Intel i7 5500U getting high temperatures during gaming

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I own a 8 months old HP laptop with the following specs:

Intel i7 5500U 2.4ghz processor
Nvidia Geforce 840m 4gb
8gb of RAM

I am aware this is not a gaming laptop, but it can have a decent performance on gaming. The problem is the processor can reach 80-83ºC with games such as GTA V. It does handle the game nicely since I play it with custom specs with most of the things on either high or very high, but heats up lot too.

I also know this temps wont cause immediate damage to my CPU, but since I play for a few hours almost everyday it can reduce it's lifespan, and since this processor cannot be replaced makes me extra worried.

My question is - how can i get lower temps? I mean, when idling it's always at 37-40ºC that are totally fine, it's not dust neither old thermal paste and I always use a cooling table. I tryed to reduce the graphic settings on the game, tryed to reduce the number of CPU rendered FPS onNivida control pannel and the difference is minimal. Can somebody help me out?
 
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You can try adding external cooling to your laptop, but your system is functioning as designed. That's the temp your CPU is supposed to reach if you game for long periods. It's a tradeoff you have to make when you buy a laptop. Heavy use could potentially lessen the lifespan. On the other hand, even if it gets hot and has a shortened life, you CPU will almost certainly outlast most of your laptop's other parts. It would be a miracle if the rest of your laptop could last long enough for your CPU to die.
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You can try adding external cooling to your laptop, but your system is functioning as designed. That's the temp your CPU is supposed to reach if you game for long periods. It's a tradeoff you have to make when you buy a laptop. Heavy use could potentially lessen the lifespan. On the other hand, even if it gets hot and has a shortened life, you CPU will almost certainly outlast most of your laptop's other parts. It would be a miracle if the rest of your laptop could last long enough for your CPU to die.
 
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Yep, I always knew laptops, mainly those like mine not designed specifically for gaming, have these heating issues, but still I can't stop being worried. Even the GPU, not considered really good for gaming either, gets totally fine temperatures during gaming. I've read aabout people underclocking the CPU to avoid tthe same issue, could it fix the problem? I know it would reduce the performance, but I wont mind getting slight worse graphics in order to make my PC last longer.
 
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I've found a solution for my problem. On the energy settings of my pc I changed the max % of the energy for the CPU from 100% 90%. There's no difference in performance in-game, even the FPS continue arround the same values, but now the temps don't get over 70°C.
 
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can you please give me a guide how to change these settings. I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
 
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First off, sorry for taking all this time to reply, I don't come arround here very often. Anyways, on energy options (control panel>hardware and sound), choose change energy options and then advanced energy options. Search for the CPU options and then on the section for the state on maximum usage, you can edit the percentage. I reduced mine to 85% by now and I don't see any performance difference, and I sugest to avoid going too low to avoid unstability problems.
 
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First of all. You're playing at high-very high setting with a non gaming laptop from "HP" what do you expect?

And second, It's even more worriyng that fact that you play games for over 1 hour.

Just play for 45-50 minutes as maximum an then, you quit the game and wait for the laptop to get normal temps
 
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Well, I think the change on energy settings was enough to make it run on better and safer temps, I think 70ºC or less is just fine.

 
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