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11. Did you modify anything ? cases/video cards/other? Did you do it yourself? Walk us through it.

I did indeed. While i was setting up my water-cooling i realized that because of the size of my pump my original plan of putting it in the base of the case had to be scrapped. After some thought i decided to mount it in the front upside down. I drilled 2 holes in the false floor for the outlet tube and the other for the GPU to RES tube. i lined each hole with rubber and poked the tubing through. I can tell you it was a very snug fit but the result looks good I'm sure you will agree. Also to help with cable management i drilled 2 holes in the motherboard tray.

Also i turned my HDDs so the power/sata cables faced the front, that way they were hidden from view. Another problem i had to overcome was how to fill my res. I mulled over a few ideas including a sliding mechanism but settled on having it hinged from the base. Then to fill it all i have to do is release the nuts holding the top bracket and the res falls forward. Since i was using UV lighting i wanted an easy way to switch them off as it tends to give me a headache after a while. I decided to put the switches in the I/O panel in the front of the case. It meant i had to cut the wiring an re-solder the switch.

12. Your 3DMark06 / 3DMark Vantage score (P+GPU)

3DMark 06: 17311 Vantage score: 10256

13. Do you have any Future updates planned ?

Seeing as I've only just upgraded the core of my PC i don't really have any planned. I will be looking at either getting another 4870 and go xfire or wait till the next-gen GPUs hit the shelves. Id also like to get some yate loon fans to reduce the noise a little.

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