Razer Laptop Cooling Pad review: Hyperboost works, if you have the right laptop

Keeping your laptop cool while gaming doesn’t just improve its performance; it also prolongs the life of its components and helps avoid battery bloat, an affliction that becomes more common with age. Razer says its $150 Laptop Cooling Pad works with laptops of any size and will lower CPU and GPU temperatures by up to 18 percent. (It also, naturally, has an RGB strip.)

With some Razer gaming laptops, it can go even further. When the cooling pad is connected via USB to a 2023 or 2024 Razer Blade 16, a feature called Hyperboost automatically adjusts fan…