I have a laptop that has a cpu that runs a little hot when playing WoW. I have seen it get to a max of 89C using msi afterburner and dragon gaming center. I know this isn't a cpu killer temperature but I still don't feel comfortable with it that high. I do notice slight hiccupping in WoW when the temperature starts to reach the 89C mark on the cpu, I think it might be slightly throttling. The hiccupping is not caused by the gpu. My gpu is a gtx 965m. I already have a laptop cooling pad and my laptop is always on a hard surface. I would be comfortable with the cpu bellow 80C. I do know if I turn view distance, shadow quality, and a few other minor options to lower settings, it helps with the cpu temps. I'v already set max and background fps to 55fps. I also know if I keep everything maxed without lowering any settings and turning on turbo mode for my fans helps also, but I don't like keeping them running at 6000rpm all the time. I believe the culprit may possibly be the turbo boost my intel cpu comes with. I am wondering if there is a way to lower the turbo boost, not disable it, to possibly lower cpu temps as well. I do not want to run WoW on 2.6Ghz 4 cores 8 threads. I also searched for a way I may disable hyperthreading but my bios doesn't support the option, nor disabling or lowering turbo boost.
My system information is
Laptop-MSI GE72 2QE Apache
CPU-Intel i7 4720HQ 2.6Ghz-3.6Ghz Turbo
GPU-GTX 965m 2GB
On-Chip GPU-Intel(R) HD 4600
RAM-12GB 1600
HDD-1TB
SSD-1TB Samsung EVO
OS-Windows 10 Home 64 bit
My system information is
Laptop-MSI GE72 2QE Apache
CPU-Intel i7 4720HQ 2.6Ghz-3.6Ghz Turbo
GPU-GTX 965m 2GB
On-Chip GPU-Intel(R) HD 4600
RAM-12GB 1600
HDD-1TB
SSD-1TB Samsung EVO
OS-Windows 10 Home 64 bit