i7-3612qm temperatue while gaming

Wurp Durp

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Oct 4, 2013
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Hi, just want to check if my CPU temps are normal while gaming.

I have a i7-3612qm, HP Pavillion g6 notebook. Surface: glass

CPU temps according to CoreTemp after 30 mins of playing L.A. Noire on medium settings:
80-90°C.

CPU temps on idle:
40-50°C.

CPU temps while skipping through and fast-forwarding an HD stream on the Silverlight plugin:
80-90°C after some time.

CPU temps with normal browsing(4-5 tabs open, one or two of them with flash video player + Spotify, VLC):
60-70°C.


I'm worrying because I didn't expect the CPU temp to reach 90°C while gaming. You see, not too long ago I had to change laptop because my older one, Acer Aspire 5738G(Intel Pentium DC T4400), were overheating and frequently shut down due to it - even if I used a cooler pad. It's CPU temps on CoreTemp looked about the same, except it shut down when it reached 90°C and were more vulnerable to flash videos.

My current one, the HP g6, has luckily not shut down, but then again I haven't played any of the newer games(2008-2013) for more than 30 mins at the time.


Thanks
 

Wurp Durp

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Oct 4, 2013
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I checked the fans. There were hardly any dust and everything suggests it's working fine.

I did the Linpack test on OCCT and it took 4 mins and 53 seconds to reach 90°C. How bad is that?