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My Pacificbreeze cooler review

post #1 of 45
12/20/05 at 5:47am
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So, I saw some good reviews of it being used on XPS2's... and I bought one. Well, actually, I was so confident it would rock, I bought three. Two for Christmas presents.

Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834996501

I use i8kfangui for my temperature readings.

Quite often, after hours of playing World of Warcraft, raiding Molten Core and Zul'Gurub for hours... My Video Card maxes out at 95 celcius. It never went beyond it, but I was told thats where the card started to throttle itself, for thermal protection.

After 8 hours of gaming and raiding non-stop, using the cooler, my video card's temperature has maxxed out at 82 celcius.

Before cooler: 95 celcius
After cooler: 82 celcius

Thats a 13 degrees celcius drop!

There you have it ladies and gentlemen. This cooler kicks ass. Its not a pain in the ass like the other ones that lift your whole laptop up and make it uncomfortable to type. It looks good. Very portable. And it shows resulults.

I look forward to overclocking, now that I dont have to worry about heat so much.
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post #2 of 45
12/20/05 at 6:05am
Been looking at getting one.. But cant find ANY in australia.. 1 company offerd it to me for AU$180.... so he can shove that price up his a$$..

Any one know a place to get it in australia (No.. NEWEGG DO NOT SHIP TO AUSTRALIA !)
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post #3 of 45
12/20/05 at 6:12am
or canada
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post #4 of 45
12/20/05 at 7:52am
2 Quick questions:

Can you actually switch off the blue lighting even if u have the fans going? Or is it just one switch that turns the fans and blue lights on?

Another thing, how quiet is it once you have it running?
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post #5 of 45
12/20/05 at 10:48am
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Originally Posted by tooty007
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From what I've read you can't turn off the lights for the cooler.

Its about 21 dba which is near the same noise level as someone wispering to you from 5 feet away.
DBa guide here: http://www.lhh.org/noise/decibel.htm

This post here has a review on notebook coolers: http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=123011
Try page 3 of the notebook coolers thread.
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post #6 of 45
12/20/05 at 3:22pm
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Q: Can you turn off the LED lights?
A: No, the same switch that turns on the unit turns on the lights. But it'd be hella-easy to disable the LEDs.

Q: How loud is it?
A: On it's 'quiet' mode, it's a bit quieter than the system fans running on high, full blast. On its 'loud' mode, it makes my laptop sound like a desktop PC. Nothing abnormally loud. I keep it on the loud mode, and I'm happy.
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post #7 of 45
12/20/05 at 3:40pm
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Originally Posted by tooty007
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tooty, did you check out pctoyshop.com?? They are in Richmond.......you can order online or head down there since you're in Vancouver as well. That's what I did and I'm happy with my Pacific Breeze. By the way, it's not loud at all. I'll play WoW (on low), or NFS:MW (on high) and I don't notice the sound. I like that it props up the back of the laptop as well.

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post #8 of 45
12/20/05 at 3:46pm
Imidazole,
Hi my friend, you can send my Christmas presents now. The Pacificbreeze Cooler will be a good present for me. Thanks buddy,

Xat
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post #9 of 45
12/20/05 at 5:32pm
82?? Wow. After hours of heavy gaming on mine, it only goes up to 72 - 74 celcius. I use a Targus podium coolpad.
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post #10 of 45
12/20/05 at 5:35pm
wow, thats a very good drop. and for the price?!!? wow, looking into this.
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post #11 of 45
12/20/05 at 5:41pm
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More good news!

Previously, completely stock - I could not use the auto-overclock function. It would lock up my system after about 30 mins.

However, enabling auto-overclock... and drastically increasing my framerates, after 4 hours of gaming my video card hit a max of 86 celcius - and it didnt lock up once!

I love this cooler.
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post #12 of 45
12/20/05 at 6:49pm
Nice.
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post #13 of 45
12/20/05 at 6:55pm
The coolers are available without the LED's but
they are not made by Pacific Breeze....some other company.

It's the same build design.....just no lights....


U.N.inspector
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post #14 of 45
12/20/05 at 7:57pm
Just get a bloody quad cooler!
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post #15 of 45
12/20/05 at 8:02pm
Another for the Pac breeze cooler. My temps never get anywhere near 55 C if I use them in combination with max fans during gaming, while usually I had temps at around 55 C while running games.

They are good for widescreen notebooks since it's hard to find a cooling pad that will fit a 17".
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post #16 of 45
12/21/05 at 12:37am
Hey Aussies,

Try this:
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2995.htm


Also, I notice that Cooler Master is coming out with the Notepal W1 in a few days, extra-wide and perfect for the 9300.
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post #17 of 45
12/21/05 at 12:55am
Eh, isnt that already out.
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post #18 of 45
12/21/05 at 12:58am
Found links:

W1 -
http://www.directron.com/r9nbcawak.html


Recommend this one though -

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tanamoril
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post #19 of 45
12/21/05 at 1:58am
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Originally Posted by donjuancarlos
Hey Aussies,

Try this:
http://www.pccasegear.com/prod2995.htm


Also, I notice that Cooler Master is coming out with the Notepal W1 in a few days, extra-wide and perfect for the 9300.

NOOO.. Dont get this...
This is useless, It only cooled my system 1c and it so bad to type onand play games on.. And it dosnet fit that well either
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post #20 of 45
12/21/05 at 2:14am
I think I am going to get the breeze cooler! When gaming should you turn the computer fans on high, or just let them go automatically?
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