New MacBook Pro - Considering return due to heat
Hello,
I bought a new 2.7Ghz Retinal MacBook Pro from the Apple store two days ago. I am very happy with it besides one thing: CPU temperature. I have installed a temperature monitoring program which shows that the CPU idles at about 65-70 Celsius. When I stress the machine it will spike to over 105 Celsius.
It is well ventilated in a cooler stand. I can combat this by raising the base fan speed to 3000RPM (from the default 2000RPM) using a fan controller App. However I'm concerned that a product I have just bought new is harmfully raising it's internal chips temperature to over 100 degrees. This cannot be expected; what values should I be reading? It seems this points to either sub-standard thermal paste application or possibly heatsink machining?
I'd feel comfortable replacing the thermal compound from the factory with arctic silver, but I don't see why I should void my warranty two days out of purchase by doing this.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)