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jabo even if you have some dumb tech (that would be me) generating radiator and wb performance data and digging up pump P-Q curves, the REAL kicker then becomes airflow through radiator. So many overclockers use some sort of Enermax/clear LED/bling bling fans w/o P-Q curves. And then many more undervolt (in a variety of ways). How to determine the actual airflow (and therefore radiator) performance? How to account for whether someone puts their radiator so it gets fresh outside air as opposed to on a blowhole at the top pulling in case air? This "ambient" temp change can be BIG for final performance. And what about those guys that put 90 degree elbows on the pump intake? How the hell does one deal with craziness such as that in a calculator? Average enthusiasts don't have any temp probes other than case and CPU; these are of limited utility as input terms.

Seems to me that some really applied articles on plumbing (I have done one), part choice for quiet, cost/performance, or balls out cooling are needed WITH data to justify choices. TON of work though