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So I got a top of the line 2013 MBP for $300 which is why I bought it.

 

So while rendering a video or doing a stress test the CPU can get up to 98c! I've posted another topic on this with no sourced or direct answer. Is this normal? Will cleaning it or reapplying thermal paste help at all? I've done some research and other people are having problems like this. Will this degrade the life of the Macbook? I don't know what to do at this point and it's just stressing me out.

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4 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

So I got a top of the line 2013 MBP for $300 which is why I bought it.

 

So while rendering a video or doing a stress test the CPU can get up to 98c! I've posted another topic on this with no sourced or direct answer. Is this normal? Will cleaning it or reapplying thermal paste help at all? I've done some research and other people are having problems like this. Will this degrade the life of the Macbook? I don't know what to do at this point and it's just stressing me out.

Reapply the thermal paste and tighten the screws for the heatsink

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7 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

So I got a top of the line 2013 MBP for $300 which is why I bought it.

 

So while rendering a video or doing a stress test the CPU can get up to 98c! I've posted another topic on this with no sourced or direct answer. Is this normal? Will cleaning it or reapplying thermal paste help at all? I've done some research and other people are having problems like this. Will this degrade the life of the Macbook? I don't know what to do at this point and it's just stressing me out.

Give it a good old clean out, and reapply thermal paste.

 

If that doesn't work, well... it's a MacBook. There's only so much you can do about high temps.

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3 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Reapply the thermal paste and tighten the screws for the heatsink

 

Just now, ThinkWithPortals said:

Give it a good old clean out, and reapply thermal paste.

 

If that doesn't work, well... it's a MacBook. There's only so much you can do about high temps.

I'll order the things tomorrow then.

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8 minutes ago, ShadowTechXTS said:

So I got a top of the line 2013 MBP for $300 which is why I bought it.

 

So while rendering a video or doing a stress test the CPU can get up to 98c! I've posted another topic on this with no sourced or direct answer. Is this normal? Will cleaning it or reapplying thermal paste help at all? I've done some research and other people are having problems like this. Will this degrade the life of the Macbook? I don't know what to do at this point and it's just stressing me out.

2013 MacBook Pro, sounds like the retina version already.  The CPU is soldered onto the logic board.  The only thing you can do is open up the bottom cover, use a can of compressed air to dust out all the vents, fans, heatsinks, etc.

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Just now, AkiraDaarkst said:

2013 MacBook Pro, sounds like the retina version already.  The CPU is soldered onto the logic board.  The only thing you can do is open up the bottom cover, use a can of compressed air to dust out all the vents, fans, heatsinks, etc.

You can take heatsinks off

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That's a Macbook Pro for yea lol  I would clean it with isopropyl alcohol and reapply some thermal paste.

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2 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

You can take heatsinks off

Ahh right, but it probably won't do much by reapplying thermal paste.  The paste Apple uses is already of a decent quality.  But dusting out the vents and fans will help.  I dust mine out every year.

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Just now, Icuw1pc said:

That's a Macbook Pro for yea lol  I would clean it with isopropyl alcohol and reapply some thermal paste.

 

4 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

You can take heatsinks off

Can you use isopropyl on delidded/exposed CPUs?

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1 minute ago, AkiraDaarkst said:

Ahh right, but it probably won't do much by reapplying thermal paste.  The paste Apple uses is already of a decent quality.  But dusting out the vents and fans will help.  I dust mine out every year.

I try and do it at least once a month.

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1 minute ago, AkiraDaarkst said:

Ahh right, but it probably won't do much by reapplying thermal paste.  The paste Apple uses is already of a decent quality.  But dusting out the vents and fans will help.  I dust mine out every year.

This is also a used Macbook.

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Can you use isopropyl on delidded/exposed CPUs?

Yea.. I've done it on literally thousands of computers.

It's non-conductive, and it takes thermal paste right off. Just put a little on a napkin and wipe the old thermal paste away.

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2 minutes ago, Icuw1pc said:

I try and do it at least once a month.

Sure if you live in a place where the air is pretty dusty that it requires a monthly cleaning.  I don't.

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Just now, AkiraDaarkst said:

Sure if you live in a place where the air is pretty dusty that it requires a monthly cleaning.  I don't.

I use my MBP for work, I'm always working on servers, and in racks which can be dusty.

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1 minute ago, Icuw1pc said:

I use my MBP for work, I'm always working on servers, and in racks which can be dusty.

I use mine for work too, but we work in totally different types of environments and jobs.

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