Is this a good rig? Semi-Noob-Enthusiast shouting out to the pros.

[TehPenguin]

Disclaimer: I have A LOT of questions. Feel free to bail, understandably overwhelmed but the raw amount of text but also feel free to just answer one question and leave the rest untouched. I appreciate your help either way!

Knowing that 2016 is the year of the GPU I waited for a long time to upgrade my outdated rig and now that the 1080 has been announced I've completed a build, on paper, and would like to ask the pros if this is a right combination of parts and general advice from people who build computers more often than I do.

So for the parts we have:

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  Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX Glass - Case
  Asus z170 Pro Gaming - MB
  Corsair Vengeance 32gb(4x8) DDR4 2400 cl12 - RAM
  i7-6700k - CPU
  GTX1080 - GPU
  XFX Pro Series Black Edition 750W - PSU
  Samsung 950 Pro 512GB - M.2 SSD
  Mushkin Reactor 1TB - SATA SSD
  +my old 2TB HDD

And I want it to be a water cooled OC rig, so I chose these:

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  EK-Supremacy MX - CPU Block
  Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 280mm x2 - RADs
  EK Water Blocks EK-FC1080 GTX - GPU Block
  Phanteks PH-F140SP x2 (total of 5, 3 incl. with the case) - FANs
  Alphacool Cape Corp Coolplex Pro 10 LT - Reservoir
  EK Water Blocks EK-DCP 4.0 - Pump
  +tubing&fittings
  
  The approx. PSI of my system is 3.8

So I've been reading ALOT for the past two weeks, or almost two weeks. I'll list a few questions but would like to add that I am grateful for ANY advice/answer whether or not it is something related to a question or not. Maybe I picked a part that is not as good as some competitors for the same price? Or picked a part that is not recommendable at all and I just read the wrong reviews?
Also, thank you in advance!

1. Watercooling - Will this be enough to cool down OC CPU and OC GPU? Is what I listed even making sense put together in a loop?

2. Watercooling - for the life of me I cannot find the right tubes&fittings. The more I read the more they look the same to me. I'd like good quality but am a bit scared to pay $5-10 per fitting when I need at least 12.

3. Watercooling - GPU - is it better to get a custom water block or rather wait a bit and get a Poseidon/ArcticStorm/HydroCopper? Looking at the 980ti, the poseidon costs less than a 980ti+a water block would. I could not find a good comparison, though. If the posiedon suffers in performance then I'll geta ref card with a block.

4. Hardware - is nVidia the go to? I know this is kind of a hard question, but is it possible to estimate what AMD is going to offer in October? From what I've researched it seems they are focusing on a competitive $/performance-ratio. If so, how far can they "outrun" nVidia? If it is waiting 4 months for a 15% better ratio then it's not worth the wait. I can save much more in that time than the actual purchase would save me and have fun sooner.

5. Hardware - RAM - from what I've found 2400 cl12 seems to be the best performance/$ memory but I do not know a lot about RAM. I know how to calculate the actual speed so I kinda calculated how much faster some other RAMs would be for how much more of a price tag and narrowed it down to a 2400 cl12 for around 160 Euros. For example, 3200 cl15 from G.Skill is ~6% faster but 20% more expensive.

6. Watercooling - Coolant - Many people say it is unwise to use any coolants other than distilled water and a "PT Nuke" yet I see a lot of custom builds on the web that use all kinds of pre-mixed fluids to cool their systems that have any combination of fancy colours and "threads" floating around.

Phew, that's more questions than I thought I'd have.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Ryan_78]

1. not really. it would make sense for a 5960x or if youre waiting for the broadwell e desktop cpus, the 6*** series intel. and add a sli or up to 4x sli gpu.
4. both companies are planning to offer their mainstream gpus at the moment. right now the mainstream for each is the 750ti.950 area and the r7 360/70 area. but their new gpus will be better than the previous, but NVidia probably has the better hand in this situation. they are all releasing their higher end cards next year or end of this year
5. you want to go low latency, like cl11/12 for higher speeds. so you plan for higher workloads get 32gb, but gaming only needs 16GB. 32 is more server/workstation. so far the cheapest is the Crucial (regular, no series) 16GB DDR4 2133 and good enough. if you don't mind, go cheaper. the ram wont affect much difference.
6. some come with kits for color and stuff. yes water is best with a specific heat of 4180 J/KG*K but yea you can add coors or use what comes with the kit, or what people prefer. its mainly up to you
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[TehPenguin]

1. not really. it would make sense for a 5960x or if youre waiting for the broadwell e desktop cpus, the 6*** series intel. and add a sli or up to 4x sli gpu.

5. you want to go low latency, like cl11/12 for higher speeds. so you plan for higher workloads get 32gb, but gaming only needs 16GB. 32 is more server/workstation. so far the cheapest is the Crucial (regular, no series) 16GB DDR4 2133 and good enough. if you don't mind, go cheaper. the ram wont affect much difference.

With 1. do you mean that my set up is a overkill or not enough because I'm confused.

5. yeah, it's going to be a workstation too, so the 32GB is the sweet spot.

Thanks for your answer!

 

[Ryan_78]

1. It's not overkill. Air cooling is enough to, but if you plan to high OC or low noise purpose loop is fine. Though you don't need 2x 280s, a single 360 is enough, though you might need to change cases.
2. Kits online or websites might allow you to match, or you can do some basic searches on a single site. Those should end up compatible if the site says.
3. I have no idea what you want. After they are still just blocks. You can get some cheap blocks off eBay for a few dollars, but I reccomemd against it. I guess either of the ones in the op will be fine. The 1080 still outperforms the 980ti by a good margin. Well I guess good luck trying to steal one, refreshing the page on newegg lol. Spam spam spam

 

[TehPenguin]

OK, thanks. Ill try to get those fittings that way.

If anyone else wants to add something - it's very much appreciated!