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Hi jeffball610,
concerning the PSU-Fans... I just don´t know... they put those things in there for a reason, maybe some of the pros will beg to differ, but i would be careful about leaving the PSU without decent cooling, especially if You plan to upgrade, as You say. I know that the higher priced PSU´s (Gold standard, if i´m not mistaken.)will switch off their fans if idle or in low use. Maybe that is the way to go? Downside might be, all of these have those big cooling-fans on their sides, not in the back and usually the switches don´t match the back-cover of G3/4 Powermac-casings. I put one (no Gold-standard) in my build anyway and it runs fine, despite the side-fan.
My two cents,
Olli
concerning the PSU-Fans... I just don´t know... they put those things in there for a reason, maybe some of the pros will beg to differ, but i would be careful about leaving the PSU without decent cooling, especially if You plan to upgrade, as You say. I know that the higher priced PSU´s (Gold standard, if i´m not mistaken.)will switch off their fans if idle or in low use. Maybe that is the way to go? Downside might be, all of these have those big cooling-fans on their sides, not in the back and usually the switches don´t match the back-cover of G3/4 Powermac-casings. I put one (no Gold-standard) in my build anyway and it runs fine, despite the side-fan.
My two cents,
Olli