The computer has been running great for the last few days.. thankyou very much!
I did some research on the overheating error and it was suggested to change the power settings to high performance instead of the 50% setting I was using. So I did that.
This laptop is only a year old, so hopefully it will keep working for a while yet

I'll use the laptop for a few days like I normally would and then report back again.
Have a great weekend!