Laptop heating problems

[Kyber]

I have an MSI GT70, and my CPU (i7 -3610QM) gets up to 80 celsius while playing something like Dark Souls 2, idle it's about 43-49 celsius. Is it over the acceptable amount? I cleaned it recently, but I think the thermal paste should be repasted.
I want to know is it harmful to my system if it gets up to those temperatures while playing something more graphically challenging like DS2?

 

[duwenbasden]

Sound about right. My T7200 regularly hits 70C doing moderately heavy stuff. Remember laptop/tablets/phones don't have as much space for thermal and thus will dissipate heat slower than desktops.

 

[Starnerf]

It's pretty common for laptop hardware to run hotter than desktop hardware, if just because the cooling ability is greatly reduced in a laptop form factor. If you're worried about if the system is getting hotter than it should be, you could use something like RealTemp to check the temperatures and the resource usage together to see if it's getting super hot at like 10% usage, which might be a concern. But depending on how MSI have configured the cooling profile, it may be designed for quietness over cooling which would tend to keep a high temperature rather than turn on the noisy fan.

Looking at this review: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5679/msi-gt70-dragon-edition-gaming-laptop-review/index2.html it seems like that laptop maxes out at around 92C, which is pretty standard for laptop hardware. And that idle temp looks fine, so I wouldn't worry too much.

 

[Ubiquitous Duck]

If you are worried, have you thought of investing in a cooling stand?

When I used a gaming laptop, I found it to be an essential piece of kit, as my laptop couldn't manage without one.

They aren't particularly expensive and don't take up too much space. The downside I guess is further kit, so you decrease mobility.

 

[Eamar]

If you are worried, have you thought of investing in a cooling stand?

When I used a gaming laptop, I found it to be an essential piece of kit, as my laptop couldn't manage without one.

They aren't particularly expensive and don't take up too much space. The downside I guess is further kit, so you decrease mobility.

Exactly what I was going to say. Mine's solved pretty much all my problems while running more demanding games, plus it's great for peace of mind (I know laptops can cope into the 90s, but it can still be alarming).

 

[Kyber]

If you are worried, have you thought of investing in a cooling stand?

When I used a gaming laptop, I found it to be an essential piece of kit, as my laptop couldn't manage without one.

They aren't particularly expensive and don't take up too much space. The downside I guess is further kit, so you decrease mobility.

Exactly what I was going to say. Mine's solved pretty much all my problems while running more demanding games, plus it's great for peace of mind (I know laptops can cope into the 90s, but it can still be alarming).

I travel a lot, I change places every week, so the cooling stands that would be of adequate size for this usually are not good for constantly transporting them around the place, and besides, I hear they don't shave off that much temperature, usually around 5-10 degrees.
I appreciate the suggestion though, but messing around the fans I noticed that I can get the Idle temp to somewhere around 35 degrees.

Thanks everybody for help.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

If you're not going to invest in a cooling pad of some description then at least regularly clean out the laptops vents, preferably opening it up rather then just scraping off the outer dust.

Otherwise use a couple of thick coins to raise the laptop off the ground, use a piece of wood or cardboard if you use it in bed and hope you don't melt.

Seriously, just get a cooling pad. As someone who managed to melt a laptop GPU before they do wonders in keeping portable machines cool and stopping overheats.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

If you are worried, have you thought of investing in a cooling stand?

When I used a gaming laptop, I found it to be an essential piece of kit, as my laptop couldn't manage without one.

They aren't particularly expensive and don't take up too much space. The downside I guess is further kit, so you decrease mobility.

My laptop doesn't leave my room these days, so I sit it on top of a box fan. Does the trick and the box fan was cheap.