Is that expected? I’d run something like htop to see what process is maxing out one of my CPU cores. There was a bug a while ago where a kworker would max out a single CPU core. I don’t know if its been fixed because I’ve had my gpe10 interrupt disabled ever since: [TRACKING] AMD: small group of kworkers keeping CPU 0 busy after suspend/resume cycle(s)
As for gaming, heat is unavoidable. When I play factorio, my laptop consumes a little bit more than 30 watts, which also means 30 watts of heat is being generated. This makes the laptop quite hot. I work around it by using a laptop cooling pad when gaming. They’re basically laptop-sized boxes of plastic or metal that usually have fans inside to increase airflow but even without the fans, the extra separation between your lap and the computer helps make you more comfortable and the easier airflow going through the open mesh of the cooling pad (as opposed to choking on the fabric of your clothes) helps make your laptop more comfortable.
I don’t ever need the cooling pad when using the laptop as a regular laptop, but gaming continuously consumes a bunch more power and therefore generates a bunch more heat.
Actually, Linux is kicking Windows’ ass in gaming these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJXp3UYj50Q
I believe they are the same fans. When I ordered a replacement fan from the framework marketplace, it seemed no different than the fan I had originally.