Are these soft pads necessary?

Decxver

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I have a fractal design case, I believe it's a mid tower, and I was just wondering about these soft pads inside the case. They are attached to a the case by screws and I think they might be sound mufflers but I'm not too sure on that.
I have a feeling (this might not be right) that these pads might be reducing air flow and as a result might be heating my CPU and GPU faster than it should. Am I right or is that a far-fetched idea?
 


I have no idea then. RazerZ might be right they could just shipping protection. Where are they at?