I'm legitimately asking, you agree with this?
It's ok to have my laptop running between 100-105 C if truncation for my 2012 is 105? And not too bad for the rest? Nervous to game on it since it gets so hot
Your laptop is not running at 100. Your CPU is...under 100% load...which is well within its specifications.
I game sometimes on my rMBP. I never find it hot to the touch. The fans often spin up to 6000rpm, which is again what they're suppose to do. Also, gaming heat (usually, but not always) has much more to do with the GPU than the CPU.
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You're playing with fire at 100C+.
This is a statement that has not one iota of factual basis. By contrast, Intel's own web site lists the Tjunction value for these processors at 105 degrees. Keep in mind that those statements, publicly made, are done so with some tolerance in mind for liability reasons.
In a nutshell, ridiculous.
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It only means that it's not overheating. Did you question why? There's a total of 135 watts necessary to run the computer at max, and only an 85 watt power supply. Running it at max, (say overnight to render something) just isn't possible, even if it doesn't throttle itself to keep itself cool.
Excellent point. I hadn't even thought about doing that math. Nevertheless, even putting that aside, the core argument still stands, which is that the temperatures being reached are not problematic or unreasonable.