Yes, you have some nice temps there with a very nice OC. Anyone who thinks that those fitting would kill performance clearly do not know what they are doing when it comes to WC. A slight bend in a hose could result in a nice kink that would kill performance, and those fittings make for perfect stoppers on those kinks.
What kind of radiator do you have? Did you go to XS and get a weapon modded one or did you mod one yourself or buy one from danger den? I have 1/2" hosing as well. The special hosing that you buy at like frozencpu.com is some $1.50 a foot. But it is special for water cooling. Yeah, I went to Home Depot and got 10' of hosing for $5. It is special enough for me!
Do you have those hoses leaving your case just through two holes in the chasis of the case? Or do you have some sort of fitting in there? As for the quick release ones, you know where I can get some?
pump, is it a nice pump? dont think I've read anything on the Hydor's, but I may have. I was in the middle of building my water cooling system, thinking that I had a bunch of money to blow, and then BAM! It was like a punch in the face, i realize that I cannot spend NEARLY as much as I was spending! So this puts a serious dent in things, so I'm going to have to tone it back a little bit. I wanted to get a nice Iwaki, but they cost some dough. i mean, the performance and minimal power consumption and heatdump are very worth it, but it sucks when money is tight. Thats why I'm going to be super rich, because of all the things to worry about in this world, money should be the very last. If I'm rich, I wont have to worry about it!