I've been using windows my whole life and recently my Windows 10 installation got corrupted and I needed to get a new one so I chose the free Ubuntu. It's very different from windows and frustrating to try to learn how to do things when everything was so much simpler on Windows.
As for my fan--On windows I was able to use SpeedFan to easily change what fan speeds I wanted my computer to have at whatever time I needed it to change by just clicking on some arrows. It was important because of FPS in the games I play changed based on my CPUs temperature.
I've read many threads that mention lm-sensors and fancontrol including How to control fan speed and I've tried following along to install these but using the terminal is very weird and I don't think I did it correctly because the fan seemed to get stuck at maximum speed and I didn't know how to change it. So I completely reinstalled Ubuntu and I'm trying again. Is there any way to do this without using lm-sensors or fancontrol? Also, the linked thread I don't believe adequately explains how to manually change the current fan speed, only to set a range of speeds for automatic change.
Please help my newbie self.