Honestly, if you are comfortable taking apart a laptop by watching detailed videos on how to do it then go ahead and repaste the CPU and the GPU with some higher quality paste and you will definitely see a drop in temps. Most likely bad paste application, or clogged fan system. However, if the GPU is still pegging at 88 -92 (92 being max temp before throttling happens) I would recommend you look into that and see what could be causing the high temps. Lowering the settings clearly caused a drop in CPU temps because of the fact that it wasn't hitting the turbo boost as hard which was causing the voltage to not spike up as high which resulted in lower temps. The lower the better though for the lifespan of the CPU and GPU. Being at around 80 - 85 is as high as I would personally let it go. Staying below 90c will put you at more or less the expected heat output when under a moderate to intense load when gaming for those model laptops from MSI. Smite Max settings (except shadows) (CPU was at 75-80): https //2PgSmcAĪre these still considered bad? Just as a note: I'm not sure why Smite's max values of processor load are that high, since when I alt-tabbed to check, they were always below 30% except core 3 which was at 40-50. PUBG Med-High settings (CPU was at 85-90: https //mpRuw2O PUBG Low-Med settings (CPU was at 80-85): https //MqCLaZv Here's screenshots of what I got through Open Hardware Monitor and what I got as CPU temperature through MSI dragon center in parenthesis since it doesn't show in OHM. Played some PUBG at different settings for 15-20 minutes then played a Smite game for 30 minutes. I noticed PUBG was at Ultra when it was running at CPU 90-94 and GPU 88-92, so I decided to lower it a bit.

I decided to do a few tests and is what I got. To check idle temps for the GPU you can use MSI Afterburner.

But the CPU is alarmingly hot at over 90c.

Those temps on the GPU are kind of normal.

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