**Testing the Effectiveness of a Fan on a Surface Pro 3**

In an effort to explore the potential benefits of active cooling on a passively cooled device, I decided to test a fan's impact on a Surface Pro 3. The device in question is equipped with a large fan at its back, which I hypothesized might improve its performance.

**The Experiment**

To conduct this experiment, I hooked up the fan to the Surface Pro 3's surface and connected it to a power source. Next, I placed a hood on the surface to direct airflow towards the device. I then proceeded with running various benchmark tests to assess any potential improvements in performance.

**Initial Results**

Running the initial benchmarks at the same settings as before, I observed that both devices performed similarly. The four gigabyte model showed a marginal advantage of 21 frames per second over its two gigabyte counterpart. However, when I ran the benchmark for a second time, the lead was reduced to 1.4 frames per second, indicating that the fan's presence did not significantly impact performance.

**Benchmark Results**

I paused the video and continued it once the results were available. After running the benchmark three times, I observed a decrease in frame rate on the four gigabyte model due to rising temperatures. The results showed a lead of 1.4 frames per second between the two devices.

**Temperature Check**

To further investigate the effectiveness of the fan, I checked the temperatures using HW Info. Surprisingly, both devices reached the same maximum temperature of 84 degrees Celsius, with no noticeable impact from the fan's presence.

**Conclusion**

The results of this experiment suggest that a small fan hooked up to the Surface Pro 3 does not provide any significant benefits in terms of performance or cooling efficiency. The device remains passively cooled, relying on heat dissipation through its alpha shell to regulate temperatures. While the fan may help keep the user cooler, it does not appear to improve the overall performance of the device.

**Theoretical Implications**

Although this experiment yielded disappointing results, it has helped to kill a myth surrounding the effectiveness of active cooling in improving the performance of passively cooled devices like the Surface Pro 3. This knowledge can be applied to other similar devices, allowing users to make informed decisions about whether or not an active cooling solution is necessary.

