[Hansfragger]

Originally Posted by Cathar

I don't know. Nice to have things that are cheap - sure. However to buy something that's meant to last for 6-7 yrs running full-time non-stop and then complain about $20 just seems a little strange to me.

I must be an odd person. Whenever I buy something, I tend to divide the cost of the item by the usuable life-span of the item, and the importance of the application of the item, and then decide on that basis whether or not said item is expensive.

The March pump still seems like a good deal to me, even at $120US. $20/yr seems to me to be an asbolute pittance to pay for a rock-solid industrial quality pump.

I don't even consider the Mag 3 as something much better than total junk, what with its propensity to leak and its need to be end-user modified to fix that problem.

I'd rather a pump that was looking after my highly important computing cooling needs for the next 6-7yrs to be engineered and made properly, over-engineered in fact, rather than buying a pump that's barely holding onto its integrity and requires attention from the end-user.

Buying the cheapest possible thing all the time, especially for something that's doing a fairly important job, really is just false economy IMO.

I really liked the sound (no pun intended) of this March pump. The manufacturers website referred me to a local dealer in CA. Ryan-Herco. I called them today and was told the pump is available, but the list price is 198(US) + tax + shipping! Ouch!! I puchased a muffled Laing D4 August 18 which is still within the 30 return window from Danger Den. I havent hooked the pump up yet but I am concerned I am not going to be too thrilled with the noise, even with a rheostat when not fraggin. It seems that any info on the noise levels of the muffled version of the D4 is either vague or measured in ways that cannot be directly compared to other pumps. It's too bad your article will probably be after my 30 day return has lapsed, because it looks like it will be a good one. Why is it you search and research and search some more, finally make an agonizing decision on which product comes the closest to what you want, and then after it's too late, something better comes along?