Is it bad for my laptop i7 to run at 95c?

So i've been playing the Battlefield 3 beta on my macbook pro. It plays smooth but my cpu jumps to 90-95 degrees celcuous. I'm thinking of getting a thermapak for it.

yeah, thats really high, might want to get a cooler for it, macs arent known for their cooling at all, and I dont think their cooling design had gaming in mind. so get some good laptop fan cooling surface for it.

I would not be comfortable with my CPU running at 95 degrees even if it's a laptop.spittis

Same thing with my laptop (Envy 17), reached 100C at one point with portal 2.

Damn are those manufacturer are bad with their design.

Can't see the point of putting good hardware in a PC if the cooling isn't made to support them.

That's getting dangerously hot. Really anything more than about 70C under load is pretty toasty. And above 90C I think you might be risking damage to your CPU.

That's getting dangerously hot. Really anything more than about 70C under load is pretty toasty. And above 90C I think you might be risking damage to your CPU.

dpeter45

Completly agree,

but if you look on intel's website for let's say, an i7-740QM, like I have, Tjunction is 100C. Even if it's really bad a hot cpu, manufacturer don't care, cause they are still within norms so the computer won't automatically shutdown.So officially, the temp are fine on paper, but we all know it isn't.

So i've been playing the Battlefield 3 beta on my macbook pro. It plays smooth but my cpu jumps to 90-95 degrees celcuous. I'm thinking of getting a thermapak for it.

Gamefreak1296

I disagree, anything passed 65C is unacceptable.

Here's a good article for you to read. Go through the comments also since the author answers some questions specifically about laptops.

90 is on the toasty side, but not dangerous. Remember these things are designed to downclock/shut down if they start to overheat.

http://www.pugetsystems.com/blog/2009/02/26/intel-core-i7-temperatures/

I've noticed that the heatsink in my laptop gets clogged with dust every few months, and it requires an occasional blast of air from a compressor or one of those air canisters for optimal temperatures. Have you tried blowing out the dust from the heatsink of your laptop?

did I mention that all this is happening when CPU is only working 35%Gamefreak1296

Oh.

That's very bad. Dust it out with an air can and make sure you're sitting it on a flat surface.

I disagree, anything passed 65C is unacceptable.

Mewi

That's nice but the max temp for a SB laptop CPU is 100C. So 95C is cutting it really close but if it doesn't go over that then the chances of damage is low.

If you want to game with your macbook you should get an external cooler.

95C isnt that bad. 5 more degrees and youll be able to boil water on top of it. who needs a stove?

Could any of this data windows is telling me be wrong because i'm running bootcamp?

So i've been playing the Battlefield 3 beta on my macbook pro. It plays smooth but my cpu jumps to 90-95 degrees celcuous. I'm thinking of getting a thermapak for it.

Gamefreak1296

While playing games, I ussually run a laptop cooler (Thermaltake brand) or run it with external GPU.

The only external GPU I could use is with thunderboldt but the PCI incloser isn't released yet :(

80c is the max I can stomach whether is laptop or desktop in my book as long as it run that is. This way high, Im afraid your keys are going to melt at this rate.

Mind I ask what gpu are you sporting to play bf3?

I'm running it on my AMD Radeon HD 6750m. When I bought it I didn't know how well It would do but playing while running GPU-Z next to it this card is a champ. It runs at about 70c, 20-40% useage and 50% fans at 40 fps for the Beta. If I could just get my cpu temp down then i'm in perfect ville

The only thing that would work for my macbook would be a thermapak since I don't have vents on the bottom. Will that do much for the heat?

Something is definately fishy. I installed Lubbos fan control today. It says my CPU runs at 86C -89C for Battlefield with fans running at 6000rpm s.

At the same time core temp says 96c. One of them is wrong.

So which one should I rely on? One is telling me temps critical and one is saying, yeah it's hot but it could be hotter.

The only external GPU I could use is with thunderboldt but the PCI incloser isn't released yet :(

Gamefreak1296

There's Thunderbolt-to-ExpressCard adapter e.g. Sonnettech's Echo Express adapter.

Both Thunderbolt and Expresscard standards transports PCI-E data.

So which one should I rely on? One is telling me temps critical and one is saying, yeah it's hot but it could be hotter.

Gamefreak1296