A:Answer I've only owned this for a day, but i went on a long gaming session last night. The speakers are placed just above and in front of the fan exhaust so the noise from the fans are almost completely silenced by the speakers. The fans are not that loud to begin with either. However, i did notice the WASD keys got a little warm from the gpu/cpu temp after playing for so long. It didn't become uncomfortable, but it was noticeable.
I played overwatch using only the addition of a usb mouse for 6 hours.