Introduction
There is a 99.9% chance you know Enermax for making some of the best power supplies on the market. If that is all you knew about Enermax, I don't think they would be upset. They provide the world with a majority of its 1000 plus watt power supplies. However, if you have been around Pro-Clockers for awhile, you will know that they make cases, fans and keyboards. The one item they are least known for is laptop coolers and one will be the subject of my next review. With the laptop fast becoming a replacement for desktop, there is no better time to explore new territories.
The Aeolus is Enermax's attempt to bring high performance cooling to laptops. When I say high performance, I refer to the massive 250mm cooling fan the cooler is built around. Yes, you heard it right, 240mm. This has to be the largest fan on a laptop ever. Besides the fan, the Aeolus shares the same theme we saw in the Aurora keyboard. Smooth and flowing aluminum is the binding structure that supports the cooler. When I first read the specifications on the cooler, I thought it would look grotesque because of a over-sized fan. Yet, the aluminum brings the cooler back down to earth and in a fashionable way.
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