CPU temp in heavy DAW sessions... (15inch i7 quad)..?

[golemus]

Are you using a 15-inch i7 quad core laptop (e.g. Macbook Pro 15 2011-2016)...? If yes, what are your CPU temperatures during heavy DAW sessions...? I have this kind of laptop. When I got it it in 2012 the heavy load was somewhere between 77-79 celsius, but recently it has went over 80, I think the highest that I saw was 83 celsius. I am just wondering that is it still normal for this sort of laptop or if I need to do something about it.

I clean the fans regularly so it is not dust. Somebody told me that I should perhaps reapply CPU thermal paste. What do you think? It is 2012 model Thinkpad Edge E530. Would you really need to reapply thermal paste for 4 year old machine? Some googling claimed that you would never need to reapply it unless you remove the sink.

I mean it is quite a lot of work with laptops to do this, you need to remove a lot of stuff and there is always the risk that you mess up something. I just did change the motherboard of my gig laptop so I can do these sort of things, but this is my main DAW laptop so I really would not want to tear it down this heavily unless it is absolutely neccessary..

I have some gliches in audio now and then and I know that CPU throttling (caused by high temps) can do this and I want to be sure that this is not the case

[chk071]

Did you check what temperatures the manufacturer classifies as safe tempeartures for that CPU? 77-79° already seems pretty hefty, especially for a laptop CPU, let alone 80 plus...