What slots should I put my graphics cards in?

I have an early 2009 Nehalem Xeon Mac Pro and I use 3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics cards.
My question is, what is the best arrangement in the 4 slots for them? Right now they are ordered in slots 1, 2, and 3. But that means 2 and 3 are stacked right on top of each other. Is that a heat problem?
Or would the 3rd one be better on the top most 4th slot? What seems like a problem with that is then the top one is flush with the hard drives, which could be another heat issue?
So, I guess the options are: stack cards 2 and 3 together with more room for hard drives.
Or, space them all evenly apart, but with the top most one blowing hot air into the hard drives.
Thanks!

Heat isn't because the cards really are low end performers, but the only reason to use 3 is to drive 5-6 monitors. No need to put each monitor on its own, and rarely a benefit from such an arrangement.
I like to have air around the hard drives.
Have you ever seen a PC with 2-3 highend double-wide cards in SLI?

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