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One of the reasons I picked this case, was because I was at frys and they didnt have the damn case i wanted. So i started strippin the ones they did have until I came across this "Sparkle D719g" it had a cool hotswap retainer that is basically a swing out panel. I wanted an internal resivoir/pump so all I had to do was plug in the radiator and fill it up - and if I could pull off mounting it on that sucker I swore I'd give up hookers. I used a 4x4x6 in. carlon J-box from the depot for the tank. I really like these and you can get a bunch of different sizes, the plastic is easy to work with and the cover is watertight like a frogs ass. I got a 90 gph pond pump (depot) and drilled a hole smaller than the cord in the tank and forced it through to make a good seal with a blob of sillycone. I heated up the fittings on the stove and and branded em into the lid - this I realized this was a bad idea as I was pulling the molten plasic and skin off my forearm. I wanted a way to fill it without pulling the screws out everytime so I got a 2” test plug (depot) and banged it into the lid with a holesaw and drilled a pinhole in it to let the pressure out. Then I put a pice of clear tubing up the side to act as a gas gauge since it was hard to see the level down the hole..then I got myself a 12 coil / 120v 10amp relay (shack) and CG’d it to the side, then I wired it up with a molex connector so that I could plug it into a drive plug and have it start with the computer.