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ok, here is the deal, right smack in middle of Need for Speed carbon My machine locks. annoyed I start looking into why.

Well the fan croaked, looks easy enough to replace I just want to make sure I have the right one.

In using the lovely search button I have found a link in an old thread to these

http://www.buyextras.com/dc12vvgahefa.html

specifically http://www.buyextras.com/ev45dc12vvga.html

as I'm a couple of weeks away from getting my new mobo to use my PCIe 6600 card I have I want to fix up the 9700 and once I upgrade it will go back to the family parts pool I got it from. So I want want ever fan I put on it to be worth putting on.

was also looking at these

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835119079
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118222

I figure the Zalman is a little overkill for a stock 9700, but still on the maybe list.

Edit:
Duh, ATI part number for the fan is 7120003000, the fan is square and about the size of a game boy cartridge

dude i have the older version of this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118216

mine is just aluminum. I used the extra mounts to mount a 80mm casefan to the side to force air through the fins. I have a 9800 pro 128 flashed to a 9800 xt 128 and never had any issues with it. Played HL2 with no problem!! Now that computer has become a server.

I added the fan about 3 days after i installed it because when the card started to get hot i got framerate drop and choppiness. The fan took care of that.

But if you are replacing the pc soon then just get the 1st one you listed.