Heatsink fan dead?

[n7]

I'm not to knowledgeable about PC cooling; maybe someone can help.
My old PC started making a labored whirring noise yesterday, & i'm guessing it was the heatsink fan.
I turned it off today, & decided to give the dust bunnies some compressed air.
Well, it didn't start when i attempted to restart. It sorta started the fan for like a second, then stopped.
Would my assumptions be correct that my fan is dead?

 

[n7]

If this is the case, i'm wondering what heatsink i should get. I don't need anything uber high end, no overclocking, just a good reliable one.
I don't want to order online really, so likely i'd be getting the part from a local store (Canadian $$) www.a-computers.ca

What would you recommend from the ones they carry:
Cooling Fan & Heatsink
Case Fan 8CM / 3 Color / Va\ntec SF8025
Gigabyte 3D Cooler
Thermaltake Active Memory Cooler
Thermaltake Video Card Fan / Mother Board Fan
Thermaltake Blue Orb For VGA Video Card
Thermaltake Crystal Orb For VGA Video Card
Thermaltake TR2M4 X-Blower Fan
Thermaltake X-Blower 2 Channel Heatsink & Fan
Thermaltake Volcano 7 / 7+ (For AMD Or Intel)
Thermaltake Volcano 8 / 9 (For AMD)
Thermaltake Volcano 10 / 11+ / 12
Thermaltake AI545 P4 Spark 7 / Silent Boost K7
Thermaltake Hardcano 010/011 Hard Drive Cooler
Thermaltake Spectrum Fan Color Cooler - A1899
Vantec 4 Ch Fan Controller / NXP101 Multi-Use
Vantec A4C Iceberg VGA Fan Cooler / Pro
Vantec 6040 Socket A CPU Cooler ? Cooper
Vantec VA4/VP4 C7040 Aero Flow Cooling Fan
Vantec 7025 P4 Copper X Cooling Fan
Cooler Master Jet 7 Heatsink & Fan (For AMD)
Cooler Master Jet 4 Heatsink & Fan (For Intel)
Cooler Master Aero 4 Or 7 Heatsink & Fan
Cooler Master Mysketeer Silver/Black Display
Zalman CNPs-7000A ALCU Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A CU Heatsink & Fan
Zalman ZM80C HP HeatPipe VGA / Hard Drive

 

[magratton]

From your list I would suggest the following:
Thermaltake Volcano 7 / 7+ (For AMD Or Intel)
Thermaltake Volcano 8 / 9 (For AMD)
Thermaltake Volcano 10 / 11+ / 12
Cooler Master Aero 4 Or 7 Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A ALCU Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A CU Heatsink & Fan

The bottom two being the best.

 

[Peter D]

Originally posted by: magratton
From your list I would suggest the following:
Thermaltake Volcano 7 / 7+ (For AMD Or Intel)
Thermaltake Volcano 8 / 9 (For AMD)
Thermaltake Volcano 10 / 11+ / 12
Cooler Master Aero 4 Or 7 Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A ALCU Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A CU Heatsink & Fan

The bottom two being the best.

Here here!

 

[DesolationWilliams]

what ur looking for is definately the zalman 7000alcu. but thats a little pricey if your not even overclocking.

 

[akseli]

Originally posted by: magratton
From your list I would suggest the following:
Thermaltake Volcano 7 / 7+ (For AMD Or Intel)
Thermaltake Volcano 8 / 9 (For AMD)
Thermaltake Volcano 10 / 11+ / 12
Cooler Master Aero 4 Or 7 Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A ALCU Heatsink & Fan
Zalman CNPs-7000A CU Heatsink & Fan

The bottom two being the best.

Mm... if you don't mind noise go with the Volcano 11+ Xaser edition (don't forget to remove the fan grill which restricts airflow) --- if you can get good case temps and you can get the smartfan 2 to run at around 2000 rpm you will be happy with the noise level (mine's in a sonata and it's "ok" sound level) but if you have high temps (= fan has to spin faster) the noise is INFERNAL!