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I am playing games on my Mac. and the machine gets red hot. I'd like to get a cooling pad for it to keep it calm. After doing a lot of searching I'm thinking of getting a CoolMaster Notepal Infinite Evo

Will this cooling pad work well for my machine? I am not able to get much variety of cooling pads in my area. Also, I am attaching links to other cooling pads available:Link 1 , Link 2.

elixenide
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Adil Bhatty
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  • Why do you think you need a cooling pad? A Mac is perfectly capable of handling the high temperatures. And in case it gets too hot, it will shut itself down to cool down properly. Just make sure you don't play those games on a pillow or blanket where you'll cover up the ventilation holes... – Michiel Jun 06 '12 at 06:50
  • There are no ventilation holes in uni body macs :(, they get burning hot – Adil Bhatty Jun 06 '12 at 06:55
  • Oh, there are :-) There is the display hinge for starters. And it even uses every port available (USB, FireWire,...) to get some fresh air inside the Mac. – Michiel Jun 06 '12 at 06:56
  • Oh okies, never noticed that as I am always scared that the machine may explode coz of intense heating :), that means useless to buy cooling pad – Adil Bhatty Jun 06 '12 at 06:58
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    A Mac can get 100°C very easily. So, don't get afraid too fast. As I said, a Mac is perfectly capable of handling it's own cooling process. – Michiel Jun 06 '12 at 07:00
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    Not really. Have 2x27" displays attached to a rMBP and when it hits 105˚C (which it does after a few minutes because the GPU procudes too much heat, thus also affecting the CPU), the kernel_task keeps hogging all CPU to prevent further overheating. So... cooling pads ARE needed. –  Aug 01 '13 at 16:52
  • @Michiel No, these MBPs are well documented as NOT being able to handle the high temperatures. So many 2011 MBPs have dying GPUs due to the poor design of the laptop. – pacoverflow Aug 04 '14 at 22:00
  • Yes, they don't deal with heat well. I've had my computer shut down from overheating before. Instead of getting a cooling pad, I use macs fan control to start my fan if my second CPU core reaches C65* and goes to maximum at C75* – Sam Jan 07 '19 at 15:13
  • Also, macs fan control is free – Sam Jan 07 '19 at 15:14

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