MrToddsFriends
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Would you recommend swapping out the stock Node 304 fans?
The stock intake fans of my Node 304 didn't start reliably start with the low speed fan controller position. Most possibly you would have already noticed if your copy had this (fan controller?) problem, too. Surely I could have urged a replacement from the retailer back then. I decided to order two Noctua NF-A9 PWM fans to have them monitored by the motherboard instead.
I don't use any fan related scripts so far, simply because I did not see the need to do so. All my WD Red 3TB disks did not get hotter than 41°C during their whole life (3 years) with the Noctua intake fans constantly spinning at their minimum speed (400rpm). Of course this will depend on number and model of HDDs as well as the location of your server.
After managing your CPU temperature problem you should look closely at the HDD temperatures at high room temperatures (e.g. in summer or at temperatures to be expected) with high HDD load (during a scrub, for instance) to control the functionality of your targeted cooling solution.