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He guys, 

I want to build my first custom water cooling loop, i have 300$ budget. I am cooling a FM2 socket and this is what i want from it, I want

-a really nice "show off worthy" reservoir. 

-1 360MM radiator (30 MM thin)

- a good pump that has plenty of expansion room

- swiftech apogge waterblock

- compression fittings 

-blue tubing

 

Ni this optional but highly preferred, i would like all of my components to be from amazon,  am I totally out of my budget or do guys think this is do able.

 

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What are you looking to cool? Just CPU? CPU/GPU? CPU/GPU/RAM/HDD? 

 

(It looks like just CPU, but I want to make sure first)

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A custom cooling loop for an FM2 platform?... Hmmmm. Although you can just reuse this if you ever upgrade.

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What are you looking to cool? Just CPU? CPU/GPU? CPU/GPU/RAM/HDD? 

 

(It looks like just CPU, but I want to make sure first)

Just CPU for now, i would like so expansion room IE: another radiator and GPU

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at 300$ it would be extremely close

15-20 for tubing

80-100 for a 360 rad

 

pump for around 40-60

 

waterblock for 65-75

 

fittings = 3-7$ X however many you need

 

Res for around 50

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A custom cooling loop for an FM2 platform?... Hmmmm. Although you can just reuse this if you ever upgrade.

my thinking

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at 300$ it would be extremely close

15-20 for tubing

80-100 for a 360 rad

 

pump for around 40-60

 

waterblock for 65-75

 

fittings = 3-7$ X however many you need

 

Res for around 50

what parts should i use

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what parts should i use

their is way too much variations and i am basing this off of Canadian prices

 

but to save money look for a pump and res combos you dont really need anything super powerful since its only the CPU and you only really need a 240mm radiator for just the CPU. you also need to take into consideration the cost of coolant and dyes/additives

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their is way too much variations and i am basing this off of Canadian prices

 

but to save money look for a pump and res combos you dont really need anything super powerful since its only the CPU and you only really need a 240mm radiator for just the CPU. you also need to take into consideration the cost of coolant and dyes/additives

i already have distilled water and a kill coil, but ill expand my budget if need be, i just want to know about the parts for now

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Just an Ek 360 kit, has everything you need in it, for around $300.

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For $300, spend your money on an i5 + Z97 motherboard.  Watercooling an FM2... makes no sense.

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i already have distilled water and a kill coil, but ill expand my budget if need be, i just want to know about the parts for now

There is a huge variety of parts. It is not like GPUs.

Go to frozen CPU and just browse around.

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He guys, 

I want to build my first custom water cooling loop, i have 300$ budget. I am cooling a FM2 socket and this is what i want from it, I want

-a really nice "show off worthy" reservoir. 

-1 360MM radiator (30 MM thin)

- a good pump that has plenty of expansion room

- swiftech apogge waterblock

- compression fittings 

-blue tubing

 

Ni this optional but highly preferred, i would like all of my components to be from amazon,  am I totally out of my budget or do guys think this is do able.

 

EK 360 kit or http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1365_Alphacool-NexXxoS-Cool-Answer-360-D5-XT---Set.html

 

 http://www.alphacool.com/product_info.php/info/p1300_Alphacool-NexXxoS-Cool-Answer-360-D5-UT---Set--.html .

 

Difference between the two links, the UT has a thicker rad.

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If you really want a show-offy reservoir, you could look into the FrozenQ Helix reservoirs. They look really cool, but are very costly

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