Post Rad Chiller Concept

[Duh]

Yeah, that's correct and a very sensible way of getting the most out of your chiller.

I wouldn't recommend trying to air cool the hotside. The reasons I'm air cooling my hot side is:

Lower cost,
lower noise (that's not likely but still possible),
smaller size,
to be different,
to prove that it can be done,
because my heatload is spread over a large area,
and because I don't think it will be much worse than water cooling if done carefully.

very nice points.. in a distant future I will try to do the same ( no money ATM)

I will be using about 20 x 40w undervolted and air cooled..I am still looking for a big and effective HS for the hot side..would love to run it fanless if possible. the only thing that is going to be a real killer is a decent psu

@uncle jimbo: you could have said 1 calorie instead of 4.18 joule :P.. make it simple for us :P.. nice info