Macbook air overheat?

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Hailgod

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I have a mid 2011 13" macbook air. The cpu temperature is about 50-60 degrees when im just surfing the web and shoots up to 95 degrees and starts trottling when i play dota 2 on lowest settings. Watching youtube videos also cause the cpu temperature to skyrocket to 85 degrees.. Even on my sister's toshiba ultrabook, the max with intel XTU CPU stress test with 100% load was 80 degrees. Is there a problem with thermal paste or something? Its the version with i5-2557m and 256gb ssd.

Edit: At the point of writing this, 5 safari tabs open, no videos and no background apps and its 62 degrees.
 
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