Learnt a lot making this over the course of 5 or so months, especially the dynamics and nuances (in addition to the monetary expense) of watercooling. As such, I think my first build is a success- however, if anyone has any recommendations that may help with the build, I'm open to such.
Aside from being a sleeper build, I tried to give the build an industrial sort of theme, achieved using chrome fittings combined with matte-black soft tubing. It's no-nonsense; being plain enough not to look out of place but sleek enough to set itself apart from the crowd. It's a nice middle-ground between fancy hard-tubing and 'eBay special' soft loops (although we love and accept all here nonetheless).
Njoy.