16" inch version.
@@ZacBuilds it's up for preorders now
Don't know about that dell TB dock specifically but I know other docks get really really hot and since your fan is pulling air directly from it, I would think it decreases the cooling potential at least a bit. Otherwise great vid! I will probably do the part with removing the stickers from the bottom inner part of the bottom cover and adding some thermal pads to my Lenovo Thinkbook 14S Yoga Gen2 (great laptop line in case you want to switch btw). I will however skip the repasting of the CPU and GPU + the laptop stand as when I use my laptop docked I use it bent backwards (love using 2 in 1 laptops like that as it allows for having a keyboard right in front of the screen which is placed below my monitor - ez stacked display setup)
was he using CPU Z to monitor the end results at the end of the video? if not what software was he using to dermine the temp and cooling stoppage point
Super cool project Zac! The magnets for the drawer mount were a nice surprise.
Haha thanks you! I've been trying to incorporate bonus features into all my projects now.
MacBook pro m2 is crazy efficient and you can directly use that cooler because it’s also full aluminium
Remember, burn is higher than cook. Even if you aren't to low grade burning temperatures, constant heat can be low grade cooking you. You'll generally survive in the short term, but it is very hard on your body and a bad idea in the long run.
Anything that gets uncomfortable, your body is telling you it is uncomfortable for a reason. And it was probably doing low grade damage even before you noticed it was uncomfortable.
When you notice a problem, fix it, it is always the best idea long term. Something that didn't seem like that big of a deal at the time can have health consequences later on.
You could add a small tpu bumper infront too. Those anti skid measures are great but a little bit more doesnt hurt 😂.. love your work. Fills a niche i didnt know i craved
Very nice outcome! Got some usefull ideas!
Same situation with my XPS too. Quite a lot of problems.
Switched to Thinkpad; quite pleased with it so far
Definitely considering some other Lenovo devices!
I have quite a few thinkpads that I really like. The ones I use daily are my X1 Carbon(gen 4) and a T450s, both are a few years old but still work well and are solid af.
The new Framework 13 or 16 would be my choice for a new laptop
Waiting on that 16 to drop!
i have a feeling it migjt be hard to clean the fan if it gets dusty. Either way nice build tho and the charging dock idea was really cool
Use rubber rivet mounts for the fan, it'll kill any residual vibrations and noise
This was a breath of fresh air! Great to see someone thinking outside the box ;)
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Have a look into framework laptops. I think you'll really like them.
I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the Framework 16!
@@ZacBuilds yeah and I think it's gonna be great. Linus showed it a couple of days ago but I think you already know that 😄
I use a cheap HP gaming laptop that has had nothing but overheating problems. I've replaced the thermal paste many times (I do it every time the laptop freezes up, presumably from heat).
I finally tried replacing the paste with PMT7950 phase change thermal pads. They're hard to work with, but they improved the laptop as much as I could have hoped for.
would love to see a framework laptop and what you do to make it better
I was about to ask that did noctua paid every youtuber to use their big fan xD then you made logo hider xD ..love to see that you are using this product because of performance , not for money .
Also love to see that you are now in tech too..
Haha one day maybe, but for now I'm paying out of pocket like everyone else. I just like their products and their color scheme is a good match for walnut :)
I loved this so much. Besides benchmarks, did you notice improvements to gaming?
I've wanted to do something similar for my 16" 2019 macbook pro for a while now (sans woodworking). That laptop is horribly thermally throttled and has very little in the way of venting. I bought a spare backplate and my plan was to drill some venting holes into the backplate and use a massive fan to blow some cool over the CPU/GPU heatpipes as well as the VRMs. Ever the procrastinator, I put this off for a while and sadly my macbook died a few weeks ago. Ironically, I think it was killed by overheating, since in the weeks before it died I noticed that my CPU was running at over 90C while gaming which was strange since it would always throttle at around 85C in the past.
I believe if you drilled holes or thins on the back of the laptop it would be better since you are using the fan as intake instead of using the body as an inertia cooling.
Go framework.
Wonderful builds Zac! 👍🏾👍🏾
I did this years ago to play wow on a mid range laptop, worked great then, probably works even better these days since everything is thermally limited and boosts by default, you don't even need to overclock or volt mod etc etc.
