This cooler is an absolute beast, capable of handling the toughest of systems, up to 19″ in width. It’s constructed with ABS Plastic and lined with reinforced anti-slip rubber. It has a removable dual fan cooling system and 4 USB 3.0 ports as well as room for USB power (for the fans) and AC power (for the lights). Lights, you say? Yes! The SF-19 is not only functional, but stylish as well…sure to make you the talk of your LAN party. The SF-19 comes complete with a multi-light shader that can shine up to 7 different colored lights, complete with the cool breathing effect that’s available on CM Storm’s mouse counterpart, allowing you to personalize your fan to match the colors and ambiance of your own rig.

The SF-19 is designed with portable gamers in mind, with a carrying handle built in that allows for mobility and “quick LAN-party relocation.” I often moved the fan along with my laptop between rooms, up and down the stairs, and all around with no hassles. The SF-19 also has a nice feature which gives it brownie points in my book. Around the case there are rubber slots that you can fit your wires and cables into, which help keeps everything neat and organized.
 

Make no mistake about it, the CM Storm SF-19 is a beauty on the outside, but I believe that true beauty lays within. The SF-19 has two incredible powerful turbines (capable of speeds of up to 2,600 RPM) housed within a trapdoor-contained compartment. The fans are removable, replaceable, and completely customizable, making for a product that lasts a lifetime.

The rubber placed around the edges of the fan are strong enough to keep even the heaviest of laptops from sliding on its slanted surface, making for a pretty ergonomic experience; I found that the SF-19 placed my laptop at an angle that reduce the stress on my fingers and wrists, which is something to note if you plan to be typing away for hours.

The fans are surprisingly quiet, and even at max speed they are not much louder than the fans in my HP laptop when they’re working hard. I loved the wide spectrum of fan speeds the SF-19 had to choose from, which is changed via the dial on the left side of the cooler.

Though I didn’t go in depth with temperature testing, check out Overclockers Club, who did go pretty in depth. View their results here.
 

I was amazed, despite its size how sleek and not over large it looked with my 17-inch laptop sitting on it.  The lights look great, the two fans produce great airflow at a tolerable noise level, and the four USB ports and a USB 3.0 port future-proof the SF-19, and allow for any of your gaming peripherals to be quickly connected to the cooler, allowing you to move your notebook without it being tethered to your peripherals.

The similarity to Alienware design is probably no accident, as Alienware owns a large portion of the gaming notebook/desktop replacement market, and should match them beautifully.  The sharp, edgy curves remind me of the SR-71, and I think it looks great.  The colors, and ability to change the colors and how they display is awesome, and would be awesome at any LAN event.  The LEDs are diffused nicely, so they aren't overly bright or painful to look at.

To top it all off, it does it's primary job, cooling, very well.  For the first time, I've been able to run an hour session of Prime 95 without the laptop overheating and shutting itself down, and with as hot as it runs, this is no small feat.  It did it with 15 degrees to spare as well, so it didn't just barely keep the notebook going, it kept it well under the "critical" range.

A fantastic cooler, and anyone with a power-hungry, heat-spewing notebook could see huge gains from using the SF-19!