Hay guys i have a mini fridge and im going to do this
http://www.overclockers.com/tips798/ to my rig tomorrow and my mini fridge runs 24/7 on full blast in the on postition and its still stock without the mods im going to do to it and it has never failed on me and not to loud. so if you follow the guide that was listed above. i think that may answer you questions :shrug:
(this is NOT my guide it was writin by Nicholas F. Singh - 1/20/02)