Or, it might just be me fail.  My Zalman CNPS9500's fan had a loose bearing, so I went to replace it.  See the photo gallery.  I'm not going to say too much about it, but here's what I posted to IRC:

19:28 < prox> So, that was my junk last night.
19:28 < prox> I ended up actually buying another CNPS9500, cause I'm an idiot.
19:28 < prox> And I couldn't get to /any/ of the screws to take off the fan, since I wanted to do it w/out removing the heatsink, since it was such a PITA to get on in the first place.
19:29 < prox> I ended up with the bright idea of bending the metal arm that the fan was screwed on, taking it off that way, then doing the same to the one in my case.
19:29 < prox> And, of course, it never bent back correctly.
19:29 < prox> So I just ripped it off and went with the Intel :P
19:30 < prox> The title of that photo gallery should be 'prox fail'.

Now things are warmer, but MUCH quieter.  Intel has the variable speed fan.  Compare before and after:

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