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             The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
      
   > It's an interesting thought as to why one would use a fan at all. If its   
   > such a high compute task that you need one, maybe a bigger Pi or an   
   > Intel based machine is indicated.   
   >   
   > I dislike fans. They fail.   
      
   PC fans run pretty much all the time.  A fan on a RasPi is likely to   
   run less of the time, and could well last longer overall.   
      
   Fans fail.  Disc drives fail.  SSDs fail.  Batteries fail.  Reservoir   
   capacitors fail.  But before they do, they are very useful.   
      
   David   
      
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