Hey guys, so another update: I went ahead and called them, and the guy told me that opening case would void warranty, but I guess I talked him into letting me check if CPU fan is loose, so I did that, and yeah, the right side wasn't secured =P
I'm in Path of Exile on that PC now and the CPU is at about 40c, max temp it has read so far is just under 70c, seems to bounce around between that, much better than before. I didn't check about the thermal paste, which I imagine could use reapplying if the heatsink was loose this whole time, but not sure if I should go that extra step because that might actually be the deal breaker warranty wise.
Regardless, the Mobo still reads 120c, so that looks like it's definitely broken sensor, and the guy on phone said he has one final PC he can hold for me if I want to replace it, so there's my question, should I send this in to get the Mobo sensor fixed? Otherwise the PC seems to finally be in working order.
Also, thanks for all the help in general... you guys are seriously awesome
ps: If I do send it in, how shall I keep my data safe? (for example, I logged into steam on this, and registered windows with my email, are these risks to my login info?)
This post was edited by Shinigami on Feb 21 2018 07:24pm