Fan speed on 70% constantly

HI
Ive recently purchased a toshiba satellite a660 11m(s6065) with i7 q720 cpu.
This is my first laptop so i dont know anything about fan speed and heat
Anyway it runs constantly on 70% fan speed no matter what im doing, so im wondering if that's normal?
Temperature is on 55C on avrg.
My only complaint about this laptop is slow booting time, it takes 6-7mins to fully boot up(im using win7 64bit).
Thx in advance...

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