**Future Developments**

In conclusion, this experiment highlights the importance of empirical testing and thorough research when it comes to evaluating the effectiveness of various technologies. Future experiments could focus on exploring alternative methods for improving cooling efficiency in passively cooled devices, such as using more advanced materials or design modifications.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys it's Chris there from tick tablets calm a little more interesting tester that I'm gonna try out today I have the two gigabyte surface as you can see here is on the left and this is the four gigabyte version here what I thought is hooked up a fan now you put a hood on this surface three pro that you can hook up a little fan like this and you can help boost the performance of the tablet and as we know that these surface three they're both passively cooled not actively cooled there's no fan in the middle they're just running using the actual alpha shell off the tablet to cool the CPU down and it will Adam stock that's in there and system-on-a-chip there so one of them has got big fan here aiming at the back of it to see if that's gonna make a big difference or not on the surface three it's just a little taste it's not something you're gonna be running every day but it I thought it will be interesting at least to try out and see what kind of difference it would make if that item was actually actively cooled if it was how would it run would it be a lot faster anyway both of these systems are running the same exact sitting so I'll just show you that here so both 1280 x 720 resolution there hopefully you can see that both of them on the same settings here if you saw my other video the four gigabyte is marginally faster this by a few frames per second so that's going to have a slight advantage there because it has double the RAM so I'm just gonna go back here and try and run the benchmark at the exact same time the Fitz benchmark of course okay here goes nothing here will try and select it and then run that at the same exact time I think got it right there I think that's gonna launch hopefully yeah seems to be about the same time it's not gonna matter anyway because it is the fixed benchmark I'm just going to pause the video here and then continue it once we have the results so we're not sitting through the whole thing here okay so the benchmark is just finishing up here and we can see that well there's still a 2.1 second frames per second difference there the lead goes to cause the four gigabyte model as expected what I'm going to do is let it run again and come back I'll just pause the video and continue it once it's been running a while but maybe after it's looked a few times it's starting to get quite hot the tablet will see if that little fan is going to be helping out or not so the benchmarks on a second loop and I can clearly see even just now that there's no advantage yet coming through there on the two gigabyte model there with the fan blasting on it it's not a very fast rpm for neither so whether that's making a difference maybe I need a faster foul on the back there it's gonna have any quote impact on the better life of course to running that fan there but you can see even it's looking at it now there is this still a lead going to the four gigabyte model there if I touch the backs of them it does feel a lot cooler actually and I will check the temperatures and see the difference they're using HW info so the second loop here's the results the frame rate has dropped down a little bit on the four gigabyte model probably because of the heat that's going to build up I'll let it go a third time around let's pause the video again so we're not sitting through the whole benchmark okay so the third loop of the resin name of five benchmark is now finishing up let's see what the gap is here now so 21 now there's only about 1.4 price per second differences so you can see that that fan seems to be helping a little bit there now I will actually exit out of this have a look if I can get into the desktop here and see it temperatures so I'm just gonna quit and I have running here HW info with the temperatures I'll be interesting to see which tell up here there's a pursuit gigabyte model with the fan on the back of it and we got up to a maximum temperature of 84 degrees you can see just here the fanless possibly called completely stopped as you would normally have it got up to also 84 degrees so it well there we go really it's made no difference there whatsoever and the minimum temperature is 30 and the minimums 32 on the other two gigabyte so it looks like their trick with the surface pro 3 of using one of these little fans here hooked up doesn't do anything for the tablet apart from maybe keep myself cool here that is about it so at least I've killed one myth that this is gonna help the atom powered service 3 and clearly not really although even look at benchmark seems it might have been happening don't think it really is so well that is that thank you for watching and do subscribe to my channel have more up-and-coming videos on various other tablets thank you for watching bye for nowhi guys it's Chris there from tick tablets calm a little more interesting tester that I'm gonna try out today I have the two gigabyte surface as you can see here is on the left and this is the four gigabyte version here what I thought is hooked up a fan now you put a hood on this surface three pro that you can hook up a little fan like this and you can help boost the performance of the tablet and as we know that these surface three they're both passively cooled not actively cooled there's no fan in the middle they're just running using the actual alpha shell off the tablet to cool the CPU down and it will Adam stock that's in there and system-on-a-chip there so one of them has got big fan here aiming at the back of it to see if that's gonna make a big difference or not on the surface three it's just a little taste it's not something you're gonna be running every day but it I thought it will be interesting at least to try out and see what kind of difference it would make if that item was actually actively cooled if it was how would it run would it be a lot faster anyway both of these systems are running the same exact sitting so I'll just show you that here so both 1280 x 720 resolution there hopefully you can see that both of them on the same settings here if you saw my other video the four gigabyte is marginally faster this by a few frames per second so that's going to have a slight advantage there because it has double the RAM so I'm just gonna go back here and try and run the benchmark at the exact same time the Fitz benchmark of course okay here goes nothing here will try and select it and then run that at the same exact time I think got it right there I think that's gonna launch hopefully yeah seems to be about the same time it's not gonna matter anyway because it is the fixed benchmark I'm just going to pause the video here and then continue it once we have the results so we're not sitting through the whole thing here okay so the benchmark is just finishing up here and we can see that well there's still a 2.1 second frames per second difference there the lead goes to cause the four gigabyte model as expected what I'm going to do is let it run again and come back I'll just pause the video and continue it once it's been running a while but maybe after it's looked a few times it's starting to get quite hot the tablet will see if that little fan is going to be helping out or not so the benchmarks on a second loop and I can clearly see even just now that there's no advantage yet coming through there on the two gigabyte model there with the fan blasting on it it's not a very fast rpm for neither so whether that's making a difference maybe I need a faster foul on the back there it's gonna have any quote impact on the better life of course to running that fan there but you can see even it's looking at it now there is this still a lead going to the four gigabyte model there if I touch the backs of them it does feel a lot cooler actually and I will check the temperatures and see the difference they're using HW info so the second loop here's the results the frame rate has dropped down a little bit on the four gigabyte model probably because of the heat that's going to build up I'll let it go a third time around let's pause the video again so we're not sitting through the whole benchmark okay so the third loop of the resin name of five benchmark is now finishing up let's see what the gap is here now so 21 now there's only about 1.4 price per second differences so you can see that that fan seems to be helping a little bit there now I will actually exit out of this have a look if I can get into the desktop here and see it temperatures so I'm just gonna quit and I have running here HW info with the temperatures I'll be interesting to see which tell up here there's a pursuit gigabyte model with the fan on the back of it and we got up to a maximum temperature of 84 degrees you can see just here the fanless possibly called completely stopped as you would normally have it got up to also 84 degrees so it well there we go really it's made no difference there whatsoever and the minimum temperature is 30 and the minimums 32 on the other two gigabyte so it looks like their trick with the surface pro 3 of using one of these little fans here hooked up doesn't do anything for the tablet apart from maybe keep myself cool here that is about it so at least I've killed one myth that this is gonna help the atom powered service 3 and clearly not really although even look at benchmark seems it might have been happening don't think it really is so well that is that thank you for watching and do subscribe to my channel have more up-and-coming videos on various other tablets thank you for watching bye for now\n"