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Honestly the best thing you can do is to remove and reapply thermal paste to the CPU / GPU. Go for something with a high thermal conductivity. There are plenty of videos online on reapplying thermal paste and that will definitely cool off your laptop when done correctly as it increases heat transfer to your heat sinks and fans.
I'll defo have to do this then, seems like the most probably cause of the system overheating. Thank you
Also get some compressed air and blow all the dust out of your laptop's fans and vents.
This should be done to any laptop after 4 years. A tube of paste only costs like $5, and it will have a massive difference.