NZXT ACC-NT-CRYO LX Aluminum Notebook Cooler 120MM Adjustable Fans (Black)
by NZXT Technologies
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Customer Review: Does What It's Meant to Do
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this cooler for my aging Sony Vaio laptop which seemed to be getting hotter at various times than had been the case in the past. The laptop fits perfectly on the cooler, and never slides off. The cooler does an excellent job of keeping the bottom of my laptop cool, and in that sense it's worked great (I don't think you could buy a cooler that did a better job of keeping a laptop cool). The one problem I did have with the cooler was that after about 6 months of use, the AC/DC outlet (on the back of the cooler, which is used to connect to the laptop via USB) suddenly broke. The tiny outlet loosened and I could no longer connect the cooler with my laptop. I contacted the company, NZXT, and they decided to send me a new cooler altogether. They paid the shipping costs to send me the new one, but I had to pay the shipping costs to send the old one to them. I've had the one they sent me for about a year and a half and have had no issues with it so far.Customer Review: NZXT Cryo
Summary: 4 Stars
Very attractive, nice design and feels sturdy. Fit's my 17" laptop nicely. Fans were extremely quiet to me and cool effectively. Could not find any of the sharp edges on my unit like some have reported to have on theirs. Pretty happy with my purchase so far.Customer Review: NZXT ACC-NT-CRYO LX
Summary: 5 Stars
A great item to have for laptops of 15.4" or more. It has 3 120mm fans, powered by either 2 usb from your laptop or from an external source. Currently using it for my Asus G71GX-RX05 (BestBuy model) and it works like a charm. Average of 12C drop during idle or gaming, it provides the cooling power any laptop would need. It is true that it is a bit noisy, but then again, would you use the cooler when your trying to do quite work? I tend to use it only when I am gaming, which means I have loud music/sounds playing in the speakers that will cover the fan noise. Please note the following. This laptop cooler WILL raise the laptop an aproximate 1.5 inches where your hands will rest and also the anti-slip mechanism on the laptop cooler isn't as effective as one might hope. By this I mean that the area where your laptop is supposed to rest isn't large enough and thus your laptop might move a bit.Customer Review: Best cooler for chilliing a big 17" DELL XPS beast
Summary: 5 Stars
I am in the UK and have been suffering from the dual graphics chips (n/idia 9800M GTX in SLi) in my Dell XPS M1730 9000 Extreme laptop (running @ 2.8ghz) overheating even though i was already running this laptop on a Akasa cooler (which was not up tp the job, 2 small fans in middle of cooler).
So plenty research led me to the CRYO LX and the reviews on Amazon.com, amazingly this was not available in the UK from any supplier & did not feature on Amazon.co.uk.
So on these reviews I ordered one from the States, it arrived 3 days ago and what can i say - AWESOME, AMAZING, BRILLIANT and DAM COLD !!!
On first impressions when its openned it would appear small, but looks are deceptive in this case and my widescreen 17" fitted perfectly with no overhang or 'feet only just on' etc.
The CRYO LX now comes with an external 5v 2000mA two pin power supply, so no drain on your laptop, it has a fan speed controller on right and side which DOES work, butk unless im blind, no obvious on/off switch - so this means you need to remove power cord from rear, which is easy, to turn it off. Straight away i was impressed - 3 large side by side fans fill the whole cooler from left to right (i dont think this is clear on the press photos), having doubted it would work having suffered the Akasa cooler.
With the fan speed at minimal, i could not hear the CRYO's fans over the laptops fans - so far so good.
With the fans running at about half way, the sound was only just audible over that of my 3 fans inside my Dell laptop.
With the fans running at full whack, i could clearly hear them over the laptop fans but they WERN'T intrusive or annoying.
I have Everest installecd (monitors all temperatures, fan speeds, CPU & GPU loads etc) and it was very apparent that by having the CRYO on at about half speed, this was sufficient to keep the CPU at about 47-54 degrees F and the both GPU's between 43-46 degrees F when the computer was idliing. With the computer under full load converting video files and CPU showing 98% load, the CRYO could run still at half speed and this was sufficient to stop the laptop fans kicking in - amazing.
To increase airflow even more, i carried out the modifications mentioned by another review which were: 1) to remove the metal mesh grill from ontop of the fans (and between the cooler base), 2) to tape (i used duck/gaffer tape) the left and right handsides of the fan tray which prevents any air escaping and forces it up, 3) with a craft knife made some of the rubber slates on the CRYO base larger to increase airflow.
None of these alter the appearance or rigidity of the cooler.
overall impression is one of a Notebook/Laptop cooler that actually does what it says and more - if your overheating buy one !!!
Customer Review: Truly Outstanding A/V Component Cooler
Summary: 5 Stars
STUNNING. I bought this to cool the transmitter for my oddball Samsung wireless 50" plasma TV. I chose this particular unit because it is all metal, looks good, and IS NOT exclusively USB-powered. I wanted something that blows harder than 5V can run; it HAD to have a wall adapter. The other products available for home theater were almost all too expensive, with the exception of one that was the same price as this unit, but with only 2 120mm fans, instead of this unit's 3 120mm fans. I also wanted something as wide as a standard A/V component. I didn't want to perch my equipment on something too narrow to serve as a reliable base. Loudness was less of an issue, my 7.1 Polk speaker system takes care of that. However, it is very quiet, I cannot hear it over the ambient room noise when the TV/Speakers are not in use. *Bonus undocumented feature: The fan housing on the underside of the aluminum plate appears to be attached in such a way that if you had to, you could unscrew it and flip it over to change the airflow direction. As it comes, it sucks on the bottom and blows air out the top.
The transmitter unit that needs cooling is about the size of a DVD player, and had to be serviced in the first year because it blew a few capacitors. I'm sure this was a thermal issue. It has vents on the bottom and rear of the unit. So I bought this to place under the transmitter and it exceeded my hopes. It looks really good, the front folds down so that it works with the skinny shelf I have the transmitter on. I took heat readings with the kids' Braun Thermoscan ear thermometer (couldn't find the thermocouple leads for my Fluke meter) during normal use, then placed the cooling unit underneath for a couple hours and got the following results: (all in Fahrenheit degrees) NoFan/Fan
Bottom plate
Center: 95.2/LO
Lower Right vent: HI/97.8
Lower Left vent: LO/LO
Upper Left vent: HI/LO
Upper Right vent: 103.3/LO
S-Video jack on front of unit: 94.9/LO
Back Center vent: 100.1/LO
Back Left vent: LO/LO
Since I was using an ear thermometer, the HI and LO measurements were what the readout indicated when outside its narrow range, but I still think the results obtained are useful. The numbers were significantly reduced and the top of the unit is no longer warm to the touch.
Now I am considering buying another for my receiver and am conducting tests to determine the best placement. The receiver has vents on the top AND on the bottom and always kicks out a lot of heat. I placed the cooling unit under the receiver, and 2 polipods under the front feet to make it level. Then I'll retest with the cooling unit placed on top of the receiver. I'll let you guys know how that turns out. I am also considering buying the smaller, 15" version to put under our new PS3 (The first one finally succumbed to thermal damage). I'll test that as well and let you all know. Cheers!
-Sara (Spooky) Ewing Engelstad