I needed to, to make room for the reservoir. However I have noticed dust getting in through there. but I have the Thermaltake P5 on order and PETG tubing so I will update this soon.
Ah ok nice. I have wanted one but they are nearly $600 very expensive and 970 is cheaper. They are nice and I could just go straight and get an EVGA hydro block one? Not sure yet I need to do some research.
My OS is stored on a https://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7pd128bw and its amazing. The reason I got mine for free was because I got my computer around a month before windows 10 came out. If you had Windows 8.1/8/7 then a little windows icon would be on your task bar and if you clicked on it and typed in your email you could reserve your free upgrade the day it was released, so I did. I think August time it was released.
I've got windows 10 and its so much better in my opinion I dont use the cortana rubbish but I have had no problems and used it for 2 months or so (since release) My pc used to boot within 15 seconds and now it is 10 seconds. And amazing for gaming too, no games have failed and I have played WaW and battlefront beta and gta v etc... its amazing. For free too.
Very nice build, very similar to mine. Maybe water cool that cpu? would be make the case look more tidy without that massive 212x in the way. :P +1 nice one.