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Is this Running to HOT ?

jadc007

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Hey all,

Last month I bought myself a MSI GS60 2QE

Yes, I know it's a gaming laptop and they tend to run hot regardless but on Idle when I check the temps

Gpu is at 55c and cpu is around 45-58 .... My knowledge of desktops at this temp is fine but laptops is this normal?

What is the maximum temp when playing games? such as csgo or BF4 ? I get about 70-80 on both

Thanks all
 
Generally speaking anything above 90 is bad for laptop. 95 is normally when you start having thermal throttling and the fans come on to cool them.