Don't let the heat beat your performance ...

A new cooler shouldn't be the first thing on your mind.

Well, I'm pretty sure it isn't SOP to replace the CPU fan. I think that the fan just got borked after all the time you've used it. Then again, maybe not. If you want to ask that they replace the CPU, ...

Repasting is cheap and easy to do, generally. I'd give that a shot. While you're doing that, make sure no dust bunnies have built a nest in the heatsink fins. Modern systems will park cores and do ...