Suspected imac overheating- help!

Im wondering if my imac is overheating. My sims 3 game keeps shutting down and when i leave it for half hour it will play again for a couple of hours then shuts down. Its summer here so temps up to 100 deg (35 celcius). The imac affter sims shuts is so hot at the back i cant put my hand on it. It was purchased last may 2012. Whole computer has been slow and a bit non-responsive all day. I have apple care but i cant figure out how to actually contact them!
Specs-
Processor  2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory  4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics  AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
Software  Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b)

Also, see about installing smcFan Control. This will allow you to manually set the fan speeds higher.
http://www.eidac.de/
When needed I also run a small fan at the back of the computer. This will help remove heat from the case.
Some threads where you can see my posts about using smcFan Control.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3219643?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3617828?start=0&tstart=0
EDIT: you won't find iStat Pro at BDAqua's link any longer. (No longer supported by the developer, and not completely compatible with Mountain Lion, but most of its features should still be working.) It's here
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatpro.html
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    com.apple.security.sandbox          177.9
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    Fri May 17 16:02:25 2013
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80003d401c, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff80ffffff98, CR3: 0x0000000000100000, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
    RAX: 0x00000000366789ce, RBX: 0x0000000000008168, RCX: 0x00000000005976b6, RDX: 0xffffff8019bf2220
    RSP: 0xffffff8160293f20, RBP: 0xffffff8160293f70, RSI: 0xffffff8160293ee8, RDI: 0xffffff8019bf2220
    R8:  0x7fffffffffffffff, R9:  0x7fffffffffffffff, R10: 0x8000000000100000, R11: 0xffffff800063dc04
    R12: 0xffffff80003d3fc0, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff80ffffff80, R15: 0xffffff80ffffff80
    RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff80003d401c, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
    CR2: 0xffffff80ffffff98, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x0
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff8160293bd0 : 0xffffff8000220792
    0xffffff8160293c50 : 0xffffff80002c4794
    0xffffff8160293e00 : 0xffffff80002da55d
    0xffffff8160293e20 : 0xffffff80003d401c
    0xffffff8160293f70 : 0xffffff800023dbbc
    0xffffff8160293fb0 : 0xffffff8000820057
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
    Mac OS version:
    11G63b
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:25:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: FF3BB088-60A4-349C-92EA-CA649C698CE5
    System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 69769850451127
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    com.razer.common.razerhid          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.75
    com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          7.3.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          5.0.0d8
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.1d2
    com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.3
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.1.33
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          5.0.0d8
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000          7.3.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics          7.3.2
    com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          312
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.0.3
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.0.6
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.1.0
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          33
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40          505.67.1
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.2.4b8
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          195.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
    com.apple.security.quarantine          1.4
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          8
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          195.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard          160.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          160.7
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.6fc18
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.2.5a5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d10
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          5.0.0d8
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.1.1d6
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    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.1.33
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink          1.1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSource          1.1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
    com.apple.kext.ATI6000Controller          7.3.2
    com.apple.kext.ATISupport          7.3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB          7.3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController          4.0.8f17
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.8f17
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    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.2.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.0.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.0.0
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    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.0.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          420.3
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Anyway when I pressed next I had some weird driver errors, so I decided to use an USB instead (1 DVD wasted so far). I used Bootcamp to create a bootable USB with drivers and went to boot it. The USB booted perfectly fine under the name "EFI Boot" and then I reached the partitions screen.. Obviously I had weird errors again (GPT/MBR stuff). One tutorial on the web suggested creating a partition for the windows rather than using the Bootcamp pre-made one. I followed it by booting my main system, and using disk utility to delete the Bootcamp partition. Later on I booted again to the installation and created a new partition from the partitions screen. Windows created two partitions - a Microsoft reserved partition, and the secondary partition which is used for the windows files. After some time the windows finally booted for the first time. It took pretty long but went smooth - until it finally booted. 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I tried extracting it from install.wim but none of my archiving apps could open it (I tried Unarchiver, Keka, 7zX, terminal's unrar command and more, none could!). I also realized my Win 8 installation had this file so I added it to the Win 7 USB. Now my mac could see the USB in the boot screen - and it booted. I saw the "loading files" screen, and after one minute of it... black screen. I waited 10 minutes. Then 30. An hour. Still a pure black screen. I thought something is wrong with my file, and read that this file is also found in an already installed Win 7, so I went to parallels and took it from here, then added it to my installation. Again my mac could see the USB, but still no luck. When I pressed enter to boot from it, nothing happened as if the boot screen was stuck - the drive was selected but it didn't do anything. I waited long time again and decided to stop waiting. I tried to burn another DVD, this time with Titanium Toast. 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    Poikkeus
    Posts: 762
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    Radek
    Posts: 21
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    Carolyn Samit
    Posts: 15,109
    From: Apple USA
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    Radek
    Posts: 21
    Registered: 23-Jan-2005
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