niek.be

English

Pimp your Zalman ZM-NC1000 notebook cooler

by on May.16, 2009, under Technology

Zalman ZM-NC1000

Zalman ZM-NC1000

I own a Dell XPS M1710. At the time I bought it, it was the best gaming laptop that existed. This means it has quite a hefty graphic card (NVIDIA Geforce Go 7950 GTX) crammed into a tight space. In preparation for the last LAN party I attended (the second one ever, it’s not like I do that every week), I bought a Zalman notebook cooler, the ZM-NC1000, just to be sure my laptop wouldn’t overheat during gaming sessions. It’s a nice device, well designed with some decent quality metal top plate, but I actually never believed the thing could keep my laptop any cooler. Tests I did with my laptop running a game with the Zalman on or off showed absolutely no difference in CPU or GPU temperature. However I keep using it because at least my laptop is raised a bit above the surface and this gives me the feeling my laptop will suck a little less dust… maybe… (continue reading…)

6 Comments :, , , , more...

hombrouckx.com

by on Apr.23, 2009, under English, Nederlands, Site update

Did you know you can reach this site using http://www.hombrouckx.com?
Well, now you do :-)

Wist je dat je deze site ook kunt bereiken via http://www.hombrouckx.com?
Wel, nu weet je het :-)

(hopelijk komt Google het ook te weten…)

Btw: http://www.hombrouckx.be is de site van mijn pa… Ben je nog mee?

Leave a Comment : more...

Welkom | Welcome!

by on Mar.27, 2009, under English, Nederlands

Welkom op mijn vernieuwde site!
Nadat er een dikke laag stof kwam te liggen op mijn vorige site, heb ik deze blog geïnstalleerd die al het werk voor mij gaat doen :-)

Welcome to my renewed website!
After not having the time and will to keep my previous site up-to-date, I finally installed this marvelous blog which will do all the work for me :-)

Leave a Comment : more...

Looking for something?

Use the form below to search the site:

Still not finding what you're looking for? Drop a comment on a post or contact us so we can take care of it!

Visit our friends!

A few highly recommended friends...