Has anyone mentioned to just check to see if there is proper Thermal Paste on CPU and Cooler? Normally Intel Coolers are not that bad...
/Edit: Joe beat me to it... :p
Could you toss us a few photos, I'd like to see what the air flow is like. Your CPU temps should not be doing that at all and the stock cooler is very good for that CPU. All I can think of is maybe you didn't remove the protective plastic covering on the thermal paste on the CPU heatsink before you first installed it, or it's not installed correctly, or it's not spinning at all.
Also, try putting it on Full and running your test.
That should then show the max capacity of your system.
With a Xeon the intel cooler really should be sufficient.
Thermal paste looks okay to me (maybe a tad on the heavy side)... Is it just the CPU that is over-heating or are your drives getting pretty hot as well? Also, does this system have a fan in the front? Just curios if there is proper air flow from front through the system then out the back?
Should not need to send them a message, I tagged him (when I used the @ sign in front of their name). They will get a notification that they were "tagged" along with a link to this thread. As to if they choose to respond that is another story...I will also check out and see if I should send them a message to hear how things went with the other guys, thanks.
I thought to myself, WTF. You almost had me. For that I'm gonna "Thank" you.That video stops before the final steps:
So I agree, the thermal paste looks slightly thick so I guess I would have to question if the pins were fully engaged, and I think the incriminating evidence is the first photo, the upper right pin is rotated to the unlock position which is never good. It's easy to be afraid to push too hard so you should support the rear of your motherboard if you feel it's needed.
So if you are not 100% clear on how to mount an Intel CPU Heatsink, check out this link...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQgZX-4W0o
I am requesting a little more information so I am clear on a few things...
1) What is the CPU temperature reported when idle and explain what jails are running?
2) What is the ambient temperature in the room where the computer is located and ensure you leave the side panel off while testing, this give everyone a good idea that the CPU isn't being starved for cool air.
3) Lets discuss Plex a little. Please describe how you have it installed and the settings and movie formats, etc... Are we sure that your implementation of Plex isn't messed up?
4) Now back to the CPU issue, I would recommend running The UBCD or some other CPU stress test, not running on your FreeNAS installation and to see how it holds up. No matter what Plex is doing there must be an issue with either your mounting of the CPU, CPU Heatsink, thermal paste (remember, you cannot reuse it, you will have voids which will not allow heat to transfer and even though some folks think it's not a big deal, well actually it is a big deal), maybe the CPU is faulty internally and isn't transferring the heat properly. But use a CPU stress test which will max out the CPU and you should be able to keep it from hitting thermal shutdown. 65 to 70C should be attainable but if you are in a hot room already, well you get my point.
I did read most of this, and this is very strange. But since I am also a noob to freenas, I'll let them help get the software sorted.
As far as hardware, and temps, yea that is totally crazy. I have had many desktop class CPU's and overclock all of them, even pushed to hell and back I have never seen 100C, not even in my old school i7 920 @a WHACKLOAD of volts and 4.4 ghz.... If all the pins on the CPU cooler are pushed in and mounted correctly as I believe you stated it is, something has to be wrong. That just can't be right. Literally, I don't think at stock speed and volts that CPU could even produce that much heat even if it was the worst piece of silicon Intel has ever shipped.
I would look at idle temps, and then compare them to BIOS idle temps. I have seen OS based reporting software report false data, but that was also under Windows and Mac environments.
If you do end up going to new CPU cooler route, which for the money isn't a bad idea even if you do get temps under control on stock cooling, +1 to hyper 212 Evo. I must have 10+ of them between my rigs, parents PC's friends etc. They are great, especially for the price. Put the stock cooler to absolute shame, and will be much quieter.
Sent from my jailbroke iPhone using Tapatalk