Hashing multiple byte[]'s together into a single hash with C#?
See the question and my original answer on StackOverflowUsing plain .NET, I don't think there is a way to update and MD5 hash. However, Windows has an MD5Update function defined in crypt.dll. You could use Interop to leverage this I suppose.
Otherwise, there is an implementation of a PHP equivalent in .NET c#, located here on SO: Problem porting PHP crypt() function to C#
PS: I would definitely go for the combined temp variable solution :-)