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Cooler Master Notepal U Stand Notebook Cooler Review - PAGE 1
Carl Poirier - Like (1) +my favouritesThe mobile computing market is steadily increasing in prevalance and importance, leading to an emerging market for tablet PCs. However, these devices cannot really replace x86-based notebooks when it comes to professional usage such as programming or 3D modeling. Laptops are becoming more and more powerful, to the point where they may replace desktops in many households. Their inherent portability happens to be icing on the cake.
Cooler Master today is launching a product specifically aimed at this market segment, the U Stand which is part of the Notepal series. As with previous Notepal products we've already reviewed earlier, the U Stand is designed to both keep notebooks cool while upgrading their ergonomics. Supporting larger laptops measuring up to 17", the U Stand is not really meant to be transported.
| Specifications | |
| Color | Black |
| Material | Aluminum, Plastics, Rubber |
| Weight | 1.4kg (3.3lbs) |
| Dimensions | 400 x 310 x 55.5~217mm (15.7 x 12.2 x 2.2~8.5in) |
| Fan Dimension | 100 x 100 x 15mm fan x 2 |
| Fan Speed | 1200 R.P.M. ± 15% |
| Fan Speed Control | Single Speed |
| Fan Airflow | 70 CFM |
| Fan Noise | 21 dBA |
| Power | USB 5V DC |
| USB |
USB 2.0/1.1 x 3 Mini-USB x 1 (For Power Input) |
| Current consumption | 0.36A |
| Power Consumption | 1.8W |
| Compatibility | Supports up to 17" laptops |
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Thanks leochan for this informative post.
On the testing page it seems like, at least in the second graph, that they're sorted by idle temperatures. Aren't the load temperatures arguably more important as long as the idle temps are within reason?
Thanks for your input. In all graphs, they are automatically ordered according to the sum of their idle and load temperature, so one degree of difference at idle has the same importance as one under load. It is true however that one should watch much more the load temperatures than the idle ones, as you said.