There was a time when if you were talking about gaming you were talking about a desktop system. There was no other option really. To get the performance and power you needed you had to have a desktop system. Then a few years ago GPU and CPU manufacturers found a way to put a lot more power into their mobile products and real mobile gaming was born. However, with that came more power draw and more heat. There have been and more than a few solutions to keep these mobile power houses cool, but not all of them have worked. Cooler Master has had a string of these products that have been fairly capable. We have one of these in the lab, a new one, called Cooler Master Notepal Infinite EVO. It is a dual fan aluminum surface cooler with a 4-port USB hub built in. Let’s see what it can do.
Value - Value is another very subjective topic. What is expensive to some might be a deal to others. You can look at this topic in multiple ways. One is raw price and the other is what you get for the money. Each is accurate and both are correct ways to look at price/value. We tend to look at features, performance and real-property when we discuss value. However, we also take into account the raw cash cost of the item. The Cooler Master Infinite EVO will cost you around $45. Now I do not know about you, but let’s look at it realistically. If you buy even a fairly reasonable gaming laptop you are going to pay between $600-700. If you overheat this you are looking at owning a very expensive paperweight. Sure you can send it back and forth for RMA but you will still end up spending more than $45. So $45 is a very small amount to pay to keep things running smoothly. Conclusion - I am impressed with the Infinite EVO as a cooler. It more than met up to the expectations from a laptop cooler. The construction is good and the ventilation is excellent. I was also more than happy with the noise level. This is now the third Cooler Master Notepal that I have had in the lab and all of them have been impressive in more ways than one. Even the pricing on this line up is great. In all honesty, if you are looking for a cooler to keep your expensive laptop going then picking up the Cooler Master Infinite EVO would not be a bad idea at all.Discuss this in our forum
