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Hello all :D 
So I want to get myself a nice water cooling loop.

Thing is I have no idea where to start what manufacture to use i need your help guys, Could you help me out by advising me what to get i would really appreciate it!
the budget is not a problem the problem is what do i buy and where? I'm from Israel (middle east) so shops that do deliver to my country would be nice.
This is my system:
MoBo: MSi Z77-GD55 (getting a new CPU soon so the socket will change to 2011)

RAM: Corsair dominator platinum 4X4 1600MHz 

GPU: Gigabyte GTX770 2GB SLi (This the tricky part apparently the PCB`s on my cards is custom by "GB" so getting the waterblock is going to be hard)
PSU: Corsair TX850 Watt
Case: Corsair Air 540 (Saw some bulid`s with the case and i can fit some nice water loops in it so space aint a problem)
CPU: I5 2500k socket 1155 (getting the I7 4820K so the socket will change to 2011)

Now the reason i need help is because I`m a total NOOB when it comes to water cooling so please help me here  :)

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Not about water cooling but don't upgrade to the 4820K as it's 100% useless unless you want to run VMs and still OC as LGA 2011 is the only K series processors that have VT-d and VT-x so 4930K or go 1150.

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@SaintSilver Haswell-E or Ivy bridge-E (2011-0 is changing to it's third revision, no backwards compatibility at all)
Not much point in 2011 socket if you aren't going for that bling bling six core processor. I'd stick with Z97/Z87 with the Haswell refresh i7 or i7 4770K

MSI have a pretty nice Z97 MPower AC which has pre-installed watercooling ready mosfet coolers.

 

For your custom water-cooling loop you require the hardware which consists of; a pump, reservoir, gpu & cpu waterblocks, fluid/coolant, fittings and tubing.

Additionally something like zip-ties. You might need to read about water-cooling before jumping onto the bandwagon.

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@SaintSilver Haswell-E or Ivy bridge-E (2011-0 is changing to it's third revision, no backwards compatibility at all)

Not much point in 2011 socket if you aren't going for that bling bling six core processor. I'd stick with Z97/Z87 with the Haswell refresh i7 or i7 4770K

MSI have a pretty nice Z97 MPower AC which has pre-installed watercooling ready mosfet coolers.

 

For your custom water-cooling loop you require the hardware which consists of; a pump, reservoir, gpu & cpu waterblocks, fluid/coolant, fittings and tubing.

Additionally something like zip-ties. You might need to read about water-cooling before jumping onto the bandwagon.

 

I`ve been reading lately a lot about watercooling and watched a lot of videos as well.

Thing is where do i get the best parts for my rig and what works the best, as much as i can see getting the loop installed is not a problem getting the parts that fit is the problem :/

can you help with that? 

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Well what is your budget? I know your location is Israel.

I would advise reading "http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/" this but nevermind it, but please consider that it does help the community members provide additional help.

 

Thing is where do i get the best parts for my rig and what works the best, as much as i can see getting the loop installed is not a problem getting the parts that fit is the problem :/

can you help with that? 

I'm going to guess it'll be for gaming although I don't know what you do, so maybe you can suggest what other application you will use this pc for?

I can help provided you give us the necessary information.

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Well what is your budget? I know your location is Israel.

I would advise reading "http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/" this but nevermind it, but please consider that it does help the community members provide additional help.

 

I'm going to guess it'll be for gaming although I don't know what you do, so maybe you can suggest what other application you will use this pc for?

I can help provided you give us the necessary information.

my budget is 500-550$ and my main use is gaming it is mostly what I do but the PC is used for my family as well (dads job require the use of vegas and stuff like that.) 

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my budget is 500-550$ and my main use is gaming it is mostly what I do but the PC is used for my family as well (dads job require the use of vegas and stuff like that.) 

With that said is this budget specifically for the water-cooling or part of the cpu+motherboard upgrade. Generally things like the cpu+gpu blocks cost about $150-$200 together(for one cpu & gpu waterblock.) Reservoir can range between different price figures depending on the volume and if it comes with a pre-installed pump. Compression fittings are most common and easy to work with 3/8 ID and 1/2 OD which correlates to the tubing size being the same.

I think finding a retailer is the key problem before moving further from this point.

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With that said is this budget specifically for the water-cooling or part of the cpu+motherboard upgrade. Generally things like the cpu+gpu blocks cost about $150-$200 together(for one cpu & gpu waterblock.) Reservoir can range between different price figures depending on the volume and if it comes with a pre-installed pump. Compression fittings are most common and easy to work with 3/8 ID and 1/2 OD which correlates to the tubing size being the same.

I think finding a retailer is the key problem before moving further from this point.

No budget is onle for watercooling 

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No budget is onle for watercooling 

Do you know of any watercooling stores online?

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