GT72 Domminator PRO Fan speed???

Hi guys ive had my dominator pro for about 1 month now and ive recently changed house now I don't know if im being paranoid but the gt72 CPU Fan speed seems to be running higher than usual constantly
the temperature while typing this 35-36 and CPU only 30 I would show you current fan speed but im not sure where I can view this im just wondering should my gt72 be almost silent??? which I think before it was its worrying me a lot and just would like some information
thanks all
jack

Check the fan speed in Dragon Gaming Center.
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I am seeing a lot of negative talk about third-party software to control fans:
Istat menu 5 is good.
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Therefore having a monitor system is helpful because you can see the temperatures constantly.
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rnitch wrote:
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