Laptop keeps getting too hot :(

[Laraul]

It would be helpful to know what laptop model you use. In the meantime, you should try opening the game's "System Configuration", scroll down and you'll find the "Frame Rate Limit" and try setting it to 30 or 15.

[Xeon]

What make and model is your laptop?

Heat at or by the touchpad could actually be a HDD, since its mostly common for a CPU & GPU to be towards the back left where the air vents are.. That's why we need to know brand and model. Ive encountered some mechanical HDDs to get very hot like that, especially those manufactured by Toshiba or some other second rate HDD vendor.. If its the HDD, cleaning may not do all that much for you. I'm only saying this because your temps are pretty good. If it's the HDD doing all that, that's an easy pop out & pop in procedure to replace, but windows, ect would need to be installed.

Please post make and model of laptop so we can further help you.

[HawaiianPunch]

It's a Lenovo Z50 Laptop, I've ordered the palm pads previously suggested, to see if those help, and FPS is set to 15.

And I'm not too comfortable opening up the laptop on my own, much less removing the HDD to "pop out and pop in", afraid I'll break the entire thing.