Buy LOTS of spare tubing, you WILL make mistakes and change your mind on the location of the equipment inside the case. A good rule of thumb is to buy twice as much as you thin you will need.
Plan your system meticulously. First decide where everything should go in your case from asthectics and size alone (very important ;P). and work out what would be the way to join it all together using the least amount of tubing. Now you look at what leads to what.
It should optimally go res-->pump-->block(s)--->rad--->res.
In the end you want a systen that works with the least amount of tubing... but this tubing should not be tight and should have SOME give it it. Aside from looking neat you help the pump preasure no end.
If you use a res try to put it at the highest point of your system there it will function as an air trap as well.
Make the postion of your rads work in conjuction with the airflow in your case not against it
One thing I found out through use is if you use a block with mounting holes if you will want to access the rear of the mother board wherer the nuts are on a regualr basis. So if possible cut a hole allowing you to access these nuts. I think the fact that I had to take my board off so much lead me to damage the thing.
You will almost certainly do something wrong on your first attempt so don't feel disheartened. I learnt more getting it wrong than I ever did reading the articles in the forum.
And above all have fun.
~ Boli
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