Hello all,

Basically after all my research and trying to be as careful as possible whilst buying parts for my new build, I've still ended up with some troubles, but hey, what project wouldn't be completed without a hiccup or two? I'm building my first ever system and went with the NZXT Hades (because I needed a mid tower due to space constraints, it seems full of features and looks pretty sweet), but the mobo/cooler combo I have chosen (an ASUS P8 Z68 V-Pro/Gen3 and Corsair H100) have had a little conflict in such a confined space.

The heat sinks and RAM both get in the way of the fans when mounted under the rad in the case, so I figured I'd just mount the fans on top of the case and that would be it, but upon looking at the configuration I realised that leaves me with only one exhaust fan. I figured it would be best to have cold air pushing into your radiator but now I'm thinking with this set up would it be better to have the radiator mounted on top of the case (with a little case modification) and the fans pushing air out through the radiator? I wouldn't have thought the fans would do a very good job of pulling air out through the radiator?

Since I haven't posted here before it won't let me post any links or images but hopefully I've described it well enough. All in all, I'm looking for some outside input on this, from people who have more experience building than me. If faced with this situation, what would you do?

Thanks peeps!