Liquid Cooling System Radiator Hoses

[LESBER]

Hi recently installed a Thermaltake 3.0 Pro Water Cooler mounted to the inside back of my Thermaltake Chaser A71 Full Tower Case and found much to my dismay that I was Unable to fully close the sliding Side panel cover due to It hitting the fitted 200mm Blue Led Fan mountings. The Radiator hoses in this case were from the bottom nearest the video card pcie X16 slot which to my understanding is the way it should be.
However in my case I had to flip it upside down in order to just close this side panel without too much bother, as the hose end of the radiator is usually a bit more bulkier owing to the inbuilt water reservoir of this unit.

My question here is would the fact that the hoses coming from the top end of this mounted radiator be :

(a) Stress on my 3.0 water block cpu pump since it is working against gravity.
or (b) No burden on it at all since it is a closed sealed Unit.

I would appreciate any feedback at all on this subject as I know a lot of this stuff would be on the minds of many others out there.

Concerned Les.

 

[C12Friedman]

The concern when doing that would be possible vapor lock if any air is inside the system (there shouldn't be) and/or air building up in the plenum (if used in that model). Unless air is in the system, the pump won't know the difference.
I will suggest monitoring your temps continually just to ensure all is working properly

 

[LESBER]

The concern when doing that would be possible vapor lock if any air is inside the system (there shouldn't be) and/or air building up in the plenum (if used in that model). Unless air is in the system, the pump won't know the difference.
I will suggest monitoring your temps continually just to ensure all is working properly

Ok granted if there was a possible vapor lock as you put it inside the system either through processing fault inherent during production of this unit, then I would imagine either way it wouldn't matter as that same vapor lock would exist in either scenarios. Would I be far wrong in saying that?

 

[C12Friedman]

It would be easier for a vapor lock to happen in the inverted position simply due to air wanting to rise but as you point out, that much air within the unit would likely classify as a fault in manufacture. The interesting thing here (IMO) is that in custom loops we almost always have the fittings at the top of the rad (to help bleed air from the system)

 

[LESBER]

Believe me I have originally placed the Radiator hoses toward the bottom of my Tower case as the majority would suggest is the right way, but in doing so was unable to fully close my side panel owing to the bulkiness of the reservoir block.
I had no choice but to flip it upside down so that I could fully close it.

The Temperature difference between the right way and my way was only marginally higher about 1-2 degrees more than the former installation. I can live with that, but couldn't with the side panel half hanging.

As for the flow of Liquid around in my closed loop system, to my knowledge there hasn't been any issues with any vapor locks of the sort as the dual push pull fans that came along with my Thermaltake Water 3.0 Pro Installation went from full speed to idle almost instantly from full load to No or minimal Loads.
This would suggest that this Unit I've purchased is working correctly in either directions and hence is free from any Flaws that may have occurred during the Manufacturing Process.

 

[C12Friedman]

Good deal, I think you're set here