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At 1st I was like WTF is that?! Then it came to light, I see what you mean, a dual fan/ split shroud... sounds interesting, but I don't think that I have the room for it and it would just add more complexness...
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It is a little complex, but not as bad as it seems. It is a bit of a mixed bag on space, but again not to terrible.
Side to side, it's as wide as the rad, but that usually isn't a problem. Front to back is a bigger issue, alot depnds on how much clearance you have in the case to play with, and where your mobo ends up. At the bottom it is about as deep as the fan frame (4.5" for a 120mm fan) but it's about an inch less on the top section where the upper fan sits.
In my case, this is a bit of a squeeze, but I was able to make it fit with a bit of Dremel work. First thing I did was to cut the front metal of the case out so that the rad would stick mostly into the area between the front metal of the case itself and the plastic of the front bezel. This gained me about an inch of space on the inside of the case. There was about 5" of space between the front case metal and the front edge of the mobo tray (which is designed to support full length legacy AT sized cards) where it wrapped up to hold the card guides. The mobo tray also sits about an inch off the bottom of the case, so I found that I just had to trim the lower corner of the card support on the mobo tray by about 1/8" so that it would clear the shroud enough to get the tray in all the way. It is a really nice fit, everything clears, but there is no waste space.
Gooserider