Custom Waterloop Computer Build - Looking for Advice!

Kritz

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Hey guys, was wondering if these parts are compatible. More specifically the watercooling parts, because I know the other parts are compatible using PCPartpicker. Thanks in advance!

Part List:
1. Intel Core I5 4690k Quad Core Processor
2. Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
3. Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (DDR3 – 1866)
4. Samsung 840 Evo 125GB Solid State Hard Drive
5. Seagate Barracuda 2TB Mechanical Hard Drive
6. EVGA Geforce GTX 960 2GB Video Card
7. Fractal Design Define S Windowed Case
8. Corsair RM 650W Gold-Certified Power Supply
9. Asus DRW- 24b1st CD Writer and Reader

Custom Water Cooled Loop:
1. Pump – Swiftech MCP655
2. Reservoir – Swiftech MCP35X Reservoir
3. Tubing – Swiftech Vinyl TruFlex Tubing (Size Undecided)
4. Radiators – Swiftech MCRx20-XP Extreme Performance Radiator Series
5. CPU Water block – Swiftech Apogee XL
6. GPU Water block – Alphacool NexXxoS GPX Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 Waterblock + Backplate
7. Fittings – Swiftech Lok-Seal Compression Fittings

As well, what size tubes should I use if I want to cool both my GPU and CPU? if I do end up cooling both what is the size of radiators that I will need? thanks a lot!
 
Main question: Why bother with a water cooling loop when you could put all that money into better components that will need less cooling at the same performance level? With the extra money from scrapping the water cooling loop you could get a GTX970 and upgrade to skylake 6600k with Z170 board and 16gb of DDR4...
 

Kritz

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because this is a school project and i need to do a watercooling loop under a budget, its not really for gaming its just a project where I build it and sell it to someone later.