I think the big part was the fact that my tube routing was all kinds of stupid. Before I got the EX x-res combo res/pump top i had the old res up against the back wall in front of the expansion slots. The tubing was causing the the res to lean up against the wall with a bit of pressure. It lasted for ~2 years like that.
It's possible that I overtightened the res as well. Should have known as we have field service guys at work that get chewed out for overtightened plastic fittings all the time.
And what he said, looks great.
Personally I've got a 690 in the mail to upgrade the wife to a i7-860 while I wait for my chance to get a 980x
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