Wherever you put your rad you should be feeding it fresh cool air. So the whole "heat rises" theory gets tossed out the window. To figure out rad placement, or any other design questions, do what I do, get your case, place it in front of you, and stare at it for hours until inspiration hits.
Intel I7 920 D0 @ 4.2g------------EK Supreme HF
EVGA X58 SLI LE------------------EK-FB EVGA X58 LE
nVidia GTX 580----------------------EK-FC580 GTX
6g Corsair DDR3----------------DDC 3.2 w/ Petra's top
OCZ 120g Vertex SSD------------------PA120.4
WD 150g Raptor
WD 500g
ASUS Xonar DS
HX1000 psu
Silverstone TJ07 case
Don't top mount (inside the case) if you want to run 8800GTX SLI cards.
The rad WILL impede on you motherboard PCI & PCI-e slots. I have a PA120.2 and it is causing a very tight fit with the second 8800GTX .......
LianLi PC-V2000B+ mod to fit PA160 & PA120.2, ASUS Striker Xtreme - Bios 1303, 2X 8800GTX XFX cooled with EK-FC8800 GTX - Acetal blocks, e6750 cooled with Storm Rev2 @ 3.5Ghz, EK NB/SB & Mosfet blocks, XTC cooling 4Gigs of Ballistix 8500 @ 1000Mhz, 2X loops with DDC-02 & petra tops, 1/2" to all components, EK-Multioption RES 150 per loop, BigNG & Analog Sensor Hub controlling all 120mm & 80mm Nexus & Panaflo fans throughout, ST85ZF PSU, 2X 74G WDRaptors, 2X500G Seagates, X-Fi Fatal1ty
I went 1303 to get more than 449 FSB - currently I'm on 500 -
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