New to watercooling, what pump should I use?

Leandro_7

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So I made my 1st pc over an year ago and starting learning more and more about hardware; overclocking etc. Recently I decided to give water-cooling a try and made some research about it. I decided that for the sake of my personal quest for knowledge and learning something new, to not just go for an aio water cooler and no kits either ( I want to pick all the parts by myself separately. My budget isn't too big; i'd say no more than 150$ but that's fine by me; in my opinion you learn how to pick smart when you don't just have a bag full of money and you learn better the performance/ cost worth (anyone can just pick the best parts).
So,while doing some shopping I have more or less made a list of all things i'll need.
For this loop i'll be only trying to water-cool my cpu of course

Radiator:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120mm-Radiator-Dual-Copper-Black-30mm-Thick-G1-4-Thread-For-PC-Liquid-Cooling-/201840854296?hash=item2efea70518:g:mjoAAOSwfVpYubIT
reservoir:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acrylic-Cylinder-Reservoir-Water-Tank-G1-4-T-50mm-x-140mm-For-PC-Liquid-Cooling-/201614607039?hash=item2ef12ac2bf:g:4T0AAOSwbYZXdZ4U
fan:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Green-Quad-4-LED-Light-Neon-Quite-Clear-120mm-PC-Computer-Case-Cooling-Fan-Mod-/271232219764?hash=item3f26b33a74:g:wXUAAMXQb29R0eET
water block:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-pcs-CPU-Water-Cooling-Block-Waterblock-50mm-Copper-Base-Cool-Inner-Channel/161577339627?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D90978bf19b16429eb94ec4201b5e8878%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D132045937870

This leaves 2 components that as far as am aware I am missing. The pump and tubing.
about the tubing' i'd like to know in what dimensions i should buy them and how long they should be (I don't want too much extra tubing). I also prefer soft tubing for now..

regarding to the pump... I have no idea what I should be looking for? I saw different type of pumps but I have no idea if they should be the ones i need. This pump would be used for mild overclocking and not to push to the absolute extreme per say.

I believe the full loop should look something like this: http://image.prntscr.com/image/b70d0b33dd3b4ea19e849a11b06c33fd.png
 

rubix_1011

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Loop order does not matter as long as your pump doesn't draw in air as this can cause impeller damage.

Considering you're using all ebay parts of unknown origin, suggesting a good pump is really irrelevant since the majority of pumps I would suggest would put you out of budget.