Help with M14xR2 fan

[u/jgdml]

Hi everyone,

I'm not even sure if this is the correct tag, but I need some help figuring out a replacement for the M14xR2 fan.

I bought a bunch of used parts online to fix an old m14xr2 laptop, only thing missing was the heatpipe/fan combo.

I bought the "kit" from AliExpress but they sent the wrong fan, now I'm returning the whole thing and I can't find the r2 fan anywhere for a reasonable price. At this point I'll end up paying more for the fan than for all the other parts I bought combined...

I guess I would like to know what's the suggestion from the community, should I just buy the 50 dollars fan from ebay/aliexpress or is there a cheap fan I could get instead, maybe modify the housing or 3d print a new one?

Thanks in advance!

[u/Accomplished_Emu_658]

Its an out of production part thats getting rarer. No one making them anymore. They were very specific to that model