Uhh... I wouldn't reccomend setting up a water cooling system if you don't know what is for what purpose. So I'll do my best to tell you what kind of parts you need, and you can decide what to get.
A basic water cooling kit contains a water block, a pump, a reservoir, a radiator, and a lot of tubes and hose clamps. Sometimes some of these things are combined (a radiator/reservoir, for example). The general idea is that the coolant is pumped from the reservoir through the water block, where it picks up heat from your components. The coolant then flows out to the radiator, where it is cooled (works like a car radiator, throw a fan on it and it dissipates the heat). The coolant then flows back into the reservoir, which is there to allow thermal expansion of the coolant while keeping air bubbles out of the loop. It is also where you would "top off" the coolant.
What you think you need is up to you. The main ideas behind liquid cooling are: bigger radiator+more airflow+high flow pump=better cooling.
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