I was really surpirsed at the big jump in the cinebench points just for cooling. Unfortunately i have plastic bottom and a not so good heatsink.
What would you think about adding some more ventilation holes in the bottom of your laptop case, instead of connecting the heat pipes to it (if you were starting again)?
Ventilation isn't the problem, it is thermal conductivity. Heat Pipes transfer heat away from critical components. Air is an awful medium for heat transfer. Piping it away from the components with a heat pipe and then dissipating it across a larger surface area like the case is 100% the best option here.
@@TheOldSchoolCrisis I was just thinking that the stock cooling solution doesn't get enough ventilation, so that would at least allow the stock cooling to function better.
Typically the fans are capable enough they just lack good circulation due to being at the bottom of a laptop. The elevated stand alleviates this pretty much 100%. From there dissipation is going to give you far more gains than opening the fan holes a bit more. You also need to be careful adding holes since this will also introduce more opportunities for dust to get in.@@Trifler500
Nice work. I built one of these for my dell 7760 a year ago and it made a huge difference
I have a foam rubber ring around a high output fan that shoves air through the laptop keeping it very cool.
if your looking at laptop options id really recommend the framework brand laptops they are a bit new but the customize-ability and potential their laptops have is astronomical
You can try 3D-printing a replacement for the back cover - a frame to attach the big fan and manage airflow. Then add many small ram coolers along the heatpipes, on gpu ram, and vrm.
This turns laptop in a strong and power efficient home-computer.
Try some PTM7950 from Honeywell, although the amazon off brand worked well for me. IMHO much better cooling than thermal paste and you don't have to maintain it yearly for best performance. Comes in a few thicknesses to do CPU, GPU and other themal pad needs. My Thinkpad P52 has a bottom that is pretty good for a cooling pad, I removed the 'screens' from the vents so get more airflow in and out. It's a beast even with a 8850H and P3200 Quatro. 128GB ram, 2TBx2 NVMe, 4k. It's heavy, but I have a Lenovo 15" basic laptop for my daily carry needs.
Came here to learn how to cool a laptop, ended up knowing a bit about woodcrafting, CNC and 3d printers. Subbed!
i am sorry i dint get to your channel earlier... i love your content and the hard work and love you put to it
I have the XPS 15 9510 (i9 11900h, RTX 3050Ti) and yeah as expected it thermal throttles hard.
The internal cooling is just nowhere near robust enough to handle those parts at even close to full load, so thermal throttling is inevitable.
Repasting the CPU and GPU and improving airflow with a cooling pad can help dissipate heat a bit faster but it doesn’t fix the terrible default power management settings out of the box.
By far, the biggest performance boost I saw was from using ThrottleStop to better control power usage between the CPU and GPU.
The i9 default behavior is to boost up to max as soon as a load hits, using a massive amount of wattage and causing faster thermal throttling.
Unfortunately, you cannot use ThrottleStop to undervolt without some serious BIOS modding… but you can still use it to control CPU TPL wattage limits.
Clamp the CPU at 45W and only allow short turbo boosts up to about 65-75W.
This makes the CPU less power greedy and thus gives more wattage for the GPU to use for games (but only up to 45W by Dell’s design).
Still throttles like crazy, but it ends up with significantly better scores on benchmarks on 3DMark, and I didn’t need to do any significant mods or BIOS hacking.
Great video, Zac. I am also not a big fan of Dell. Had a work Dell computer and since day 1 it would either throw a blue screen of death, freeze up randomly, become very light randomly, or sound like a jet taking off when not really doing computationally strenuous tasks.
I now have an HP laptop for work and I'm happy with it for the most part. The one major concern I have is the shell feels a bit too flexible for my liking. Think iPhone Bendgate.
You might have just helped me solve an issue with a Dell Precision. Thank you!
Great build. What other problems are you having with the Dell? Also, while very unlikely, what if you have to replace the fan? (With the pieces glued I think.)
