Unraid said my CPU is at 69c, which seems to be the upper limit of where it should be.  Now, it is under constant load with Folding@Home and Plex.  Most fans I am finding are 50 dollars plus.  Seems a bit much for a fan.  Has anyone else dealt with this?

 

Machine is in a Norco case, in the basement.  Should Should be decently cool down there

With a 95 watt processor that's running near 100% utilization you definitely need better cooling than the stock cooler provides.  $50 isn't really a bad price for a high quality CPU heatsink/fan combo.    You can get some nice ones for a bit less ($35 or so),  but that's not really much of a difference.

 

It's also possible you didn't get the CPU seated correctly, and there's not a good thermal bond.    You may want to remove the heatsink; very carefully clean off the bonding plate and CPU; and then re-install it with a high quality thermal compound.    You'll need to do this anyway if you replace the heatsink -- but if you want to try it with the stock cooler you'll at least know for sure that wasn't your issue (before you spend the $$ for a new heatsink).

 

Next time, look at the Intel boards/CPUs => you can get equivalent performance in a 35 watt i3 that will run notably cooler and work just fine with the stock heatsink.  [Or significantly better performance with a 35-45 watt i7]

 

Don't run Folding@Home, it's a waste of time, and a waste of power.  Problem solved.

If you have room, run one a Zalman CNPS9900ALED, or similar (all copper, large fan). I ran one on my 1055T and now on my FX 8320 works great even under full load.

thats part of the problem.  I dont think I have room.  I guess I could buy one and try.  Im using a Norco 2212

Nope... not gonna fit, no way... seeing as the fan is taller than the case itself.

 

My advice is either make a folding machine, or just plain stop.

I shut down F@H for a little while, and the CPU temp settled at about 60c which is 140F.  With F@H running it goes up around 70c which is 158F.  Seems that I might have a cooling issue unrelated to F@H.  140F seems warm.  Maybe it is just dusty.  Its worth mentioning that I am not having any problems.  But I do not want to wait for them to start

What else is running when you have F@H off? 60C is a really high "idle" temp.

 

My Celeron G1840 with 6 dockers running is at 31C. Ambient in the house is 23-24C.

Theres a VM running, but the CPU is only running at like 20%.  Maybe I will try blowing it out with the air compressor.  Or re-applying thermal paste.