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Broken Fan...?

EnzoMP
By EnzoMP
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So, I was changing my thermal paste on the cpu. 

Opened the pc, plugged out the cables, removed the gpu and all, to work better... 

When I finished I did some tests to ceck if everything was alright. Heard a "clank" sound, took a look but did not notice anything wrong.

Saw my cpu temp was better... nnnnnice.

Saw my gpu temp... wtf. Usually in benchmarks it did a bit better. Sat around 70°-80° now. 

Took a look, there is one of the 4 fans on the gpu not spinning. Tried to make it spin, the same "clank" sound. 
Now my ichill x4 has become an ichill x3. I'm wondering if the fan failure is due to me or other things, the card is 3yrs old. 

Do you guys think I should let it be? I mean, is 70-80° a good temp to play on a 970? 
Also, could the fan give me problems if i don't fix it?

CPU: Intel i7 4790k @4.00Ghz - Motherboard: ASRock Z97X Killer - RAM: HyperX Savage Kit 2 x 4 GB - GPU: Inno3D iChill Geforce GTX 970 Ultra - Case: NZXT Noctis 450 - Storage (1st): Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB - Storage (2nd): Seagate 2TB HDD - PSU: Evga Supernova 750 G2 80+ Gold

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