Hello, like 5 months ago, I have bought new laptop,
Samsung NP550P7C 17.3" Series 5 Notebook, with following hardware:
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3610QM (2.30GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
Graphic: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M Graphics, Optimus™ technology 2GB DDR3
Storage: 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM), BluRay Drive
Memory: 6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1600MHz (4GB x 1 + 2GB x 1)
System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
HD Audio
SoundAlive™
JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
1.3 megapixel HD Webcam
17.3" HD+ LED Display (1600 x 900), Anti-Reflective
Price when purchased: 900£ (~1350 USD, ~1050 euro)
I bought it mainly for development purposes, but wanted to play some games occasional, since mentioned hardware is not bad, I can play latest games but the problem is that laptop is getting REALLY hot (on the left side of the laptop), and by saying really hot I mean it seriously, once when I touched accidentally HDMI port which is located on the left side, it was hot as hell. I do understand that in really performance expensive games (ex. GTA 4 its normal that laptop is getting really hot) but even while playing fun older games (ex. Battlefield Heroes) its getting so hot as well, that sometimes I am bit worried. Sometimes played for few hours, never had any crash or any warn about temperature, but still its but weird for me.
I am not hardware specialist, so excuse me if I lack knowledge, any hints?