Would repasting a hot laptop help with temps?

[Roboslash1]

I own a Clevo P640RE 14 inch laptop and have had it for 3 years. It's configured with an i7 6700HQ and 970M graphics card. The gpu temps are fine and hover around 70 degrees celsius while gaming, though the cpu can go as high as 96 degrees on continuous 60-70% loads. This seems abnormally high to me considering the load and what the max temp the chip can take is. I've taken good care of it and made sure that there hasn't been any dust build in the vents/fans. I remember it being quite hot when I first received it, but was too lazy to address the problem.

Would repasting the laptop reduce the temps drastically?

I never really used it for gaming, but in the coming year I might find a lot of use for it as I'm moving out.

[tank234]

Repasting it might help with the temps, 96C is not something to ignore. 

[Jae Tee]

Yes. New thermal paste can definitely help with high temps. Once your at it make sure the vents and fins are clean of dust and debris. 

[some_pc_flipper]

im not shocked as most gaming laptops do get hot, but replacing the thermal paste will definitly help, especially if you are using a high quality one, which can increase the longevity of that cpu, and maybe even increase performance if it was thermal throttling