New PC.... holy mother of cooling!

So... got the parts to finish up the new pc today. I don't need much but probably got a bit more than i needed:

CPU: AMD FX 8120 (8 Core)

Mobo: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB)

SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB

Cooler: ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED    (holy crap this is bigger than i thought)

Carrying forward from current:

GPU: Nvidia 550Ti (for what I do, more than enough)

PSU: 600w Thermaltake

HDD: 640GB Seagate

ODD: iHAS424 ( )

And now for a pic comparing my new cooler to a 3.5" HDD....

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and another showing the initial mounting to the mobo... its not all in yet.

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by the way... that memory is deceiving .. its the tallest memory ive ever seen... and still is a fraction of the way up the cooler. I'm hoping this will not run very hot

hmm - and touch down on Mars is expected when?   

Edit:

haha - this made me chuckle:

ODD: iHAS424 (   )