NZXT Cryo S Aluminum Notebook Cooler

Introduction:

We have all found ourselves up at the most ridiculous hours of the morning trying to get in one last frag before we set in for the night. Sadly, running your notebook that hard for so long can cause permanent damage to the laptop. Thankfully over the years, many people have been investing their time and money into notebook coolers that make our extended “playtime” less painful and more enjoyable. Our friends at NZXT. made a very stylish notebook cooler for high performance notebooks. Hopefully the NZXT. Cryo S Aluminum Notebook Cooler works just as good as it looks.

Companies Take:

Built with thick, brushed aluminum, the Cryo S houses two adjustable 120mm fans that provide powerful cooling to any notebook up to 15 inches. Its rubber finish lifts the notebook up slightly to remove heat pockets and enhance airflow. The Cryo S can be powered via USB or the included AC adaptor and provides two additional USB ports to give users even more options for media, storage and input devices.

Features:

• Built with 3mm thick aluminum with sturdy construction
• Cools your notebook with two controllable 120mm fans that spin between 700-1300RPM
• Two USB ports for your input and usb thumb drives
• None slip rubberized plastic surface keeps notebooks from sliding
• Tilted surface allows for comfortable and relaxed typing
• Support for all types of notebooks from netbooks to 15″ notebooks
• Ideal for eliminating and reducing heat in performance notebooks
• Included AC adapter to power the cooler

Packaging:

Here is a quick look at the box!
Front:

Back:

In the package:

Out of the plastic:

Cords and Manual:

A Closer Look:

With a closer look at the back of the Cryo S, you can see its extra USB ports and fan speed wheel:

A good view of the (2) two 120mm fans on the underside!:

You can see that the Cryo S has very simple yet effective design and packaging. The Cryo S works right out of the box, all you have to do is plug it into the wall or a USB port into your notebook. The manual also includes multiple languages for those english as a second language users!

Testing:

I am running an ASUS Notebook G50VT series with an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU    P7450 @ 2.13GHz.
Memory(RAM)- 4.00 GB
VideoCard- NVIDIA 512mb GeForce 9800M GT

Without the Cryo S my notebook ran for 3 hours and 20 minutes
With my notebook placed on the cooler and the fans turned on completely, my notebook ran for 2 hours and 20 minutes

Idle-
Without the Cryo S my notebook ran at about 42-43 Celsius ( 108 Fahrenheit) on a wooden desktop.
With my notebook placed on the cooler and the fans turned on/off the temperature stayed consistently at 39C (102.2F)

Full Load-
Without the Cryo S my notebook ran at about 51C (123.8F) on the same wooden desktop.
With my notebook placed on the cooler and the fans turned off the temp. was 50C (122F)
With my notebook placed on the cooler and the fans turned on the temp. was 48C (118.4F)

Conclusion:

With a sleek and simple exterior combined with extra USB ports the NZXT. Cryo S Aluminum Notebook Cooler does its job and looks good while doing it. Remember, the Cryo S is a performance notebook cooler and strangely enough, I found that most performance laptops had much larger screens and would not fit on this cooler. The smaller laptops it would actually fit seem to be more mobile, and this cooler is not the best for carrying around (it seems too clunky and odd). BUT if you have a performance notebook around 15″ or smaller, I would highly recommend this for stationary use (I.E at home or the office).