Is there a reason why you have the fan down? In that case there is no bottom vent so you are basically cutting off any possible airflow through PS with or without the fan running.
On mine it feels just slightly warm to the touch but with my setup I always have air flowing through it because of...
I would say the M12D would be well worth it. The problem you might have is the number of the cables that are permanently attached to it and it is aprox .75" longer.
I have one in my A05B and it was hard to try and hide the two pci-e and 4 pin cpu cables.
Silverstone has them in a few models. I have 7 in my Fortress (I had to buy six of the CP05 adapters since it only comes with one ) and with all 7 installed it was a pain to get all the cables placed so the back panel would fit, but other than that they work great. You do have to remove the side...
A couple days ago I was bored and decided to see what I could be stable at with HT enabled since I run with it disabled normally (I have no programs I use that use more than 2 threads).
With ambient of 73~75°f here is what I came up with.
Vcore auto plus special add of 109% (which gave me...
Well heres my setup. Not quite a real home entertainment system but my setup for my bedroom for which it is quite capable (really needs HDTV).
My HTPC
P4 2.4C @ 3.5
IC7Max3
1GIG OCZ PC4400GOLD
Ati 9800 AIW
PVR350 TV tuner
2-PVR250 TV tuners (a total of 4 tuners)
2x200meg sata...
Depeding on your CPU block the MAG would probably give the better temps considering your small amount of radiator power. I doubt the extra flow the D5 would give could make up for the much larger heat dump.