X61 - High CPU temp while ripping/compressing DVD (DVDFab Platinum)

Has anyone experienced this as well?

I have a X61 running Vista with the following CPU: 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo T7300. I use the X6 Ultrabase docking station with the Ultrabay DVD burner.

Using DVDFab Platinum, I ripped and compressed a DVD into a DivX Avi file. Going from approximately 3.4 GB to 780 MB. Everything went smooth.

However, I noticed that the CPU temperature was quite high while doing this. It would hover around 85 degrees Celcius (82 low, 86 high).

While I have learned that this is not dangerous on a Core 2 Duo Mobile CPU (with a Tjunction temperature of 100 Celcius), I am still wondering if DVD ripping and compressing should put so much stress on a fairly fast CPU like the T7300?

Now an ultraportable like the X61 with a small form factor and quite a lot of processing power will probably get more hot than the average form factor notebooks. In addition to this, using the X6 Ultrabase usually increases my CPU temperature by about 7-8 degrees Celcius due to the Ultrabase restricting the air circulation underneath the notebook.

But nevertheless even with the 8 degrees deducted from say 85 degrees Celcius, it is still fairly hot. So once again, should DVD Ripping and Compression put this much stress on the CPU or do you think the software (DVDFab Platinum) I am using is at fault?

 

It's called Video Re-Encoding, a process that in general requires lots of CPU power.

 

What program are you using to measure the temps?

 

CoreTemp 0.95

 

Thanks. I checked the CPU load while 'Re-Encoding' and it hovered around 50% which I didn't think would stress the CPU enough to go up to nearly 80 degrees (deducting the 8 degrees for the X6 Ultrabase). But I assume that medium CPU load doesn't necessarily have to mean medium heat.

Does anyone have any tangible experiences with temperature examples?