i wouldnt cry over those temps, to be honest. if it were me id just leave it as-is (maybe change the fan if asthetics are important).
one way to better the temps is to use a more powerful fan / get cooler air through the rad. is the fan pushing or pulling? i guess you have the fan blowing air through the rad...are you using a shroud? if not is the room to squeeze some spacers between the rad and top panel? it would probably look worse if you had a shroud and fan sitting on top of the panel. maybe a shroud and 25mm thick fan would be acceptable? make a simple box shroud outta lucite, get some LEDs........ANYhow
as far as the pump is concerned, unless youre planning on adding more blocks the L20 should be fine. is it worth your time / money to get a different pump where it may or may not appreciably lower the CPU temp?
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