CPU Overheating Laptop

[albia]

Hello,

I have a pretty good computer to say the least. I have noticed that It gets very hot. When I use Photoshop and intensive games, the part around the fan gets so hot that it burns when I touch it.

I recently installed Core Temp to monitor the temperature. On normal usage with Chrome open (20-30 tabs), the temperature is around 55 degrees C, but it can go up to 70 degrees.

Sometimes, for no apparent reason, with Chrome open it can go to 80 degrees, even when I am not using the laptop and it is just on. I really do not want to format the laptop since I have to many programs installed.

Is this hot?

Update: After stress testing the CPU to 100% for only 5 minutes, the temperature on all 4 cores went to 90 degrees C.

My laptop specs:

Laptop: Acer Aspire V3-772G
CPU: Intel Core i7-47402MQ 2.2 GHz
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: Nvidia GTX 750M
OS: Windows 8.1

 

[maxence822]

Try to downclock the CPU if you can that may help. If it does not then RMA the computer, or you can buy a laptop cooling fan

 

[maxence822]

I would RMA it before you downclock as I have heard of people changing the clock and having their warranty voided.

 

[albia]

The thing is that I have had the laptop for 12 months and never had this problem. I opened the back and there is no dust in the fan.

 

[maxence822]

That's strange. Can you do a full antivirus scan? What is your antivirus?

 

[maxence822]

So also to answer your questions, 55 to 70 is not really too bad under normal gaming conditions but 80 when chrome opens is way way too much. then for a stress test, depending on the test, 90 can be normal or pretty high

 

[Saberus]

Where do you normally have the laptop sitting while it runs? have to cleaned out the heatsink and vents in the past 12 months?

 

[albia]

So also to answer your questions, 55 to 70 is not really too bad under normal gaming conditions but 80 when chrome opens is way way too much. then for a stress test, depending on the test, 90 can be normal or pretty high

During these three hours, the temp has been 50-60 with Chrome open with 30 tabs. The fan is running but not on its fullest.

All I am worried about is that the laptop might die. How long can a laptop last before one of the components die with the temperature being 70-75? 1 year?

I will be monitoring the temps today and will post the results later. So far so good, put the laptop to power saving mode and the CPU temp is around 53.

I have Kaspersky Internet Security alongside MalwareBytes (both premium).

 

[albia]

Where do you normally have the laptop sitting while it runs? have to cleaned out the heatsink and vents in the past 12 months?

Yes, I cleaned the laptop 1 month ago. There was no dust inside.

I have two small boxes at each corner of the laptop, so the front part where the trackpad is located is lower than the part where the keyboard and display are. This gives the fan plenty of room to blow the heat.

 

[maxence822]

53 idle for a laptop like that on power saving does not make sense. I think the CPU cooling pad might have been knocked off the CPU slightly.