I think that there should be a poll/stickyto answer this type of thing. First poll to see what all the users think is the best of the best for all the components (rad/res/pumps/tubing/etc.). Then post a sticky that has the most popular votes equaling the most popular "ultimate cooling system". Brad....whaddya think?
TO answer your questions though, the Eheims are great. I have the 1048, and am running at about 8°C-14°C above ambient (high end is under load - UT). If you're still a little prickled about the price, I have heard good things about the ViaAqua pumps, and they are pretty cheap. The BIX seems to be pretty popular, and, I think, more than good enough to cool the AXP. Heater core's are also very good.
As far as the PVC, they should make caps to go with it, and you'd want to just use PVC cement (assuming that it is actually PVC.
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AMD XP1600+ @1790MHz and rethinking my cooling....
MAZE3 --> DD Cooler Cube --> Eheim 1048
512MB PC2700 DDR
MSI KT3 Ultra-ARU
2x 20GB Maxtor in RAID 0
1x 30GB Maxtor --> WinXP
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