LeeRoy88

Update: I have blown out the dust from my laptop and replaced the thermal paste but still getting loud fans while streaming videos in YouTube. I suspect mariushm has a point about my CPU having to decode the VP9 codec (I don't have dedicated graphics on this laptop, so the CPU is doing everything anyway).

Thanks for the advice. I'll be trying these suggestions but I need to obtain the relevant tools/equipment first. I'll let you guys know how it goes

My current laptop (Early 2015 13" MacBook Pro with an i5-5257U and 8GB of RAM) tends to heat up a lot while streaming YouTube videos at 1080p or higher (and occasionally on lower resolutions) in Chrome and the fans get really loud. I figured this might be due to the age of the CPU in the machine. Does anyone have a newer laptop (preferably one with a 10th generation Intel CPU as I'm considering purchasing a laptop with one of those) and if so, do you experience loud fans/high temperatures while streaming 1080p or higher YouTube videos in Chrome?