Cool off a hot X60s, or not?

[John H]

I use my X60s SO much that it tends to get hot. Should I cool it off with a blue-ice pack underneath, or should I "suspend" and wait a while? Or should I just leave it alone? Maybe it's best to just let it run hot and not go thru extra cooling and heating cycles.

[RealBlackStuff]

When was the last time you cleaned out the dust from the fan, and replaced the thermal paste with Arctic Silver 5?
Makes quite a difference!
I have the exact same machine. Replaced the wifi card with an Intel 6200N (and matching 1/2 size adapter), and the whole laptop is considerable cooler.
Icing on the cake was the Patriot SSD I put in instead of the hard disk.
I now get 8-1/2 to 9 hours on one (extended) battery load.