Q: Macbook Pro Retina Late 2013 CPU temperature issues while gaming (99 celsius) Is this normal ?
Hello everyone, this is my first time here. I recently purchased a macbook pro retina late 2013 notebook just over a month ago. It seems to be working just fine. I've installed bootcamp and installed windows 7. I use Speccy for my temperature monitor. I've played DayZ Standalone as well as L4D2. I noticed while playing both games on their lowest settings the CPU temperature consistently stays in the 90 degree celsius range often reaching 99 degrees celsius. I am fairly tech saavy and have a decent knowledge of computers.I bought the ThermaPak Heatshift pad in hopes of cooling it down but to no avail as it only does a great job at cooling everything else. This is my first laptop so I treat it like my baby ! haha I was wondering if these temp readings are normal because I know that even reaching 70 celsius can be somewhat damaging. Thank you for your assistance.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display
Posted on Mar 17, 2014 2:41 PM
UPDATE: I took my macbook pro to the geek squad at best buy and the tech guy their confirmed that yes, my macbook is in fact running much too hot for what I was doing. He perfomed a diagnostic test and determined that it was in fact defective. He told me they could ship to apple for me to fix but that more than likely they would need to scrap mine due to the fact that it might be too expensive to fix and be of a refurbishable quality. This is my first laptop and it's just my luck I suppose. Shame, I really liked this laptop. I decided to hold on to the laptop and call apple in hopes of seeing my other options. Will update with results.
Posted on Mar 17, 2014 7:17 PM