Ice9 Cooling Stand
Ice9 Cooling Stand
Style to Gawk At
3D Printed Geometry
The Ice9 Cooling Stand is engineered specifically to tackle the cooling challenges faced by fanless laptops like the MacBook Air M2 and M3 models, which often experience thermal throttling during intensive tasks. Made with advanced Ice9 TPU, a thermally conductive material, the stand efficiently draws heat away from the laptop’s base to prevent performance slowdowns. Its design incorporates fin structures, dubbed “The Ripple,” which significantly increase the surface area for heat dissipation. Utilizing 3D printing technology, the stand’s geometry is optimized for the unique dimensions and cooling needs of these MacBook models, ensuring enhanced performance and a sleek, minimalist aesthetic that complements Apple’s design philosophy.
Performace gains to Celebrate
FANtastic Performance Gains
Our stand utilizes a USB powered fan to facilitate airflow over the fins, and can be plugged into a dock for power. We used 3DMark’s Wild Extreme Stress test to see how our stand affected performance. The test runs 20 loops to see how a laptop performs for extended periods. We ran the test 3 times with the laptop open on a desk, closed on a desk, and closed in our stand. The average stability of the open laptop was 79.7%, the closed laptop 77.4%, and the laptop in the stand 98.9%.
Taking the average of the final loops of the 3 runs for each setup produced the 20 Loop Average bar graph to the left. The laptop closed on the desk ended with an average score of 5114. With the laptop open on the desk the average 20th loop score slightly increased to 5194. When the laptop was placed in the stand the average for the 20th loop jumped up to 6554, nearly matching the 1st loop average of 6611!
If you want to get the most performance out of your MacBook Air this is for you!