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Radiator: Radiator is actually the most important component in a water-cooling system. Why? Because everything else is there only to make sure that heat transfers from your PC's components into water and radiator is the one component, which transfers this heat to air that flows through it. With a good radiator you will achieve lower water temperatures and as a consequence, lower chip temperatures. A good radiator is made out of copper and is designed so, that water flows through many pipes in it at once. This enables low pressure drop. You should buy a radiator, that is as big as you can fit in your case (please, please do not buy 120mmx120mm ones, their surfaceis too small), because at the end surface of your heat exchanger (radiator) is the one thing, that can get that heat away from your system. Tubing: I think there are two important properties of tubing i have to mention. First one is the diameter of tubing. You should use 1/2" tubes if you want good performance. Narrower tubes will just slow everything down. The other important property is how flexible the type of tube is. Even though this may sound unimportant to one, who has never built a water cooling of his own. If your tube is not flexible enough, it will flatten-out as you bend it, blocking the flow, so it is very difficult to work with it.
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