Water Cooling Barbs+Fittings

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I was intending to get a watercooling rig set up, and I really was unsure about barbs and fittings. I looked at the sticky for watercooling and for some reason, I still couldn't figure it out. Am I missing something?

Also, I wanted to get these parts for my rig:

Radiator: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21322/ex-rad-646/EK_High_Performance_CoolStream_360_PE_Series_Liquid_Cooling_Radiator_EK-CoolStream_PE_360_Triple.html?tl=g30c95s161

VGA Backplate: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/21680/ex-blc-1569/EK_R9-290X_VGA_Liquid_Cooling_RAM_Backplate_-_Black_EK-FC_R9-290X_Backplate_-_Black.html?tl=g30c309s2073#blank

VGA Waterblock: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/24127/ex-blc-1715/EK_MSI_Gigabyte_Radeon_R9-290X_VGA_Liquid_Cooling_Block_Rev_20_-_Nickel_EK-FC_R9-290X_-_Nickel_Rev20.html?tl=g30c309s2073

Pump: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9576/ex-res-157/Bitspower_Water_Tank_Z-Multi_250_Inline_Reservoir_BP-WTZM250P-BK.html?tl=g30c97s165

CPU Waterblock: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17580/ex-blc-1376/Koolance_CPU-380I_Intel_Liquid_Cooling_CPU_Block_-_No_Fittings_.html?tl=g30c325s1118#blank

If it isn't too much trouble, could you help me out by letting me know if those parts are all good with each other and are trustworthy? I REALLY do not want to mess this up. This will be my first watercooling build and I don't see a problem with being overly cautious due to the topic at hand :p

Also, do I need like a fitting AND a barb to connect the tubes? Still not really sure how that works. Or is it just a barb?

Thanks so much!
 
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rubix_1011
Parts really 'go together' fine as long as you have correct fittings and tubing between them. All brands are interchangeable in whatever manner you wish to install them, so as long as you aren't using aluminum, you should be just fine. Barbs and fittings serve the same purpose...a barb is just what you think it is..a fitting with ribbed ends to slide the tubing over and secure with a clamp of some sort. A compression fitting is basically just a barb but instead of using a clamp, you screw down a fitting over the top of the tubing once it is installed over the barb.

Reservoir is a bit large, but that is just my opinion. As long as you have room for it, that's fine. You can also consider a pump/top combo with a built in reservoir...
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Parts really 'go together' fine as long as you have correct fittings and tubing between them. All brands are interchangeable in whatever manner you wish to install them, so as long as you aren't using aluminum, you should be just fine. Barbs and fittings serve the same purpose...a barb is just what you think it is..a fitting with ribbed ends to slide the tubing over and secure with a clamp of some sort. A compression fitting is basically just a barb but instead of using a clamp, you screw down a fitting over the top of the tubing once it is installed over the barb.

Reservoir is a bit large, but that is just my opinion. As long as you have room for it, that's fine. You can also consider a pump/top combo with a built in reservoir, or just a pump w/top which does typically help flow and head pressure a bit.

Personally, if I were in your position, I would go with the MCP35x pump or the MCP50x as they are both higher performing than a normal DDC (listed in your prior post) and around the same cost or less. I just did a build with a DDC pump and single EK bay reservoir and am very happy with it (which is the same pump you have listed above) so don't think you would be getting a slouch with a normal DDC. Any of those choices, or a MCP655 (D5) are all great options.

Of course, you can go the route of getting a kit and adding your graphics card and extra needed fittings as well.
 
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