My Computer Gets Hot To 90 C, Is It Because of my Case!?

Why does my computer get hot when I'm on Safari, Minecraft or any other iApps?

Temperature generated by your MBP is a function of the demands that are placed on the CPU/GPU. I suggest that you do the following:
Install istat menus:
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Open ACTIVITY MONITOR to ALL PROCESSES and set %CPU to display values from high to low.
When you MBP gets hot. post images of the both applications mentioned for inspection.
Note that 90°c is not lethal and under certain conditions normal. In addition, the MBP has circuits that will shut it down if the temperature become too high.
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