HI Zac, I would like to ask you something, when using Trottle top you can go to the TPL , tab , and use this config, . Uncheck the disable Contronls option on ,Power Limit Controls, Than uncheck PL2, and use just PL1, CLAMP both , PL2 and PL1 , and on the Watts put 100 W and try again.I almost forgot push the slide TURBO TIME LIMIT to the max right, probably placebo but is nice the big number and if you the thermals still are in the high 88 90 celcios , put some liquid metal. I discoverd this on my legion y540. mine is a i7 and rtx 2060
I tried to do the same on my friends acer nitro, but as his is and i5, it seams the PL settings are completed locked,
and to make it go Vroom, go to the FIVR, and check CPU CORE, CPU CACHE, INTEL INTEL GPU , AND IGPU UNSLICE, on all of this sub tabs go to ICCMAX and shove the slide to the right making it 255 A, the eletrical design of the laptop will not allow to make past its limits but this helps , unlock the limits and stops the yellow lights of frustration, and some undervolting on the cache and core VOLTAGE OFFSET can help a lot
Can you manufacture a botom part with finns and change the airflow pattern of the fans to pass through it in order to turn the bottom to a huge heatsink? With cnc for aluminum or 3d printing and electroplating
Thats a good use of k5pro BUT good luck cleaning it in the future What kind of wood did You use to build laptop cooler ?
Hey what power settings did U do for when it's on battery power, I have the same xps 15 and I'd like to reduce performance when on battery, thankyou
I used a program called Throttle Stop to limit the CPU to 20 watts
what software do u use for 3d modelling? eager to know :)
I would have made it also a hard shell carrying case/briefcase, and made the ergonomic tilt a bump-out so it travels flatpack. You know, if you're the gaming on-the-go type.
As a tech that fixes laptops, I can safely say that there isn't a flawless laptop manufacturer. All brands have issues and even have some that are lemons. I would say it's more about keeping the vents and fans clean inside, not ever using mechanical hard drives (use SSDs and NVMe SSDs), and doing research on a per model basis based on your budget. Of course, like Zac recommends, having an external cooler will help it run cooler, faster and last much longer.
If you're having issues, 8 times out of 10 it's the mechanical hard drive. Replace that with an SSD and you're likely good to go. The other is the 2 times is either the CPU cooler/fan or power issue. The CPU fan/heatsink gets filled with lint and dust. Just clean it out and it'll cool much better. Power issues come from the DC Jack being bent/broken or the battery doesn't hold much of a charge. In either of those power issues those parts would need to be replaced.
Of course, there can be other random issues but they're much more rare. They instead tend to be from wear and tear (cracked screen, spilled something on the keyboard, trackpad worn out, cracked plastics/frame). In other words, lemons can happen but unless it's a manufacturing issue it's less likely it's a problem with all of that model or brand. Again, just make sure it has an SSD instead of a HDD and you're off to a good start.
HP. I've had the same Envy 360 for 6 years, for home use now so it's running on Linux.
Man checking out your vids tonight. Nice shop and woodwork.
you can buy heatpipes online. just stack it on the existing pipes and bridge to the heatsink.
can also buy those thin ssd copper heatsink. just stick it on the heatpipe for thermal mass.
Does K5 pro work that much better than stacking a few good thermal pads? Because that’s a MESS if you ever open it back up to clean the dust out and stuff
8:30 "Those don't really work"
They work by lifting the thing in the first place. Improving airflow. Even if they do nothing else.
I keep my laptop on my lap so I know what I am talking about xD
You could place the Thunderbolt dock to the side - it would be more accessible. And you know - it's really thick ;)
I have a question:
My laptop (Acer Aspire 5) overheats too and I put Arctic MX-6 Thermal Paste in between the graphics and processor, but is K5 Pro thermal putty better?
I want to try also using the thermal putty on the exposed heat sink like you did. Or is a thermal pad better? And is it ok to put it directly on the exposed copper pipe, as that is where my laptop gets super hot.
Also I was thinking about cutting out a few more air gaps as well in the bottom as well.
Would that make an increase in performance and decrease the temperature from around 60 degrees Celsius when it's not doing much?
The only modification that would make this even better would be to take inspiration from the IETS GT600 laptop cooling pad, which is to make a foam lining all around the top (where the laptop will be resting), which traps air above the fan and beneath the laptop, creating a high air pressure pocket, which will try to escape at the point of least resistance, which will be the laptops air intake. The GT600's design have proven that this lets you gain a 15-20 (some even say 30 depending on the fan speed etc.) degrees celsius reduction in heat.
good thing you added that dock to pre-warm the air you're sending to your laptop
I use 12v fan and supply 18v on my diy cooling pad performance is big improvement 😅. While playing rdr2 on ultra settings temps are around 70°
11:03 why not LM and why not copper shims?, you could also add thermal pads to suck heat and give on bottom aluminium cover.
