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==Results (plus pictures)==

==Regrets and stupidities==

* I ought have wrapped all the tubing in anti-kink coils, <i>which I already had</i>, way earlier.

* I ought have bought a second LSI SAS card from the outset, rather than going through two POS chinesium 1x cards, both of which continuously reset attached disks (I'm guessing due to my fairly lengthy cables? who knows).

* I ought have paid more attention to which fans I was putting on which radiators.

* I probably ought have gone with the 1000W edition of my 850W power supply. Oh well, it was a carryover from previous builds.

* Shouldn't have ordered that stupid incompatible GPU backplane =/.

* Shouldn't have installed that stupid incompatible GPU backplace =/.

* Shouldn't have used the top- and bottom-side of the same port for initial GPU connections; lesson learned.

* Should have ordered more goddamn fittings at once.

* Should have thought out LED placement more.

* I really wish the top disk cage was on the bottom, but it seemed impossible due to radiator placement. Maybe I could have come up with something?

* The connection between the Monsoon and the right-side XFLOW sucks. It could surely be improved (how?).

* The connection between the GTR360 and the right-side XFLOW sucks. A different radiator could have probably avoided this monstrosity.

* My onboard Ethernet stopped working, and I'm still not sure why.

* Fuck Corsair's proprietary-everything.

* Should have ordered at least three PCIe-to-Molex adapters. Those things are the shit, but only PerformancePCs seems to sell them, and getting another one would be yet another ass-rape of a shipping charge. PPCS, charge less for shipping!

* The whole CCFL business was a misadventure, and I regretted it almost immediately. Had to ship a DoA inverter back to PPCS. Cracked a tube unpacking the box.

==Future directions==

I'm not sure where else I can go with this machine. There doesn't appear to be much useful work I can do beyond what I've aleady done. Some thoughts:

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 ==Results (plus pictures)==
+==Regrets and stupidities==
+* I ought have wrapped all the tubing in anti-kink coils, <i>which I already had</i>, way earlier.
+* I ought have bought a second LSI SAS card from the outset, rather than going through two POS chinesium 1x cards, both of which continuously reset attached disks (I'm guessing due to my fairly lengthy cables? who knows).
+* I ought have paid more attention to which fans I was putting on which radiators.
+* I probably ought have gone with the 1000W edition of my 850W power supply. Oh well, it was a carryover from previous builds.
+* Shouldn't have ordered that stupid incompatible GPU backplane =/.
+* Shouldn't have installed that stupid incompatible GPU backplace =/.
+* Shouldn't have used the top- and bottom-side of the same port for initial GPU connections; lesson learned.
+* Should have ordered more goddamn fittings at once.
+* Should have thought out LED placement more.
+* I really wish the top disk cage was on the bottom, but it seemed impossible due to radiator placement. Maybe I could have come up with something?
+* The connection between the Monsoon and the right-side XFLOW sucks. It could surely be improved (how?).
+* The connection between the GTR360 and the right-side XFLOW sucks. A different radiator could have probably avoided this monstrosity.
+* My onboard Ethernet stopped working, and I'm still not sure why.
+* Fuck Corsair's proprietary-everything.
+* Should have ordered at least three PCIe-to-Molex adapters. Those things are the shit, but only PerformancePCs seems to sell them, and getting another one would be yet another ass-rape of a shipping charge. PPCS, charge less for shipping!
+* The whole CCFL business was a misadventure, and I regretted it almost immediately. Had to ship a DoA inverter back to PPCS. Cracked a tube unpacking the box.
 ==Future directions==
 I'm not sure where else I can go with this machine. There doesn't appear to be much useful work I can do beyond what I've aleady done. Some thoughts: