Review on IETS Cooling Flexible Colorful Adjustable by Juan Wilson

I bought a cheap Acer laptop on Black Friday. While playing (civ 6) the CPU temperature jumped to 180 and 190 (f). One of the reviews for this laptop noted that the thermal management is poor. I think the processor and graphics card are too close together. When I bought this Microcenter laptop for $500, I also bought a cooling pad that had decent reviews for about $30. It just didn't help much, so after some research I took a chance. At first I was extremely disappointed. With a new cooling pad it started to heat up more. There are no two ways. I thought it was just bad design or not suitable for this laptop. The cooler came with a second larger spacer. Thought I should give it a try before writing off the cooler. Didn't expect much. So I set everything up, maxed everything and booted up the laptop. A nitro sensor is used to control the temperature and speed of the internal fan. I was dismayed to find that the built-in fans weren't spinning at all. I figured the new gasket was somehow causing the problem. Maybe they blocked the exhaust vents or something, but I was wrong! The laptop didn't use internal fans because it worked really cool! Cooler than it has worked since I bought it! I set the fans to max in the nitro sense just to make sure they work great! Then I noticed that I hadn't plugged in the power cord. When plugged in, the internal fans run idle, but at around 2000 RPM. Even with the cooling pad low, the current idle CPU temperature is 102. The laptop now runs significantly cooler, even when gaming and watching YouTube videos. When I say clearly, I mean an average of 30 degrees colder. I'm definitely glad I tried this second pad and will definitely be ordering more.