Note that core is about the surface area of a BIPII, but obviously denser. The AQ50z could be changed for another pump, ddc would fit there fine, so would the 1048 with some playing. The 120 ran at around 1200rpm and the outwash cooled the motherboard. The core was too dense for it to run slower, unfortunately. Everything is grommet mounted, the fan is controlled via speedfan to ramp up under serious load. The many compromises were due to budget reasons (this whole set up cost me about 70USD)
Neat enough?
An external box will always be a better solution noise wise, though, and that'll be neater than this again.
Note that i dont watercool my box any more, i fail to see the point in watercooling a socket A rig when quiet air does the same job, as i dont require the high clocks at the moment.