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[Crankyhobo]

Its up and running! i will organize some better pictures soon.



Had quite a few problems pulling this together and also learned so much. A few thoughts:

* This tygon fuel tubing is very good, i think its better than any of the clear tygon or primoflex i have used previously.

* I will never buy these enzotech fittings again, they are too loose on the tube - requiring some serious clamping to not leak, the black paint chips easily, they are difficult to start the thread properly and hard to keep tightened due to the thin hex and especially if you need to rotate the fitting at all then it tends to come loose.

* I found that these graphics cards need extra support when they have heavy blocks filled with water. I built a plate that rests on the bottom radiator with threaded rods that insert into it. Nuts on the rod space and support the end of the cards properly. I really like this solution because it's fully adjustable.

* I regret not taking the time to do a few extra coats of paint and clear coat on various parts because they tend to scratch quite easily.

* One of my fans got damaged somehow and wouldn't start so i had to abandon my plan to have yellow painted fans and just bought some crappy ones from best-buy in order to get it running asap. I should have bought extra fans to start with just in case.

* No good option seems to exist for a 2x80mm radiator, the magi-cool one i purchased doesn't have standard fan spacing and the M160 is really horrible because the inlets squeeze down to about 6mm diameter. I thought about cutting them off and widening the hole and braising the inlet/outlet back on but i ran out of time.

* Very impressed with the build quality of the stealth 2x120. The paint seems very durable and they have these stop plates underneath the screw holes so that you can't puncture it from over tightening.

* I'm going to avoid buying from frozen-CPU in the future.

* Finding black scews can be quite difficult - around my area you cant find them at all in local hardware stores etc but there are a couple of good retailers online. I think it was really worth it though, its made a big difference to the end result. Let me know if you want the specs or links for danger den case screws and nuts.

* This weight of this thing is ridiculous, i struggle just to lift it up onto the table.