CPU temperatures kicking to 94 degrees Celcius while gaming

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Bokkos

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Hi guys, thanks for reading in advance. I have a question concerning my CPU temperatures while gaming because it worries me. I own a Dell XPS 15 L502x with a I7 2670qm sandy bridge processor and a Nvidia gt540m video card. Both are not overclocked.
Now comes the problem: Whenever I start up games like Battlefield: Bad Company 2 or Splinter Cell: Conviction the temperature starts at 78+ degrees and is after 5 minutes up to 90+ degrees.
I contacted Dell, and before they replaced a fan and applied new cooling paste, the temperature kicked in at 98 degrees while playing both mentioned games, and now It kicks in at like 94, but still too hot for me. What can I do? Call Dell again? Or can I apply anything else to my laptop? I'm not a technician, so I can't screw open my laptop and start fixing things.
I'd love an answer!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that my GPU temperature is at 78 degrees when playing the games.
EDIT 2:I'm running a 64 bit windows 7 operating system, 8 gigs of ram and I enabled my Nvidia processor as my standard processor instead of the Intel Graphics option.
-Bokkos
 
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The technician that came earlier told me that I shouldn't need a cooling pad because the laptop would be cool enough without it while gaming, so are you sure that that's the case? While just looking at youtube it's 56 degrees mostly.
 
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In laptops with a powerful CPU while running demanding applications you WILL experience hot temperatures.

I get much similar temperatures in my laptop rocking an i7-2630QM while playing intensive games. Your CPU can take temperatures up to 105 celcius, you shouldn't worry too much.

To get better temperatures, make sure the laptop is getting fresh air and clean it. Open it up from behind (opening it can vary depending on the laptop) and remove dust. Don't use a vacum cleaner to it - it can damage the laptop, however I've vacumed mine a couple of times with no damage. Some canned air is good or a compresser, just to be safe. Blow lightly over the heatsinks too remove dust.

Dust collects fast in a laptop with no dust filters and when the space is tight, then the heat will quickly rise. Don't worry too much mate. :)
 
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Thanks for the quick answer, but the problem is that everyone on the other treads (also concerning the I7 2670qm temperature problems) tells me that the safe maximum is 80 degrees, over that it will start minimizing the lifetime of your pc they say there :/. By the way, the Dust filters are clean, but thanks for suggesting that.
 
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For a gaming laptop? That temperature is quite normal. However what your technician said is wrong. A cooling pad DEFINITELY lowers the temps. I recommend a cooler master x2. its dirt cheap and gets the job done effeciently
 
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Or, you could cultivate a friendship with someone who owns a walk in freezer. IMHO, build yourself a good desktop and enjoy gaming again. Those portables are expensive, throw away toys.
 
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Bokkos

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I paid a lot for this laptop, so I expected it to be good, so I'd find it kinda strange if it's a toy.
 
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Actually the "safe" temperature is 67.4 celcius, which is stated by Intel. Also it doesn't really matter what the other guys think, the fact is that your CPU can take temperatures up to 105 celcius. A cooling pad can really do wonders when you're in need of air flow.

As long as your laptop don't shut down or throttle too much, then don't consider it too much of a problem.
 
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