ISight and noisy iMac G5

Hi there.
I'm thinking of getting an iSight but I have a very noisy iMac G5. The fans are loud and it makes a whining noise too. (Long story but Apple say there's nothing wrong with it.)
How good is the iSight at filtering out background noise like this?
iMac G5 Rev. A   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   1.8GHz 1GB RAM; iPod nano

Sorry, I should have made myself clearer.
What I'm wondering is, will the noise of my computer be picked up by the iSight? Will the people on the other end that I'm chatting to be able to hear me above the din?!
Rachel

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