Home made Laptop cooler Digit Edition.

My Y500 with dual GT 650m was overheating because of overclocking and the soft table cloth under it so I decided to create a laptop cooler using old cardboard Digit covers. The results are pretty good as now I am getting 82 degrees centigrade when maxing out AC IV Blackflag. Earlier the temps would go as high as 91 degrees centigrade.
I also decided to fit some LEDs because no laptop cooler is complete without LEDs.

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looks menacing?

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My Rig:- The red Seamonster.

*i41.tinypic.com/29b24g6.jpg

Passage for air.

DIGIT FTW!!!

Looks cool. well done matte :goodjob:

vijju6091 said:
Looks cool. well done matte

It is cool(pun intended) and thank you.

great work :thumbs:

nice...btw what is the white sheet on your KB?

Keyboard protector.......protects the keyboard from dust, water and dirty hands. It came free with the laptop.

M also thinking of getting one for mine any link for that kb cover??

$hadow said:
M also thinking of getting one for mine any link for that kb cover??

idk............I bought it locally. Should cost ~100-200 bucks.

i can sell that to you if any one of you live in DWARKA

how much? lol

Good work

S

Hey good job. But a thing you should consider is removing that keyboard cover of yours. It actually blocks the airflow from the surface of the laptop to the internals. The keyboard part is not airtight you know. If you don't believe me then try spilling a glass of coke on it

Try removing the cover once & see if it makes a difference

@OP how does it cool the laptop?

SunE said:
Hey good job. But a thing you should consider is removing that keyboard cover of yours. It actually blocks the airflow from the surface of the laptop to the internals. The keyboard part is not airtight you know. If you don't believe me then try spilling a glass of coke on it

Try removing the cover once & see if it makes a difference

Nope no noticeable difference. In Unigine Heaven I reached 79 degrees without cover, then put cover, reached 80. Then I removed cover but it was stable at 80 without cover for a long time. Then again I put on the cover but temps did not go any higher for a long time again. I am estimating that removing the cover will decrease the temps by 0.5-1 degrees max when at full load for a very long time( say 2 hrs).

sam_738844 said:
@OP how does it cool the laptop?

Check original post >.>
The results are awesome.
I think it will now allow me to OC a little more(maybe upto GT 755m SLI).
Any idea what is a good temp? 90-92 degrees?

seamon said:
Check original post >.>
The results are awesome.
I think it will now allow me to OC a little more(maybe upto GT 755m SLI).
Any idea what is a good temp? 90-92 degrees?

lets try not to be weird this time

, so i will go ahead and ask again, HOW exactly does the cardboard fit with LEDs cool the laptop? Lets assume that we already know it does, would want to know how.

oh I hadn't understood you first time.
You see the laptop was suffocating because of the soft table cloth and air was not able to reach the suction tubes(whatever it is called) which is located at the base of the laptop for both the GPUs. The passage now allows cool air to come to the suction tube.
Also most cheap laptop coolers do the same.

seamon said:
how much? lol

~200-220

sam_738844 said:
lets try not to be weird this time , so i will go ahead and ask again, HOW exactly does the cardboard fit with LEDs cool the laptop? Lets assume that we already know it does, would want to know how.

it raises the laptop a bit so air can be sucked in from the bottom, which was not possible earlier due to them getting blocked...

@sam:

@seamonster: consider active cooling??

seamon said:
My Y500 with dual GT 650m was overheating because of overclocking and the soft table cloth under it so I decided to create a laptop cooler using old cardboard Digit covers. The results are pretty good as now I am getting 82 degrees centigrade when maxing out AC IV Blackflag. Earlier the temps would go as high as 91 degrees centigrade.
I also decided to fit some LEDs because no laptop cooler is complete without LEDs.

*i39.tinypic.com/17pi4m.jpg

*i41.tinypic.com/2cesy0m.jpg

looks menacing?

*i42.tinypic.com/8ybyp0.jpg

My Rig:- The red Seamonster.

*i41.tinypic.com/29b24g6.jpg

Passage for air.

DIGIT FTW!!!

Loooooooooooooooooooool
your notebook is overheating because you have covered the keyboard. How do you expect it to get air inside properly.
the notebook takes in air from the keyboard and also the vents at the base enclosure.

anirbandd said:
@sam:

@seamonster: consider active cooling??

What is active cooling? Can you please elaborate?

Gollum said:
Loooooooooooooooooooool
your notebook is overheating because you have covered the keyboard. How do you expect it to get air inside properly.
the notebook takes in air from the keyboard and also the vents at the base enclosure.

er..... no.
As already discussed above removing the keyboard cover produces almost negligible results.
With this laptop cooler, I can now max out BF4, AC 4 and Ghosts in the playable FPS ranges of 25-30 while the temps staying at 80 degrees centigrade.

seamon said:
What is active cooling? Can you please elaborate?

er..... no.
As already discussed above removing the keyboard cover produces almost negligible results.
With this laptop cooler, I can now max out BF4, AC 4 and Ghosts in the playable FPS ranges of 25-30 while the temps staying at 80 degrees centigrade.

