I7 4710HQ With cooling pad still too hot?

[DestinysGT]

So I assumed having the coolmaster notepal x3 would cool this cpu down. and it does the job. (Most the time) However I have noticed it still being close to 90C on a few games. While I do not trust myself to apply thermal paste even though it looks EXTREMELY simple. Any thoughts on lowering the temps or what a good goal for the temperature to reach would be? Also if it helps my laptop is a ASUS ROG GL551JM-DH71

 

[BikerEcho]

You have removed any dust inside the laptop. right?

 

[jarlmaster]

90C is actually not too bad for a laptop CPU. It's on the high side BUT that's not totally out of the question. Bikerecho makes a good point. Removing dust will reduce temps quite noticeably.

 

[DestinysGT]

You have removed any dust inside the laptop. right?

I got it about 13 days ago. Then again the place I just moved into is a bit dusty. Would a can of compressed air work to clean the dust out well?

 

[BikerEcho]

It will... but only 2 weeks old. I doubt it's dust then.
Maybe that model simply is getting hot. It's not uncommon for laptops, specially gaming laptops.

 

[cb600fshornet]

One of my old laptops used to regularly exceed 105 degrees, not ideal but apparently there was a problem with the cooling on that particular model (HP G60/Compaq CQ60).

So, not ideal, but 90 degrees isn't too far out of the range you'd expect.

 

[DestinysGT]

Ah ok. I figure its fine in the long run since I have a 1 year warranty + accidental protection and when that ends I can get a 2 year warranty + accidental protection. I just backup everything.

 

[Celery]

90c is awfully hot. That's about the limit for the CPU to survive.

Have you checked for airflow and that you're not blocking it?

 

[BK_123]

How is the tray positioned, I use one and always have it sitting up. When you have the laptop on and nothing is running what are the temps? I may be wrong but could some of the games be causing the laptop components to work harder and generating a lot heat?

The tray seems to have good reviews Cooler Master Notepal X3 Review | Notebook Coolers Review.