Will this setup / loop work? pic

I have a Swiftech Drive which is basically a reservoir, pump and radiator all in one.

I was thinking of coming down from the pump into a cylindrical reservoir (Mostly for aesthetics to fill the huge space) then down into the 120mm rad and so on. I think this could look interesting to have the water falling down into the cylindrical reservoir. But my question is will this work? Will having the open air between the pump and the water level in the reservoir be an issue? Will the pump prevent the water in the upper rad/drive from draining down into the cylindrical reservoir?

I have a Corsair 750D case, EVGA Z97 Classified EATX mobo, Two GTX 780ti DCII, 4770k CPU.

If you plan on overclocking, then that's definitely not going to happen. Need at least a nice quad radiator to cool all of that with overclocks.

And you would have to check the res to see if it will allow the inlet to be on the top like you want it.

well, I'm not sure about the res but I disagree with the previous poster

this is basically equivalent to an 120mm AIO cooler on each heat source...will cool it fine

I don't think you'll have the proper/safe flow rate pumping into the reservoir if its not completely full.

The flow rate might not even push the water through to get back to the pump and you'll run it dry.

There's a reason you haven't seen anyone do this... It won't work effectively or at all.

yeah, I am concerned about feeding the res at the top like that

can you run a tube down behind it and feed at the bottom?

You cannot have an air gap like that. Once the pump stops running, the air will migrate up into the pump, draining the MCR radiator.

I would ditch the MCR Drive radiator completely. Have the pump/reservoir separate from the radiator.

Ok, I wasn't worried about overclocking abilities, more concerned with the air gap. It was just an idea I though would be unique.

Don't think it'll work either, but I get what the OP's trying to do. You can still go for a "waterfall" type feature, but you'll need to have the pump separate from both the rad as well as the reservoir, and put it somewhere near the bottom. Or have that rad at the bottom be the rad/pump combo.

It'll look nice, but you do realize it'll make an annoying non-stop splashing sound? Anyway, when you get tired of that, you can always change the reservoir intake location.

One method of making it work is to make a reverse U-trap of what is found underneath sinks. That way, when your system is off, air won't enter your radiator or whatever is above the reservoir. It'll just collect at the top of the upside-down U.

Great input guys, didn't think about a U Trap. That would definitely work. Time to hit the drawing boards. Looks like I might have to learn hard acrylic to make a nice U trap