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You could probably just drill the rivets out on top and bottom of the panel, but I'm sure that would impact the structural integrity of the case.

I think I have found a solution: http://www.anidees.com/ai-crystal/ai-crystal which is only $140 on Amazon Thanks to both of you for your input.

Linus has done a review and a few builds in the H440 Review: Build:

The NZXT H440 looks really nice, but it doesn't have fan controller, just a fan hub. This is my current setup, black and red is sexy and my mobo/RAM just happen to fit the scheme as well. It comes with the three fans you see in the top and of course the one in back.

Yes, it is a dual bay res. Sorry it took so long to respond to your initial question, but the 280mm is 45mm thick and the 360mm is 38mm thick. Thanks for your input, I do really like the looks of the 570. I do want something that really shows off the loop.

I will have to measure when I get home. Here is a pic from my process of trying to get it to work in my current case

I recently acquired some custom loop parts at a great price from a friend at a really good deal. EKWB 280mm and 360mm radiators and EKWB DBAY reservoir. I also purchased Some Mongoose fittings, XSPC waterblock, a ModTek pump, and 3/8" ID 1/2" OD soft tubing. However, I cannot mount either water block in the top due to clearance issues with RAM with 280mm or the rad bumping to the USB port wires in the top front of the case with the 360mm. So I can only use one or the other. I also have nowhere to securely mount the water pump or reservoir. I thought about using some good double sided adhesive tape. So I connected everything and filled the loop, but really don't like the looks and aborted mission. I am looking for suggestions on a sub $200 case with clearance in top and front for the radiators and a side window to display the loops. The be queit! Dark Base Pro 900 would be ideal, but out of my price range. Corsair Crystal Series 570X RGB is within price and looks good, but has terrible reviews. Any suggestions or input would be appreciated

I have the Zalman attached to an AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3.0 overclocked to 3.5. Idles at about 32 Celcius with a Max of 42 while running PCMark 8 or 3DMark 11. According to CPU-Z HW Monitor, individual cores barely got about 30 degrees under load. Edit: Do not get the Zalman unless you have space for PSU in top and bottom or lots of space between top and mobo mount. I just upgraded to a Z97 motherboard and i7-4790k in a NZXT H440 case and couldn't even mount it to the top of the case due to bumping into the RAM and the offset brackets won't work on this case. I had to mount it to the front of the case, but I cant flip the fans to the other side of the heatsink in a clean manner. My old case was headache enough in my Thor V2

If Skylake is reasonable and my system can hold out that long, I will get Skylake. But my system died for a couple of hours last night and it took awhile to get it back up and I am still unsure what happened. It crashed in the middle of gaming. But I removed everything from board including power connectors, reset bios with jumper, plugged in only necessary components, i.e. CPU, 1 stick of RAM and SSD and couldn't get it to boot with trying each individual stick of RAM. I finally just walked away for awhile then came back and plugged everything in again and booted up. I had noticed in certain games that my computer would shut down sometimes. So, I am worried that my board or CPU are dying. Edit: After some heavy thought into my choices, I am going to go with the 4790k as I can keep my current RAM and the ASRock Fatal1ty series mobo is less than half the price for Z97 as compared to X99 or the Z170 versions, plus greater than $50 difference between price of CPUs. I could use that to upgrade my video card which is likely to be my bottleneck with any of the CPUs

You do make a very good point, however Linus did some tests with a Xeon processor recently and found that it performs as well as an i7 for video games. But you do have me leaning more towards betraying my fanboy instinct and wait until the Zen has been out a couple of years.

Considering I am still playing most games at high settings with decent framerate with my current system, I can wait. I am just getting tired of my old system and wanting something new. So far the only problem I have had is with playing GC and Wii games using Dolphin. I would go ahead and get the 4790k and keep my current ram, but I am thinking that I can get "More bang for my buck" from waiting for AMD as AMD generally has a better performance:dollar ratio and still have money left for DDR4 RAM. I am thinking waiting is best bet. Worst case scenario, AMD is bad again and price may drop on the 4790k. But I want a new system now, so I am having that internal battle.

I am looking to upgrade my 5 year old motherboard/cpu. I have been an AMD fanboy of sorts since the AMD Athlon XP series. But at some point, I have to be realistic and go with the better choice regardless of brand preferences. Should I wait to see if AMD Zen can actually compete with newer i7 considering it will have hyperthreading or should I go ahead and buy against my fanboy brand loyalty? I do understand that if I wait for the Zen, I will have to switch to DDR4 and regardless of CPU, I want an ASRock Fatal1ty Killer series mobo Current system: Asus M4A88T-V EVO USB 3.0 AMD Phenom II 1075T X6 3.0 GHz (OC to 3.5) Zalman Reserator 3 Max Dual 12 GB G-Skill DDR 3 1600 MHz Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3 GB Samsung 840 Evo Pro 128 GB Seagate 4TB HDD 1000 Watt silver rated (can't remember brand atm) Rosewill Thor V2 case.