[rkomorn]

Honestly at this point it's not so much about money as it is about whether or not this particular case/setup/components combo is salvageable with minimal effort.

The CPU fan is rarely an issue (it mostly just goes bananas when IntelliJ gets its business on with gradle on a new project XD).

The GPU is the main culprit and I'm not sure there's any solution there that doesn't involve just replacing it.

[vel0city]

Depending on the fans it may be possible to re-oil the bearings.

[rkomorn]

Interesting idea. I feel like the fan noise from my GPU is just air moving, but maybe not.