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Originally Posted by patrickp
Computer fans have to move the maximum amount of air possible for effective cooling, while making as little noise as possible - or your PC/laptop would drive you crazy. It's also desirable that they should continue to do this consistently for a reasonable length of time. That's why they seem to be relatively expensive: in fact, it's often the more expensive ones (assuming you make good choices) that will last several times as long as cheaper fans with much greater reliability, and are more worth buying in the long run.
RS is another good place to buy non-standard fans.
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actaully my desktop pc is rather noisy compared with the likes of the dell's etc
might be something to do with the fact its got 8 fans in it (2 case fans, 2 in psu 3 on mobo and 1 on gfx card), Tend not to notice the fan noise after a while so its not a major concern with me.
Only use cooling pad on laptop when playing games but i might just take the cheap way out and disconnect the broken fan, as its only blowing air on the cool side of hte laptop anyway, the laptop gets a lot hotter on the right hand side (probably where the cpu and gpu are)