Hi I have a casing fans which is cool because it glows blue. Its also rubbish because its really noisy. The power pack has 3 fans on it, and the cpu has its own dedicated fan. Do I really need this fan too? Or can I just unplug it? Thanks in advance for any advice Tom

Without knowing the spec of your PC it's impossible to say for definite, but best way is to unplug it & see if there's an appreciable rise (more than a couple of degrees) in the temp of your processor (check in the BIOS if you haven't got a program to tell you - they are often supplied with motherboards or you can use ones like SiSoft Sandra). If there is you could always replace it with a 'proper' case fan. "I know that I'm mad - I've always been mad..."

The CPU fan is probably the most important one in your system. Don't disconnect it!

Yeah, do NOT disconect that fan. You'll fry your cpu if you do. If the noise is getting to you, look into a water cooled rig. ASUS A7N8X-E DELUXE 2500+ Barton OC to 3200+ 1gig Corsair XMS Hightech Excalibur Radeon 9800 Pro Iceq 128mb Antec True Power 430w Dual 40gig WD.

johnr is correct here...he didn't say it was a cpu fan but that it is a casing fan. Now, time to ask for some more information, like where is that fan located. It's my guess that is lives on a side panel or possibly on the front. If, in fact, it's on the heatsink then Lantz is correct in that you don't disconnect it. But, you don't need to look into water cooling...that stuff is mostly cooled by fans too. Skip

Nicely spotted Skip! It comes down to grammatical interpretation. I read it as the last mentioned fan, which was the CPU fan. On rereading, Tom might have been refering to the case fan. In this case I would ask 'cool blue or quiet?'

Hi guys Yes - I did mean that I want to remove the casing fan. Sorry if it wasn't clear. I do have a prog to monitor CPU temp, so thats what I'll do. Thanks for your advice. The fan is in the middle of a see-through plastic side panel and it glows blue when active. Its one of those things that would be cool - if that side of the PC wasn't next to the wall. Thanks for the advice Tom