Macbook / Ultrabook 'Puddle Based Cooling System'

[Russ T.]

Got home and decided to watch the Friday building stream, and there was Linus lamenting the experiment at liquid cooling a passive Macbook case.

Chilling in my fridge I have hot/cold compress packs. They're fairly thin and form to what you wrap them to. I use it for speeding up the healing process if I injure myself, but they come in places like mail order insulin packing etc. 

They're the "Water Bottle In A Bag" concept you were thinking of. You just stick one side to a laptop-sized active cooling device using thermal tape to make sure the gel-pack has good contact to the radiator, then the chill pad conforms to the shape of your laptop when you place it on. 

Russ T. 
p.s. I signed up to the forums just to post this. 
p.p.s. Linus, get a torque driver so you can properly torque CPUs onto motherboards. I watch LTT, Louis Rossman, Jayz2Cents, Paul's Hardware, and recently Gamer's Nexus. I want to see what you do with the LGA 3647 socket boards.  I've been working with them daily for 2 years. 12inch-pounds of torque on a W-3175X, they'll work at 9, but you risk connection for your pins. 

[Lord Mirdalan]

Torque-driver? I don't know this tool... But I need it.

 

Turns out they're not cheap... Oh well.

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[Russ T.]

On 3/9/2019 at 11:14 AM, Lord Mirdalan said:

Torque-driver? I don't know this tool... But I need it.

I use these in my lab. I find myself needing on a given day 6lb/inches to 12.5lb/inches.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F7VJSE/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_f.THCbSSKRMCP