Originally Posted by CyberDruid

I kept screwing around inside the PC--and the plumbing to the original plexi sidepanel/res was real tight--I kept straining the junctures where the barbs screw into the plexi and a tiny leak had developed--I fixed it for a while--but wrestling with the side panel was counter productive and somewhat annoying. It looked cool--but actually the res tended to warm up the entire case.

I eliminated the res all together and for a few days had the side open on the rig--which is just tempting fate with my curious son around--he is fascinated by computer guts....anyway I dug the original side panel out of storage and whipped up the deal.

Not something that took a lot of time or planning--I thought about doing it for a day then went to Lowes and got the 1/8" plexi and went out back and started working--about an hour in it really not counting shopping...

Much happier now that changing out an expansion card only takes a few minutes instead of half an hour...temps are about the same...

Thanks for the compliments P!