To test the cooling performance of the Choiix Mini Air-Through I will be monitoring temperatures in idle and load states both with and without the cooling pad switched on. This should give us a good indication of how the Choiix cooler works.
The way that I will test is simply to record the idle temperatures after 15 minutes of a cold bootup and then switch the Choiix cooler on for 15 minutes and record those temperatures. For the load recordings I will be loading the notebook with an OCCT stress test for 15 minutes and similarly recording the temperatures with and without the Choiix cooler switched on.
Notebook Dell D630
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz
Memory 2GB DDR2
HDD 60GB SATA-II
Screen 14.1"

Now, whilst I mentioned earlier this “notebook” cooler is in fact designed for “netbooks” you will notice from the above image that the notebook I am using doesn’t fit as nicely as a netbook would. If I try and place the notebook to a better position and more central this covers the rear USB hub area.


From the above results the Choiix Mini Air-Through does a reasonable job at knocking the temperatures down a little but I was hoping for a little more performance from this cooler. It’s definitely a benefit to have this in place, as it improves posture and knocks off some valuable degrees – having a 70mm fan inside doesn’t seem to enhance the cooling all that much. Perhaps a bigger fan would improve things greater.
It’s significant that all of the components temperatures are reduced; this is a positive thing and will contribute to the prolonging of the notebook’s lifespan.
Noise
Noise isn’t really an issue with the Choiix cooler although it can be heard slightly this shouldn’t irritate even the sensitive of people.
The way that I will test is simply to record the idle temperatures after 15 minutes of a cold bootup and then switch the Choiix cooler on for 15 minutes and record those temperatures. For the load recordings I will be loading the notebook with an OCCT stress test for 15 minutes and similarly recording the temperatures with and without the Choiix cooler switched on.
Notebook Dell D630
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz
Memory 2GB DDR2
HDD 60GB SATA-II
Screen 14.1"
Now, whilst I mentioned earlier this “notebook” cooler is in fact designed for “netbooks” you will notice from the above image that the notebook I am using doesn’t fit as nicely as a netbook would. If I try and place the notebook to a better position and more central this covers the rear USB hub area.
From the above results the Choiix Mini Air-Through does a reasonable job at knocking the temperatures down a little but I was hoping for a little more performance from this cooler. It’s definitely a benefit to have this in place, as it improves posture and knocks off some valuable degrees – having a 70mm fan inside doesn’t seem to enhance the cooling all that much. Perhaps a bigger fan would improve things greater.
It’s significant that all of the components temperatures are reduced; this is a positive thing and will contribute to the prolonging of the notebook’s lifespan.
Noise
Noise isn’t really an issue with the Choiix cooler although it can be heard slightly this shouldn’t irritate even the sensitive of people.