Osseo Meat Market also does custom cuts, say for example if you want a raw, uncured, unsmoked ham... They can make it happen. An interesting tib bit, beef prices are are higher in the MSP area as opposed to the Seattle area. I will return to this place, in fact I look forward to it.
the fan speed is controlled by the motherboard and changes in response to CPU usage. If it cranks up, chances are you are running a program that is using a lot of the CPU.
There is no builtin Windows utility to do this, so you need to use another tool. My personal favorite is SpeedFan. SpeedFan can monitor CPU temps, GPU temps, S.M.A.R.T. data, HD temps, and more; and if you want to you can also adjust fan speeds with it too. use BatteryCare. It shows the CPU as well as hard disk drive temperature with a simple UI. It has some really awesome features if you are using it on a laptop. To clear some myths about batteries, please read this article. I have also installed SpeedFan, but rarely do I use it.