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Ubuntu fan noise while watching videos
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The high CPU load of 90% is misleading. It is really 90% divided by the number of virtual CPU cores. In your case, 12 CPUs, it would be 7.5% CPU load.
You are using Google Chrome for YouTube videos and I found that makes my fans kick in as well. If I use Firefox to watch YouTube videos, then the fans stay off, or at least spin so slow, I can’t hear them.