VanGoghComplex
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Window up would also make it difficult to fill to the top. I'm betting, too, that window up would draw air into the pump even when mostly full. Think of the vortex effect when emptying a sink: that will apply here.Yes, it's the one on the bottom right in the thumbs-up section.
The alternative is the one on the left, which would have the window facing the divider in the case (facing the back of the motherboard) which would have been a pain just to check the water level.
Edit: It didn't occur to me to mount it with the window facing up, but apparently that's an option too. Matter of fact, I think I'll do that because the pump is behind it, so if the water level gets low it will still stay at the pump - the one on the right looks like the pump would be at the top of the reservoir so maybe window up would be better?
Edit 2: Thinking about it, window up might make it difficult to tell how full it is...
The best way to mount this thing from a fill and bleed standpoint is with the window facing out and the fan in the back; as you would if it were exhausting out the back of the case. That places your fill port at the highest level, and your pump inlet at the lowest level, relative to the reservoir. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like that's an option for you.
Just to give you some ideas, here's the lengths I had to go to to get my system to be bubble-free:
https://hardforum.com/threads/laughably-cheap-pump-that-works-project-completed.1920090/
I used quick-disconnect fittings and an external pump/reservoir so that I could tie into the loop, prime it, let it work most of the bubbles out, then close the loop with the quick disconnects.
Given that you've already purchased and opened up the H140x, my recommendation to avoid these kinds of headaches is still to buy a small, inexpensive reservoir that you can locate physically higher than the H140x unit. The H140x is a competent unit in terms of the pump, but it's so difficult to get all the air out if you're filling from the included port.
If you have a bunch of air in that system, it's gonna be noisy and hydraulically inefficient.