Gets understandably warm, but not too hot, most of all it doesn't de-rate even when pushed, running everything and an HD movie. Swift build and delivery. Handy additional guide documentation, like photocopy of Win 10 code, so when you've tucked the machine down among all your other tech tat you don't later have to go scrabbling around under your desk and in low light spots to find it. Good thinking people. Recommended. Only thing I'd hope for the future is an official way of standing the wide flat i7 case vertically and still have access to all ports. Saves a ton of space compared to sitting flat. When the vent ports are at the bottom (when stood vertically) the heat draws upwards by natural convection a treat, like any home radiator - the whole unit just needs a 5cm lift to get good space to draw cooler air from underneath - and get the connectors in!