High CPU Temps

My M14x has been sitting on a desk with clear airflow for around two hours. It idles around 60 and while I'm browsing the net it's 65-70. This really poses a problem when I want to take it off the charger and take it to class or something. It currently lasts about two hours.

Now that I've got you interested, I think it's a problem with my power plan. I created a plan based off the High Performance plan that is mostly the same settings, but it never turns off (goes to sleep) unless I tell it to. However, I changed all of the 'on battery' settings to the same as the Power Saver plan. Even with the exact same settings, the battery life on the 'Stay On' (that's what I called it) plan is 2 hours. The battery life on the 'Power Saver' plan is around 4 hours.

What's really interesting is if I'm on the 'Power Saver' plan and I switch to 'Stay On' plan (which by the way, the settings are all the same) my CPU temp immediately jumps up 10 degrees. It'll be around 49-50C while I'm browsing on 'Power Saver' and then go to 61-65 pm as soon as I switch 'Stay On'

Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

 

I would imagine that on one plan the CPU is allowed to use more percentage, thus being used even harder, thus making more heat.

 

Yes, that does appear to be the issue. However, in both plans, minimum is 5%, max is 100%. I dropped the max to 50% on 'Stay On' and the temp dropped down to 50, but the computer runs a bit slower. I mean, I expected that, but I guess I'm just wondering why the other plan can use more CPU power and not heat up. The only thing I can think of is that the Power Saver plan is designed to use the least amount of CPU processing possible, and it's not an option you can change. The High Performance plans don't bother with power saving options, unless specifically told, and they are programmed to use up more CPU power even if it's not needed.