Question on Framework Laptop 16's Cooling intake and suggestions on cooling solutions

Framework Laptop 16
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Hello! I am currently looking into ways to turn my laptop into my home PC in place of my tower as I is far better than my current tower. I want to create a cooling solution that can keep the laptop itself cool but am unsure where the laptop takes in air and lets air out. Does anyone know what fans are for intaking cold air and letting out hot air?

On a side note, I am looking for ideas on how to get cooling set up when I am using a desk mounted laptop arm such as this laptop tray from WALI. I was thinking of buying a cooling pad and 3D printing a way to hold it in place or taking cooling fans from my tower and screwing them on the back. Does anyone know a better way?

Thank you for your time and help!

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YMMV but I have found that just being on a stand, thermal issues are not really an issue for my laptop.

Use cases are gaming, VM creation/testing (generally 2-4 CPUs per VM, 2-4 VMs at a time), and messing w/containers.

When I did have cooling issues (liquid metal~~) I had really good results with Peltier cooling

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There 2 fans, they are located where the grills are on the underside, the take in air from there, and also some from the holes on top, and pugh it out through the side. If you have a dGPU, some air also gets pushed out the back.