Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
I spent two hours scouring Akihabara tonight looking for the AP-15's. Other than a handful of AP-13's there weren't any lower speed Gentle Typhoons in stock.
Went with an AP-29 for my rad and two S-FLEX SFF21Es for intake instead. I'll keep an eye out in Japan, but the stock of lower Gentle...
You need to connect the USB3 cables to the external ports on the outside of your case (motherboard's I/O plate). It's a pain, and an inconvenience IMHO.
Interestingly enough, Lian Li just released an adapter that will take the PC-9F's USB3 cables and convert them to the new 20-pin USB3...