thanks for all the replies everyone. i eventually decided on the 1048. (after more reading, ... hehe) for the first 24 hours, it was making quite the racket. then suddenly, silence. it's been running non stop for the past week and so far so good. i just hope that it has much better reliability than the hydor. i hope that with a change in blocks and adding a GPU cooler that the 1048 still has what it takes. also, i was a fan of DD just because they were my first WB dealer and were very customer oriented. after researching some swiftech stuff, i think they they will provide my next WB, if i can find a store that has them in stock! thanks again everyone.
jason
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