For anyone wondering. EVERYTHING IN THIS THREAD WAS THE SOLUTION. however! YouTube’s “Ambient mode” was the last puzzle piece. I turned it off and poof. im rarely going over 41! MUCH better than the slow creep up to 50 degrees! I’ll do some more testing and report back if any issues arise 
Note: I turned off the firefox extension and it made temps go up, so if you have a similar issue follow the thread AND turn off that dumb YouTube ambient mode.
With all fixes + ambient mode off:
20 minute test showed me at 42 degrees about twice and stood around 39-41
Much much happier now with the system!