So I recently repasted my laptops heatsink due to it overheating during gaming sessions and throttling, temperatures dropped almost 20 degrees when under max load with CPU intensive games, so I can finally use the laptop to its full potential (Temps peak at 84c degrees now, used to peak at 100). However, since I'm relatively a noob on this subject, how healthy is it for a CPU to constantly run at 80c degrees? Considering I play around 2 hours everyday, will heat affect the lifetime of the hardware?
Recently i came across the term "undervolting" to reduce Temps even more, and correct me if I'm wrong but won't limiting the power routed to the CPU also limit its clock speed? Won't undervolting mean decreased performance in games? I saw many people saying undervolting is the must do for gaming laptops, but for me it sounds counterproductive...
The CPU in question is an i7-7700hq and the laptop is an Acer Nitro 5.
Recently i came across the term "undervolting" to reduce Temps even more, and correct me if I'm wrong but won't limiting the power routed to the CPU also limit its clock speed? Won't undervolting mean decreased performance in games? I saw many people saying undervolting is the must do for gaming laptops, but for me it sounds counterproductive...
The CPU in question is an i7-7700hq and the laptop is an Acer Nitro 5.