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I use speccy on my windows puters and Psensor on linux for monitoring. I can't see where excess cooling would be a bad thing unless you are using your computer in arctic conditions.
On the hierarchy of cooling most computers use 1 heat sink/radiat, 2 fan on, then if that does not cool things down it will 3 reduce power to the processor.
I'd replace the HD asap (SSD if you can swing it), then get some monitoring software on the thing and watch temps as you do more intensive things with the computer while listening to the fan for peace of mind.
Again I can't see how too much cooling air to electronics is a bad thing (unless you get crazy with the cold)
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Last edited by bestclimb; 07-30-2014 at 03:56 PM..
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