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Hey all,
So I have a Lenovo Z570 with an i7 2670QM and a GT 540M. I repasted the CPU and GPU a few times now but at idle, my CPU sits at around 55 - 60 C and my GPU is like 45-50 C. The GPU temps seem fine but my CPU is a little concerning to me now I know that 55 - 60 C won't kill my system but it is a little hot for my liking. But the part that really worries me is when I have 6 - 10 tabs open in chrome my temps go up to 65 - 70 C ish which is really hot for just having some tabs open. I am a CS student so my normal workload is like having the following application open VS code, CMD running some code, and sometimes a Linux VM running with a lot of google chrome tabs open. This is a lot of stuff and when this is the case y CPU runs at 80 - 95 C and after a while, it starts thermal throttling leading to low performance which I can accept but I feel like but temps can be a lot better (maybe I'm wrong).
Any idea as to why my temps are so high and input would be great.
Thank you for you time

P.S: These are my temps when I have 7 chrome tabs open
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Have you tried undervolting it? use XTU and find out what is the lowest you can do without it crashing. 

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Those temps seem fairly normal to be honest, under a heavy load I'd expect 90°C, and 80 is actually rather good for a heavy load on a laptop. As for idle, 50s and even 60s are normal.

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2 minutes ago, Alienware 15 R2 said:

Have you tried undervolting it? use XTU and find out what is the lowest you can do without it crashing. 

I didn't try to undervolt maybe that could help. I never undervolt a CPU before anything i should keep in mind

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1 minute ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

Those temps seem fairly normal to be honest, under a heavy load I'd expect 90°C, and 80 is actually rather good for a heavy load on a laptop. As for idle, 50s and even 60s are normal.

Yes true but when i just have a few chrome tabs open my temps just shoot up ik that temps could be a lot better tho

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32 minutes ago, ssr said:

Yes true but when i just have a few chrome tabs open my temps just shoot up ik that temps could be a lot better tho

Bear in mind as well, that processor is around 10 years old, so it's expected that it will struggle with a few modern Chrome tabs, hence working harder, hence giving off more heat. Anyway, those temps are fine, I personally wouldn't worry.

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57 minutes ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

Bear in mind as well, that processor is around 10 years old, so it's expected that it will struggle with a few modern Chrome tabs, hence working harder, hence giving off more heat. Anyway, those temps are fine, I personally wouldn't worry.

Didn't look at it like that but it makes senses thank you for your input

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