Where to mount radiator? Corsair 760T and H100i

[zacheriahb]

I'm getting a Corsair Graphite Series 760T and a Corsair H100i Liquid Cooler.

I'll be using it on an overclocked i7. This is my first experience with liquid cooling though so I'm not sure on where to mount.

 

[norseman4]

Looks like you can have a choice of 2 locations. The first is on the top, the second is in the front.

The hose length may prevent mounting in the front though, and you'd have to replace the 2x140mm fans with 120mm high static pressure fans, and give up the lighting.

Top mount seems to be the best, with most arguing that it should be as an exhaust.

 

[geofelt]

What I7?
What is the purpose for this pc?
For gaming, there might be better options.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

 

[rubix_1011]

When it comes to closed loop liquid coolers, there isn't a single one I would recommend.

XLC's like the EK Predator and Swiftech H220-x are a different story - I do recommend.

 

[zacheriahb]

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler.

Makes perfect sense. After researching, looks like I'd get maybe 1 or 2 degrees coooler with a liquid cooler, but it's going to be much noisier.

So what would you recommend as a high-end air cooler? This is close to what the final build will look like:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8sd4RB (likely just going to get a lower wattage PSU).

 

[Kyle_James]

I have this exact setup, I had mine on the top and ended up mounting it to the front, with some corsair 120mm static pressure fans on the back of the radiator and left the stock 140mm fans in front of the radiator but in as an intake configuration. seems to work great.

heres a pic http://imgur.com/wnG8VRn

 

[Conman1533]

I'd rather have a water cooler because air coolers are big, bulky, and ugly. While water cooling blocks are small, slim, and nice looking.