Intel i5-12450H Processor Running Extremely Hot – Need Help

[hamzafenerbahçe]

My Intel i5-12450H laptop with an RTX 3050 and 16GB RAM is showing CPU temperatures between 93°C and 97°C while playing graphically demanding games like Witcher 3, Metro Exodus, and Red Dead Redemption 2. I’m not sure if this is normal or not. Are these temperatures typical for an i5-12450H processor? Or are they abnormal? Please help.

Note: There are no FPS crashes, but during gameplay in Witcher 3, Metro Exodus, and RDR2, my CPU frequency dropped once due to overheating (throttling), causing a temporary performance decrease.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

[pressed_for_time]

Temperatures such as you are seeing are towards the top end of what would be expected for a gaming laptop fitted with an RTX 3050 chipset. Temperatures could be improved by reducing game settings.

[VARADHARAJAN]

@hamzafenerbahçe 

This is normal , you should change the game graphics settings to medium.

Step 1
Please type the following commands in the Cmd application, and execute them with administrator rights

Sfc.exe /scannow
Dism.exe /CleanUp-MountPoints
Dism.exe /CleanUp-Wim
Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
Update regularly device drivers to the latest
Update the BIOS firmware to the latest.
Update the cumulative updates to Windows OS.
Update to the latest service pack or edition.

Step 2
Use the Disk Cleanup tool to get rid of waste files.
Uninstall very rarely used applications and software.
Do not use third-party antivirus; instead, use Windows Defender.
Scan the complete Windows partition.
Delete all possible tasks registered under the task scheduler.
Disable start-up items under the task manager.
Delete or remove all files from the temporary folder C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp.
Disable any unwanted services that are set to manual.