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  "path": "/threads/if-the-pc-uses-very-little-power-is-it-safe-to-completely-turn-off-the-psu-fan.3896380/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T11:38:27.000Z",
  "site": "https://forums.tomshardware.com",
  "tags": [
    "Power Supplies"
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  "textContent": "My work PC has Athlon 200GE, no graphics card, one regular SSD, one M.2 SSD and two RAM sticks. Yesterday I guess a small spider crawled into my power supply and it became noisy. When I removed it I saw small web pieces on the grill. I replaced it with my spare power supply which is a overkill OCZ 700W 80 plus modular unit from way back in 2009 and has a big case fan that I installed in it, I don't remember why, I guess I thought the original fan was noisy. The problem is that this fan has molex connection and works at 100% and is a bit noisy itself. Is there any risk of overheating if I don't use the fan at all? I guess my PC uses well under 100W most of the time.",
  "title": "If the PC uses very little power, is it safe to completely turn off the PSU fan ?"
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