is it possible to use a mini fridge to cool my Gaming laptop?

[Collegekid]

So i recently purchased a Gigabyte gaming laptop for Mechanical engineering as well as gaming.  I have a old mini fridge with the back missing. I am curious if it is possible to use its cooling capabilities for my laptop while i am at my desk gaming.

[AllHokage]

anything is possible.

[dragoon20005]

condensation will kill your laptop

[Totallycasual]

Nope, Linus did a video on it  

[NannerBeans]

Linus did a video on this already. Refrigerators are not built to handle a constant flow of heat. 

[AllHokage]

Linus did a video on this already. Refrigerators are not built to handle a constant flow of heat. 

It would work, but for how long is the question O_o

[That_Random_Guy]

It would work, but for how long is the question O_o

however long it takes the fridge to heat up lol because the fridge want be able to keep up with the heat

[Enderman]

1) it would barely lower temps since it's cooling capacity is no where near the hundreds of watts a gaming laptop uses

 

2) unless you put the entire laptop inside the fridge (where you wouldnt be able to use it very well) condensation will form on the internal components and either cause corrosion or short it

either way the laptop dies

 

3) there are far better options, such as air conditioning your entire room so that ambient temperature is lower, or using a cooling pad with fans underneath your laptop

[SansVarnic]

Anything is possible.
 

Highly not recommended, refrigerators condensers are not designed to cool such a load. It will overheat and die on you.

Besides how do you plan on using a fridge to cool a laptop?

 

See video below;

 

 

Better off doing something like this or similar to:

 

[FAQBytes]

With anything significant, I'd say no. I wonder (personally) how an AC unit would handle cooling a computer as it seems much more up to the task.

[NannerBeans]

It would work, but for how long is the question O_o

Probably like a minute which is not practical so no.

[AnonymousGuy]

Check the sticker on the back and look for how many watts the thing uses.  Cooling capacity is something like 1.5x power consumption for water chillers which are refrigeration based.  Although with an air based refrigerator there's probably a lot of heat loss.

 

I would say waste of time just estimating.

[Collegekid]

Ok thanks fro the help now what about the cool master x-slim or the x3 note pal. Please keep in mind that this is a 14 inch laptop.