My LCIII has an Elina Fan, which I actually find to be fairly quiet, in fact its quieter than just about all the hard drives I've used in the LCIII, apart from a 40MB ProDrive LPS. Its the original fan that was installed in the machine when it was built (i know that because Dad bought the machine brand new in 1993 
), and I really don't mind it...maybe I'm just used to it after having used the machine for nearly 17 years.
Personally I wouldn't use any LC series Mac without a fan, lest the power supply or hard drive overheat. These Macs are 15 - 20 years old and could die at any moment, making them run cooled entirely by convection (when they're not designed to be run that way) will only make them run hotter, and therefore reduce whatever is left of their life span, and is really to be avoided. The machine has a hard drive in it anyway, which makes a fair bit of noise...surely the noise made by a small fan isn't that much of a price to pay to save your Mac from overheating?
), and I really don't mind it...maybe I'm just used to it after having used the machine for nearly 17 years.Personally I wouldn't use any LC series Mac without a fan, lest the power supply or hard drive overheat. These Macs are 15 - 20 years old and could die at any moment, making them run cooled entirely by convection (when they're not designed to be run that way) will only make them run hotter, and therefore reduce whatever is left of their life span, and is really to be avoided. The machine has a hard drive in it anyway, which makes a fair bit of noise...surely the noise made by a small fan isn't that much of a price to pay to save your Mac from overheating?