6 year old laptop gets very hot.

[foo9883]

My 6 year old laptop gets very very hot even when doing tasks that I feel are not intensive.

Watching 720p video on YouTube or streaming on Twitch my CPU and GPU goes to 80+C to 90C
I'm currently installing a low-end game on my laptop and my CPU is now running at 97C and 96C. GPU at 83C

I'm suspecting either the thermal paste is a goner, or there are too much dust inside the laptop. I never cleaned it/reapply thermal paste since day 1 cause I don't know how to disassemble a laptop.

Is it still worth it to do anything about this laptop?

 

[souler87]

Suggest u trade in for a little $$ to buy a new laptop. Current gen laptop more power efficient, think for your usage wun go beyond 60 degree.

 

[foo9883]

Suggest u trade in for a little $$ to buy a new laptop. Current gen laptop more power efficient, think for your usage wun go beyond 60 degree.

Thank you for the reply

Don't think mine can fetch even $10 haha.

 

[Hailgod]

If its a duo core cpu, pcdreams usually do take it in at a decent pricing.