Looking for opinion on orientation

[NickOmega]

I've been having a play with Sketchup the last couple of days

Obviously the parts are just placeholders and positioning isn't perfect, (however the internal dimensions are correct to within 1 to 2mm I think) and missing the pump and hosing, SSD etc, but wondered what people thought about this kind of set-up in a Bitfenix Shinobi.

360 Monsta, in Push only. Tube res mounted on the radiator. Still working out which pump and how to mount it. What about a roof mounted, horizontal tube res?

I don't think so but is there anything else I'd need to mod other than the front/ripping the bays out to make this fit?

 

[Feronix]

Beware that if you do this and you're not watercooling the GPU, the warm air from your rad will blow over your card and the XFX coolers are already not the best...

 

[NickOmega]

Beware that if you do this and you're not watercooling the GPU, the warm air from your rad will blow over your card and the XFX coolers are already not the best...

Obviously the parts are just placeholders..

They were just the first parts that I saw to import into the sketchup design that met the sizes I expect to be using :lol:
I do know what you mean though. Basically I wanted to go for a thick 360 in the front because I'm intending to cool cpu and gpu (is a single 360 suitable for the job or would a slimmer 240 in the roof as well be advised?)
I've bought a fairly cheap cpu/gpu for now (FX-6300 and HD7790) which will be staying air cooled, but then the and watercooling when I upgrade next year to (hopefully AM3) Steamroller and HD9XXX series.

Just wanted some advice/feedback on this particular layout since I'd like to try and plan well ahead rather than make daft decisions at the time. Wondering what people would do differently and how.