I wonder how useful they are. I used to have a gaming laptop in the early 2010s ...

bartvk · on Nov 11, 2020

My suspicion is that they're not useful at all. Once I bought such a cooler pad, and placed a 2011 13" MacBook on it. Then I benchmarked it (i.e. max out the CPU), and measured the sensor "CPU Near". I could not measure a difference between the cooler pad on or off.

I can't remember the brand of the cooler pad, but it had two 10 cm fans.

lostgame · on Nov 11, 2020

ºF or ºC? - fair difference there.

marcolussetti · on Nov 11, 2020

Goo point. -- Celsius.

lostgame · on Nov 12, 2020

Much more worthwhile, in that case. A couple degrees Fahrenheit means nothing IMHO but a couple degrees Celsius is at least physically noticeable. :)