worn down fan bearings in zotac gtx 970 gpu fan

BlackJesus27

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Jul 9, 2015
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i have discovered that my one of my gpus fans (zotac gtx 970) has worn down and its making a somewhat annoying noise although it is mostly inaudible when wearing headphones it is still present, i have a few options in my plan of action:
1.leave it and see what happens
2.contact zotac support and discuss the problem and see if i will be able to get any help in the future
3.contact zotac and try and rma it (had the gpu for a little over a year now but it says extended warranty on the box XD, should be ok right?) however they appear to be based in the us (i live in the uk and postage etc. may take a long time and i need the pc in the coming weeks)
4.sell it/sell replacement from rma and buy myself a shiny new gtx 1070
5.try and fix the problem mysefl (may void the warranty in some way tho :|)

i want to be able to use the pc in the coming month(s) and an rma could take a while and i refuse to even go near the disgusting onboard graphics on my i5 4690k, i am in a fairly difficult situation here, please help if you can guys :D have a good day