How to Keep Your Laptop from Overheating

1. Get a program to keep track of your temperature. Several are available.
2. Stop overclocking. If you overclock your compute, it will be hotter than usual. If you didn't do it, you don't need to underclock since that will make your computer lag.
3. Lower the Maximum Processor states. Note, this is for Windows only. You might be able to do this on Mac but Windows is easier. Click the battery, choose more power option. Change plan settings for the one you use, then click Advanced power settings. Click processor power management, then maximum, processor states. Set both to around 70-90%. (80% is recommended).
4. Lower the brightness. This works well!