CPU core temps

I've started runnng my E6530 with a 23" 1920x1080 monitor via HDMI. The fan runs almost all the time, albeit not on high. I don't game, (but my son plays a little Minecraft). Right now, all I'm doing is Internet, and according to CPUID, my i73740QM cores are running at high 60s to low 70s, max is mid to high 80s. Is this normal? Is this external monitor too big to be running off the NVIDIA GPU?

 

Have you cleaned out your fans and vents lately?

Maybe a TIM repaste is needed?

 

idle temps are normally around the 40-50c mark but this also depends on your ambient room temperature.
60-70c is fine. mid 80c is also ok but when it creeps up to 90c or above thats when the throttling/down clocking will start to protect the hardware.

lots of free temperature monitoring software in my sig below.

as tilleroftheearth said, cleaning out the vents and fans with a can of compressed air can make upto 10c drop in temps if its got a lot of dust in it. if you have a dog or cat then hairs somehow love computers and they need cleaning out more often.

 

I'll pop the back off and look at the fan/venting.

As far as thermal paste. hope I don't need to mess with that. Computer is less than a year old, and thought buying a high quality business notebook would not require this kind of attention so soon

 

Ambient room temp is not a problem...usually no more than 65' F. No cat nesting on the keyboard when not in use, but do have a dog so will take the vent cleaning advice.
Do you think the 23" 1920x1080 monitor is the main cause?

 

It shouldn't cause that much of an increase in heat generated, but driving multiple monitor will still result in a slightly higher IGP or GPU load. I get an increased fan spin up on my M6700 when I'm running dual monitors, the heat increase is very little, but it is just enough to get the fans to spin off. Also, it is possible that the fan profile on the E6530 was written to be quiet and that it will allow higher temperatures for lower fan noise under light CPU loads.