Great article! I really like seeing the process of how you arrived at the optimal build.

Have you ever looked at Demciflex filters? I'm considering them for my mATX build since they're supposed to be fairly low impedance.

And btw, a good thermal imaging camera cost thousands of $$! Thermal imagers can get very expensive but FLIR offers an iPhone 5/5s case that has a thermal imaging sensor for $350: http://www.wired.com/2014/08/a-review-of-the-iphone-infrared-camera-the-flir-one/ There's also the Seek Thermal camera ...