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Originally Posted by pauldenton
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Based on my own testing (measuring how much water temps increase across the CPU block to estimate W) the benchtest numbers are way too high.
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phaestus i'd have thought that since the maze4 responds so well to higher flow (as your test revealed) a mag3 was a good bet given how cheap it is...
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The loop is plumbed very well (I have no suggestions about layout) and so I'd guess he's getting ~1.5-1.75GPM out of his current system. You could raise flow rates up with the Mag3 sure but you'll also dump considerably more heat into the loop and/or the case and you'll take up more space and probably increase vibrational noise as well. The radiator's fan seems to be the limiting factor and so adding pump heat may make things worse not better.
You REALLY need to figure out a way to shroud that heatercore somewhat and get air through the whole thing. I'd do something simple like getting some long threaded rods at the home improvement store, mounting the fan onto the top of case with them , leave 2-3" of dead space for a cardboard shroud, and then mount the heatercore onto those threaded rods with wingnuts. Cut to size. The Lian Li should still hide the cardboard and heatercore.