Here is a little tip on keeping a Dell XPS or any similar Windows 7 laptop cooler when gaming, without sacrificing FPS in most games or using a noisy external cooler (which you still can for more cooling 
) Games tested: Dirt 3, Crysis 2 (both 2011 games)
Laptop Specs:
Dell XPS 15 L502x
CPU: i-5 2410m 2.3 Ghz up to 2.9 Ghz
Grapics Card: Nvidia Geforce GT 540m, 2 gigs
6 gigs RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium
CPUID Hardware Monitor:
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
Post time: Sep-08-2017