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Antec Notebook Cooler S

Around £20

Manufacturer: Antec

Our Rating: We rate this 4.5 out of 5

By | 15 June 07

The Antec Notebook Cooler S is a, er, cool way of keeping the heat of your laptop down. And at less than £20, you can't afford not to.

The Antec Notebook Cooler S is a, er, cool way of keeping the heat of your laptop down. And at less than £20, you can't afford not to.

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Antec is in the business of keeping desktop PCs cool (mostly internal components), so it's no surprise to see it in the business of notebook cooling as well - producing the Antec Notebook Cooler S. The company's first notebook cooler was about the width and length of an average notebook, and would cool the bottom of a notebook when plugged into a USB port.

This latest version, the Antec Notebook Cooler S, is about half the size of the original, and is meant to be placed behind a notebook at an angle (the back part of the notebook sits on top of it). This allows the unit's two fans to cool behind the notebook and under it, creating a wave of circulation that will keep the notebook's components cooler. The angled nature of the notebook also may help a user's ergonomic position when typing, but we're not ergonomic experts so we can't say for sure whether this is a better or worse position for the notebook.

Like Antec's earlier version, the Antec Notebook Cooler S is powered by the USB port on your computer, and the cable/plug is passthrough, which means you can plug another USB device into the plug so you don't lose a USB port for your cooling efforts. That in itself is cool (good thinking, Antec!).

In addition, the Antec Notebook Cooler S has two cooling settings, low for a quieter cool, and high for maximum fan spinning. When we tried the unit, the high setting wasn't really that noisy.

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2 blower fan units, 80x15mm
DC 5V from USB port
4.25V to 5.75V operating voltage
high and low speeds - 0.45A and 0.30A input currents, 1,800rpm and 1,350rpm, 2.25W and 1.55W input power
19in cable
  • Build Quality: We give this item 9 of 10 for build quality
  • Features: We give this item 8 of 10 for features
  • Value for Money: We give this item 9 of 10 for value for money
  • Overall: We give this item 9 of 10 overall

If you're going to be using your notebook during the summer, having the Antec Notebook Cooler S with you will eliminate any fears of overheating for the notebook (we can't say anything about you overheating).

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