First water cooling loop question

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Hey!

I have currently finished planning out my first water cooling loop.
This is how it looks like

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For the components I have chosen:
CPU Block: Phobya UC-1 LT CPU-block, AMD 939/AM2/AM3
Radiator: NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper 240
Pump: Phobya DC12-220
Tank: Phobya Balancer 150

The case is Bitfenix Shinobi Window.
I'm going to cut out the 3.5" bays to make room for a 240mm rad.

Now to the problem...

My head is spinning from the amount of different kinds of fittings...

What kind of fittings do you recommend for a first timer?

Could you give me a list of fittings that I need to purchase for this particular setup?
I have planned to use a little thicker tube. Probably 13/10mm thick.

PS. Feel free to give me suggestions on how to make the build more efficient (layout, components) etc. I would like to keep the whole build below 200 euros.
 
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for the fittings you can go cheap which would just be barbs or compressions which are a bit more but are less stupid proof and wont leak as easy if installed correctly . for tubeing i always go with 3/8 x 5/8 so 10/16 i think since it has a thicker wall and can make tighter bend and wont kink . how are you connecting the pump to the res you buying a kit to mount the pump to it or just use a male to male rotary to connect them ? for the other connections i would go with 3 90 degree fittings what ever tubeing size you chose and the res either straight or 45 degrees so in total you need 6 fittings not including the parts from the res to pump
you layout is fine
are you going to be watercooling the gpu at all if so just get a 360 rad to...
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for the fittings you can go cheap which would just be barbs or compressions which are a bit more but are less stupid proof and wont leak as easy if installed correctly . for tubeing i always go with 3/8 x 5/8 so 10/16 i think since it has a thicker wall and can make tighter bend and wont kink . how are you connecting the pump to the res you buying a kit to mount the pump to it or just use a male to male rotary to connect them ? for the other connections i would go with 3 90 degree fittings what ever tubeing size you chose and the res either straight or 45 degrees so in total you need 6 fittings not including the parts from the res to pump
you layout is fine
are you going to be watercooling the gpu at all if so just get a 360 rad to save your self the trouble later
 
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