i kind of ran a test on it today. I played a game from a dead cold start up. What kind of surprised me was that it didn't glitch up at the part that it usual did but then soon enough it started to glitch up, and to top it off the system wasn't even hot (but it did take a while to glitch up as compared to before). It was cold-warm at the time of the glitch, but it was getting a little hotter though. I stopped after about 5-10 minutes or so and by the time i stopped my system was already screwed (needing the restart) and the laptop was warm (not hot).

by the way this time i was playing it on my lap in a way that made sure that nothing was interfering with the fan.....