What are your ambient temps?
Those temps were taken with a room temp of around 73 F. I believe the exact reading was reading 42 degrees on the internal diode and 38 on the socket thermistor, so I averaged the two to get 40. I don't know which temp people use as the more "correct" temp.
I still stand in saying that a properly thought out DIY setup achieves better results
I agree totally. I just get irked when people jump on the Koolance-bashing bandwagon saying it's total junk and is for beginners only. A lot of those people spouting this have never even SEEN a Koolance setup, much less ever used one. I've been overclocking for years and bought my Koolance based on its features, cooling capabilites and overall level of craftsmanship.
Everybody seems to automatically assume that because it has 1/4" lines that it can't come close to keeping up with 1/2" systems and that's where they're wrong. Bigger is not necessarily better. As I stated, once you reach a certain level of flow you reach a point of rapidly diminishing returns where additional flow only decreases temps by fractions of a degree. I'm sure that a well-designed 1/2" system with high-flow blocks can outperform a Koolance system, but I don't think the difference in temps will be as much as most people are assuming.
After my system is back up and running a few days (to let the AS set in) with my new CPU-300-H06 block I'll do some more temp testing and see if I can compare it to a comparable system using 1/2" line and see what the overall temperature differences are.