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Quick spec rating please

Pics will be coming once I've got the Tranquillo sorted out :)
I was a little frustrated when building it the other day, and the PSU doesn't have modular cables so at the moment it's a bit of a mass of cables folded into drive bays and the like as I knew I'd be having to finish it off another day.
 
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Right, Tranquillo replacement arrived today (thanks OcUK!!) so I've managed to get that fitted this evening after work, and whilst it was a little bit of a pig due to space, thanks to the backplate cutout on the Antec 100, I didn't have to remove the motherboard, which did save a lot of time (glad I got the 100 not the 300 now!!)

Made a MAJOR difference to the temps too, stock cooler and linpack standard...late 70s to mid 80s :o
Now I'm hitting about 60 degrees and idling cooler too (went from ~40 to low 30s). Happy times!! Also added my Nexus RealSilent 120mm as a side panel fan, with attached Zalman fanmate knocked down to minimum (6v?) to slightly improve airflow into the case, whilst not adding much to the noise; there are no front fans and the current GPU isn't a rear exhausting type so I thought it was a good idea!

Also as promised some pictures of the build, now I've tidied the cabling up!!
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And a quick pic of the new, improved temps :)
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Much happier man than I was this time last week!
 
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