Popping/clicking sounds from the pump - found out by googling that this is a frequent problem with this model.
Fan is very loud - replaced it with a quiet one, so no big deal.
Summary:
My previous purchase from ME (video card) has annoying fan noise, this one has annoying pump noise. Before that, a video card from newegg was crashing the system. What THE F**K should I do be certain that I am buying a quality product?