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Budget (including currency): ~$2500-$3000 (PC w/ watercooling budget) Country: US Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming and gaming Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Peripherals will be bought w/ a separate budget, going to be buying this month Here is my plan: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $279.30 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard $239.00 @ Amazon Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $177.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $179.99 @ B&H Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.99 @ Newegg Video Card EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card $719.99 @ Walmart Case Fractal Design Meshify S2 ATX Mid Tower Case $159.99 @ B&H Power Supply Corsair RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $119.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1931.24 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-18 05:20 EDT-0400 Also planning on water cooling it If you guys have any thoughts, or if you think I can find better parts/cheaper parts, please let me know! I'm not the most knowledgeable person about this, so I'd love to get advice! Appreciate it!

Thank you for the input, I didn't even think about this. I are going to be looking into cross flow rads for the top, and I'll just buy one of the front too! Thanks for the input. Thinking about putting the drain by the gpu/res connection, would that work? Thank you!

Okay, thanks for the suggestions! Those fittings are so much less expensive. I was thinking about using the corsair drain (https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Custom-Cooling/Fittings/hydro-x-ball-valve/p/CX-9055019-WW), but didn't put it in the diagram because I didn't know where the best place to put it. Great! 12 seems to be the general consensus. I will pick up a few extras for sure, better safe than sorry. I feel much better about getting extras since the bitspower fittings are less expensive. Do you have a link to watercool blocks I can look at by chance? And I like the parallel aesthetic, however, if it's going to be a problem, I'll definitely look into a different loop path. How can I check the resistances on blocks so I don't screw myself? lol Ohh, I definitely like this idea. I'll for sure look into it. Thank you!

I made a rough plan on a loop path for a PC I am making. This is my first time water cooling and I really like the aesthetic of hardline tubing. I have read guides and watched videos and I am just about ready to buy all the things. I just want to make sure I am buying the right things, and enough fittings and tubing. I am going to be using the Fractal Meshify S2 case, I like the way it looks and I've also read that it has really good airflow. For the watercooling parts, I chose to use Corsair's Hydro X series with the exception of tubing, I wanted to use PETG tubes because I heard they are easier to work with and don't break as easily as acrylic. So that is the CPU and GPU waterblock, rads, fans, maybe fittings. So my questions are: Has anyone personally tried the corsair hydro x, is it good? Is it good for the price? Are there other parts you'd recommend instead that may be cheaper/better? How many fittings would I need for this loop? I am most confused how to calculate and I don't want to short myself lol Any other advice is greatly appreciated!