Cooling for Optimus 3

Tautology

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Hello all,

Looking to get some cooling sorted for the long gaming sessions as the left hand side seems to get fairly warm. As far as I can see we have a vent on the left hand side which expels hot air, and vents on the bottom left hand side which I assume takes in air. My question is would a DIY solution involving two case fans one drawing air away from the hot air vent the other blowing cold air towards the inlet bet a better option than an off the shelf cooler which just blows air at the bottom of the laptop?

I've got a few 12v chargers and plenty of case fans left around so putting a DIY one together shouldn't be a problem, however if it is going to be less efficient then I won't bother as I know laptop coolers go pretty cheap.

All the best.

Speedfan temps when just surfing is running in background:

GPU: 58C
HDD: 37C
Temp1: 66C
Cores: All around 40 mid 40s.

That Temp1 always seems to be around the 60s even when just looking on the internet.
 
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