NZXT Kraken G10 - Radiator Positioning

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I recently purchased the NZXT Kraken G10 and I have a question about where I should position my radiator. If I were to place the radiator at the front of my case, after removing my HDD cage, would I not expel heat into my case? For example, I drew this diagram of what I am talking about. http://i.imgur.com/LPHxSZK.png
If this is true, then should I just place the radiator where my rear exhaust fan is? The only problem with that is that the tubing will not be long enough to make it look good, so I would have to have it hang off to the side.
 
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If the hoses will reach to the top then that is an option you can go with. It has been my experience that the CPU will generate the most heat and the video card will not get as hot.
I do water cooling in my Pc and the CPU is the hardest to keep cool while the video cards will easily cool under 50c at full stress. I had even had a single loop set up at one time with the liquid going to the CPU first and then the video cards , this was not an ideal set up but the video cards were still at a reasonable temp.
So it's up to you how you want to set this up and a reverse air direction will work , just take the fan from the front and put it at the top and you will be getting additional cooler air that will mix with the CPU heated air and the...
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The thing is, I have an air cooler for my CPU and if I were to reverse the air flow, I would blow hot air from the CPU cooler into my front radiator. What if I were to position the radiator on the top, would that work? Like this drawing: http://i.imgur.com/DMSWx10.png
 
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If the hoses will reach to the top then that is an option you can go with. It has been my experience that the CPU will generate the most heat and the video card will not get as hot.
I do water cooling in my Pc and the CPU is the hardest to keep cool while the video cards will easily cool under 50c at full stress. I had even had a single loop set up at one time with the liquid going to the CPU first and then the video cards , this was not an ideal set up but the video cards were still at a reasonable temp.
So it's up to you how you want to set this up and a reverse air direction will work , just take the fan from the front and put it at the top and you will be getting additional cooler air that will mix with the CPU heated air and the video card will still be cooled.

Another option is to get the same type of closed loop for the CPU , you will benefit more from a CPU cooling closed loop then a video card closed loop.
 
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