As the title says, my laptop is reaching really high temperatures during gaming (Minecraft, Steam games, etc.) I haven't had too many throttling issues but I'm worried about the heat.
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http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19578501.aspx#
You may need to play it with the air intake and fan having enough room to suck in air and release it. You can buy a cheep cooling mat for laptops on EBAY that plug into the USB and cool the air intakes and fans. If this doesn't work, you may need to take it to a PC shop and buy a better fan
Is that core temp you are quoting?
If not then you might want to go to download.com and search on and get a FREE program called Core Temp. It's a small program that will display the temp of each one of your CPU's cores. You can set it so it show the temps right on your task bar.
I wondering if your temp sensor is possibly off/incorrect. That is awfully hot (186.8F) and I would have thought that your computer would automatically shut down at that temp. Todays CPU's don't let themselves fry!
Give the Core Temp program a shot, I think you'll like it and it might just verify that you are in fact running that hot.
Also, a cooler pad with a couple of fans helps any laptop stay a lot cooler! Get one.