I had a nerdgasm thanks bro. Started with K5 pro, even I saw throttlestop. Kudos
Great work, thats truly amazing!
But i have to disagree with that the laptop cooler's don't work, because in my case my laptop fan is in the middle, and it has a huge vent opening, so one 120mm fan in the cooler is pushing air in the laptop fan, and inside, additionally cooling the ram and cpu, it is able to cool it about 10°C lower than without the cooling pad.
Some posters have mentioned Framework. I wonder if that is the best choice. Framework and other modular designed laptops like Primebook allow customization from their modular-design ecosystem of components (which arguably require more tinkering to even source replacements for). It may or may not be ideal for your penchant to tinker. Given the level of customization you really want to do -- I would look deeper into the gaming ecosystem esp if GPU's are a must. Many of these boutique builders are NA-based and highly customizable. Names like System76, BLD by NZXT, IBuyPower, Xidax, Digital Storm, Origin, etc... Cool stuff!
nice show, nice dude, good format, also "AND NOW, I'M SUCH A SICK WHAT?" HAHAHA
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You should have made a custom table with a hole in the middle you could place the laptop into that hole which prevent intake air and exhaust air mixing .with a build in fan below the table to further ease the air intake.
You may also try water cooled laptop lid.
I didn't see any other comments saying this, so forgive me if been said...
You can increase performance more if you swapped fan around .
You want to draw the heat out, not create a barrier of air where the laptop and stand meet( via laptop tryin to push air out and your fan pushing air in.
I started thinking to do the same for my laptop ,nice mod
Why the thermal paste? I used great performance thermal pads from thermal grizzly and this mod itself gave similar results without all the mess. As for next machine? I am leaning into Lenovo yoga pro 16 with 1000 nit display as my next laptop.
i have a similar Dell Thunderbolt dock, had to take it apart and disconnect the fan inside of it as it was insanely loud
ROG Zephyrus M16 (2023) GU604 looks sick as hell, I have a Zephyrus from earlier on: the GM501 was ahead of the curve.
Just found your channel but must say I already love it haha :D // Sweden
Hey Zac, Easel has a feature that adds dog bones to box joints that allows them to fit snugly right off the machine, so you don’t have to mess with the joint - saves time
11:50 For more heat transfer, you should have sanded the heatpipes and apply the putty right on the bare copper of the heatpipes.
Oh, and btw, your thunderbolt module ruins the effects of your fan. Even more when you consider that 200 mm fans don't have much static pressure... 🙄
I have a cooling pad with a large fan and it does work. But getting the how to out is good to.
hi do you have a solution to power on a laptop without pressing the on button?
Cooling pads work, but 1. you need to get a good one which is not ending there, becouse you need 2. - get a correct one for your laptop to match intake wents. Properly taken cooling pad can lower temps by 10 degree C.
The docking station sits underneath the fan where it should be sucking in the air? Isn't it limiting the airflow the fan can suck in due to you limiting airflow underneath the fan?
Why didnt you make it fan forced and have it sealed against the bottom of the case so it forces the airflow into the case so it acts like ducting ? Like at the point where you were talking about the 4 corner parts why not go all the way around so when you put the laptop down it seals against them and the air has to pass through the laptop case
Nothing wrong with the scissors, using them with your left hand is surprisingly difficult!
Can you open the laptop without problem after this mod? Isn't K5 Pro very sticky?
Laptop cooling pads do work, just not as directly as you might want. By cooling the shell, it means the air that does go into the inlets isn't being heated as severely while it travels under and into your laptop, meaning the air that goes in can then grab more heat before going out. Not to mention it distances the laptop from other heat, ie your lap if you use it according to its name.
This reminds me of my laptop which fan is not near the heatsink, but actually is in the lower opening (the case makes a corridor so that the air current is made until the exit). Not a suprise, but it overheats (even when lifted up), so I bought one of those external laptop fans that goes on the side of the laptop (it stopped overheating 😊)