One final thought, regarding noise and radiators, and yes it has been covered before in this thread.
If we do add low-noise (pair of ~26dBA Papst 4412 FGL's) vs moderate noise (pair of ~30dBA Panaflo L1A's) working on a Thermochill 120.2 or equivalent, then the bulk of the battle is already lost at the radiator before we even begin to look at the waterblock performance.
Of course if BillA's proposed radiator ever hits the streets that may change the scenario somewhat, but it won't change that even his proposed radiator would still be significantly better if one is prepared to accept slightly more noise.
Hmmm, what I would give for a ~90% efficient radiator that allowed ~100CFM of air-flow through it using fans that in total added up to less than 20dBA in noise level. Right now that'd only be barely possible using a about a 6 x 12cm fanned heater-core and a stack of under-volted Papst's, and would not be cheap.
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