Active cooling involves actively dissipating the heat using fans/water/etc.

@OP some suggestions ( valuable and rational ) for your 650M SLIs. If you really want your GPU's to sustain a healthy long life up-to next 2 years without any throttling/overheating issues, here what you must do.

1. Take your"cooler" out from under the laptop.
2. Carefully take the LED's, and wires out.
3. Fold the cardboard into something which fits your "dump old stuff here" basket/cupboard.
4. DUMP it.
5. visit online/offline (retail) stores and buy a good quality Deepcool/Cooler Master cooling pad. Carry it home with a smile.
6. DIY LED and wires around the new cooler ( not recommended though )
7. Fit the modded cooler under the laptop.

P.S. -That keyboard cover of you'rs is receiving a lot of HATE from the holy spirit of games, the benign god of Hardware and Divine angels of "good looking PC". If you're not suffering from primary or focal hyperhidrosis in your palm areas, remove it ASAP for you have sinned and get a soft brush to clean the KB thrice a week.

sam_738844 said:
@OP some suggestions ( valuable and rational ) for your 650M SLIs. If you really want your GPU's to sustain a healthy long life up-to next 2 years without any throttling/overheating issues, here what you must do.

1. Take your"cooler" out from under the laptop.
2. Carefully take the LED's, and wires out.
3. Fold the cardboard into something which fits your "dump old stuff here" basket/cupboard.
4. DUMP it.
5. visit online/offline (retail) stores and buy a good quality Deepcool/Cooler Master cooling pad. Carry it home with a smile.
6. DIY LED and wires around the new cooler ( not recommended though )
7. Fit the modded cooler under the laptop.

P.S. -That keyboard cover of you'rs is receiving a lot of HATE from the holy spirit of games, the benign god of Hardware and Divine angels of "good looking PC". If you're not suffering from primary or focal hyperhidrosis in your palm areas, remove it ASAP for you have sinned and get a soft brush to clean the KB thrice a week.

lol.

Having common sense is a privilege now :sigh:

sam_738844 said:
@OP some suggestions ( valuable and rational ) for your 650M SLIs. If you really want your GPU's to sustain a healthy long life up-to next 2 years without any throttling/overheating issues, here what you must do.

1. Take your"cooler" out from under the laptop.
2. Carefully take the LED's, and wires out.
3. Fold the cardboard into something which fits your "dump old stuff here" basket/cupboard.
4. DUMP it.
5. visit online/offline (retail) stores and buy a good quality Deepcool/Cooler Master cooling pad. Carry it home with a smile.
6. DIY LED and wires around the new cooler ( not recommended though )
7. Fit the modded cooler under the laptop.

P.S. -That keyboard cover of you'rs is receiving a lot of HATE from the holy spirit of games, the benign god of Hardware and Divine angels of "good looking PC". If you're not suffering from primary or focal hyperhidrosis in your palm areas, remove it ASAP for you have sinned and get a soft brush to clean the KB thrice a week.

Lol!!!

+1

rhitwick said:
Having common sense is a privilege now :sigh:

You see I don't think my parent are gonna allow me to buy another upgrade to my laptop and may get angry if I say that laptop is overheating and stuff so.....

I also decided to fit some LEDs because no laptop cooler is complete without LEDs.

wastage of energy :shock:

seamon said:
You see I don't think my parent are gonna allow me to buy another upgrade to my laptop and may get angry if I say that laptop is overheating and stuff so.....

So remove that table cloth.

And put something under the backside legs of the lappy.

Don't be so desperate to mod. Apply some sense.

And you could tell them its an upgrade for the table... Not laptop.

anirbandd said:
So remove that table cloth.

And put something under the backside legs of the lappy.

Don't be so desperate to mod. Apply some sense.

Actually the second idea is not bad, I'll try to lift the laptop a little from the backside.
Besides I put some cosmetics effects on the "cooler" and now it's looking much better than the earlier trash.
I pretty happy with the results and I don't think I need anything more.
Assassin's Creed 4 30 FPS everything max 4xTXAA at 90 degree ultrabay GPU and 84 degree normal GPU, what more could I possibly want?

An actual cooler.

You have to realise those temps will damage the components over time.

anirbandd said:
You have to realise those temps will damage the components over time.

I thought the kepler series was rated at 97-98 degrees centigrade.

Yeah. Thats not operating temperature. Thats max occasional operating temp. Occasional. Not continuous.

Ever thought what it'd do to your body if it were constantly 50degrees?? Or if it was summer all year round??

anirbandd said:
Yeah. Thats not operating temperature. Thats max occasional operating temp. Occasional. Not continuous.

Ever thought what it'd do to your body if it were constantly 50degrees?? Or if it was summer all year round??

Alright alright, suggest me a good laptop cooler.

nice and cool

S

anirbandd said:
And you could tell them its an upgrade for the table... Not laptop.

LOL!

Shiva

shivakanth.sujit said:
LOL!

Shiva

Nah Laptop cooler sounds cooler.
I'll post the updated pics soon.