I7-7700HQ Temperatures HELP!

[playstation1868]

I am the proud owner of an Acer Predator 15 G9-593. It is outfitted with a Kaby Lake I7-7700HQ Processor and an Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) GPU. It performs beautifully save for the fact that it is constantly thermal throttling itself from its normal CPU speed of about 3.6Ghz to around 2.9Ghz or sometimes far lower. When i got the machine it idled at 60 degrees Celsius plus with ZERO fluff programs running in the background. I found this unacceptable so I used Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility to undervolt the CPU to by .130v. I also bought a cooling pad by Havit and it now idles around 50 degrees or more. But, when bench-marking, it STILL throttles itself due to high temperatures. Reviewing its temperature history has revealed to me that it had been operating, pre-undervolt/cooling pad, during high octane gaming sessions, at upwards of 98 degrees Celsius! So i suppose my main questions are as follows. Is there, god forbid, a chance that it has already damaged itself by operating at such temperatures; is it possible that there are any other methods by which i could reign in the temperatures and increase the longevity of my machine? I already keep it well ventilated in a cool room with the cooling pad on max and its internal fan speed on max. I really just would like to understand the issue here. I have heard that Kaby Lake I7s have a tendency to run hot and I have also heard that Acer poorly applies their thermal paste on the later Predator models. Surely, though, these, alone, could not be the sole reason for such ridiculous operating temperatures! Any advice or explanation would be greatly appreciated as I am quite fond of this machine and would like it to last and run as well as it was intended to.
Thank You.

 

[norcalsc]

Probably not, it throttles down to avoid causing the damage you are concerned about. Now it's definitely not going to be good for your cpu to continue operating it at those temps. I'm not super familiar with laptop cooling solutions. You are getting high performance, but it comes at a cost, size and portability really hampers that laptop from adequately cooling it self down while operating. I'd contact the manufacturer as they may be able to resolve your issue while under warranty.

 

[playstation1868]

Probably not, it throttles down to avoid causing the damage you are concerned about. Now it's definitely not going to be good for your cpu to continue operating it at those temps. I'm not super familiar with laptop cooling solutions. You are getting high performance, but it comes at a cost, size and portability really hampers that laptop from adequately cooling it self down while operating. I'd contact the manufacturer as they may be able to resolve your issue while under warranty.

I thought as much, i'm just not sure if reapplying the thermal paste would void the warranty.