Cooler Master Choiix Air Through Stash

Zitat: Pluspunten: + Prettige hoek + Mogelijkheid harde schijf in te bouwen + Goedkoop Minpunten: - Fan maakt geen verschil De Air through Stash is een leuk, handig en draagbaar notebook standje. De optie om een harde schijf in te bouwen, maakt hem extra handig. En voor de 25 euro hoeft u het niet te laten!

Zitat: I have to admit I was more impressed than I originally imagined. I really like the built in hard drive port, and installing and using it was a snap. I ran data transfers between my laptop and the built in hard drive looking for slow response times and hang ups that could be blamed on the integrated docking port and or the data transfer cables. I compared this to an external back up hard drive I have set up, and was surprised and happy to see no issues what so ever. One thing you should consider when purchasing this product is that the SATA II docking is limited to 500gb due to the integrated adapter. Currently on Newegg.com I’m only finding one 2.5” drive over 500gb’s, but with the 3.5” drives hitting 2tb’s I wouldn’t think it would be long before this carries over to the smaller cousins. I was a little worried about the angle on the cooler, since my current laptop cooler is flat. I had nothing to worry about and found I actually preferred the angle set up for comfort while typing. I did try using a larger 17” laptop and I would recommend that you stick with something 15” or smaller, 17’s are just a little too large to use. You can tell that this cooler was well thought out and designed. I found a lot of other laptop coolers with USB hubs, but this is the only laptop cooler that I could find with an integrated SATA II hard drive bay. This makes it extremely useful and should be a must have for anyone that either uses/stores massive amounts of data or likes to back up their data for safety reasons. No more lugging around that external hard drive when you need to back something up, it’s already there! Pro’s: 80mm fan 3 USB ports Everything powered by USB or sold separately DC adapter Completely tool-less SATA II 2.5” HDD dock!!!! Hot swappable, no drivers needed Impressive Cooling Power Con’s: Size limit on laptop 500gb limit on HDD

Zitat: Good Things: + Active Cooling Solution + Fits up to a 17" laptop + Classy White Color + Tilted for keyboard access + 4 port USB hub + USB Powered fans and fan switch Bad Things: - Not portable - Fans are louder than expected - Classy white color Laptop coolers are hit or miss when it comes to how effective they are, however most do a decent job. Static coolers are typically nothing more than a hard surface to provide additional airflow to the internal cooling fan. Active cooling solutions seem to be a smarter solution by circulating fresh air under the laptop so that the internal cooling solution can work more effectively. In our testing we did notice a considerable drop in temperature but in a non-standard sort of way. Temperature drop was not measured in actual degrees but rather in time it took for the CPU fan to operate. Under normal circumstances with the laptop flat on a hard surface the cooling fan would operate almost consistently at idle and under load. After placing the laptop on the Choiix notebook cooler the internal cooling fan would still come on but for the first time ever would shut off at regular intervals and almost never operate when the system was at idle. This is a big plus as that tells us the additional airflow is allowing the laptop to cool down faster. We did mention that the 2x 60mm fans are a little louder than the internal cooling fan, if this noise is bothersome you can turn them off via the small switch on the side. A helpful feature would be an RPM control that might be accessible from the USB connection. That way if the laptop is under load the fans can spin up and turn off if not needed. The Choiix cooler sits at an angle to allow air to freely flow under the laptop, this also helps to expose the keyboard and place the laptop in a more ergonomic position. Of course there is more to ergonomics than keyboard position so please do your research and find a solution that is proper for you.