Very high cpu temperature

[Chels09]

I bought my laptop about 3 weeks ago. Decided to try some games. Installed Assassin's creed Origins. Runs very well on high to very high settings. But the cpu temperature is unimaginably high. It reaches 95°C within 5 minutes of starting the game. The gpu gets heated up slowly but that is totally acceptable. 

I'm very worried my processor might be damaged at such high temperatures. 

Specs:

i5-8300H

GTX 1050

8GB DDR4 2666MHz Ram

No SSD

[Riddle_Decipher]

@Chels09 If the device is overheating up to 100c, that's normal for a gaming device, the Tjunction on your processor can handle that heat, nevertheless, it's better to make sure it doesn't reach such levels, to be on a safer side I suggest you get yourself a cooling pad, and you may attempt the below steps to ensure there's no lag on your game:

• Right-click your desktop background and select NVIDIA Control Panel. You can also find this tool by performing a Start menu (or Start screen) search for NVIDIA Control Panel or by right-clicking the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and selecting Open NVIDIA Control Panel.
   
• To quickly set a system-wide preference, you could use the Adjust image settings with the preview option. For example, if you have old hardware that struggles to play the games you want to play, you may want to select “Use my preference emphasizing” and move the slider all the way to “Performance.” This trades graphics quality for an increased frame rate.
   
• By default, the “Use the advanced 3D image settings” option is selected. You can select Manage 3D settings and change advanced settings for all programs on your computer or just for specific games. NVIDIA keeps a database of the optimal settings for various games, but you’re free to tweak individual settings here. Just mouse-over an option for an explanation of what it does.
   
• If you have a laptop with NVIDIA Optimus technology — that is, both NVIDIA and Intel graphics — this is the same place you can choose which applications will use the NVIDIA hardware and which will use the Intel hardware.

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[Chels09]

I'm actually quite satisfied with the frames I'm getting in my games. Will surely look up to your tips if I face some random fps drops. But my concern at the moment is the cpu temperature  and from what I've read it's not safe at all. I've got a cooling pad as well but it hardly helps. It's a new laptop and I don't want to open it up. I've updated the BIOS but got no improvement. You got anything else that might help me out here? 

And thanks once again. 

[Riddle_Decipher]

@Chels09 I recommend performing the suggested steps as it should help share the load of the CPU to increase performance and reduce the heat as a result if that doesn't help,
please follow the steps in this article to resolve the issue: Click here for steps on reducing heat.

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