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Hello people of Tom's Hardware forum!

I have a few questions concerning the Corsair H60 (2nd Gen), but could be applied for any single-Rad liquid CPU cooler in reality..

I will be building my FIRST system soon (scary huh?), and just need to convince my loving father to shell out AUD $1,570 for parts.. (which he said he might do for my 17th b-day! how exciting!)

quick parts list:
- Corsair Obsidian 350D
- Intel Core-i5 4670
- Galaxy GeForce GTX 770 2GB OC
- Corsair H60 SE Liquid CPU cooler
- Corsair CX-750M 80+ Bronze
- Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4) 1600Mhz ddr3
- Western Digital Black 1TB HDD
- msi Z87M-G43 motherboard
- Windows 8 64bit OEM
- ASUS 24x DVD reader/writer

As you can see, it's gonna be a pretty hefty system for my first time..

BUT, after some vigorous research, some details still seem a bit blurry to me, and I want everything to go smoothly when i build it.

1) does the pump on the H60 get plugged into the normal CPU fan header? or does it just go on one of the case fan headers?

- If it goes onto the CPU header, then if there is ever a failure, the system won't boot, for safety. BUT according to some people, it won't have a continuous 12V of power (which it apparently needs for best operation).

- If it goes on a case fan header, it will get a continuous 12V, but no safety for malfunctions..

2) Do I mount the radiator fan so it's pulling air from inside the case, through the fan , pushing through the radiator and out the back? or do I mount it so it's pulling cool air from the back, through the radiator, and through the fan into the case?

I would do the second option, but I don't want some messed up airflow inside, I would like it to be simply, "in the front door and out the back door". By the way I will also have an exhaust on the top of the case near the back.

Here is a piece of art, done by none other than myself, if you found me too confusing:

[LINK]: http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/3548/ovzx.png

So guys, which option is best?

For the pump header question, you might need to go into a bit of detail, because I really have no idea about case fan headers , and PWM headers, and PWR headers, and 3-pin headers, and 4-pin headers.. Haha as you can tell I'm a bit of a noob.

Thanks in advance, sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum section or something, I don't use Tom's hardware much :) :) :)

-Rob
 
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If your going to add fans on top i would use them as intakes not exhausts, let your push/pull config handle the exhaust, as it will have better airflow quality. Make sure you pick the best answer so others may learn from this thread. Feel free to...
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Easy enough i am really good at air flow things, heat and cooling. First off you want to plug the pump into the CPU header, since it does have safety malfunctions, no sense in ruining a 50 dollar pump. Secondly the best thing to do is the is have the fan on the inside of your case pulling air in, and the one closest to the outside (opposite side of the radiator) pushing air out. That way it pulls air from the outside in and pushes the hot air from the case out. Simple enough, pwm fans are controlled by splitters (best used for on water coolers such as yours), most of the newer fans are all 3-pin headers along with the same with your motherboard. When you plug in the fan splitter for the H60 plug it into the Cha_fan so that way your motherboard can control it along with the windows software. Hope this helps pm me if you have any more questions. Remember to select the best answer if all your questions have been answered so others may learn. Thanks.
 
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Plug it into the CPU header and in the motherboard settings (UEFI) there should be an option to have a variable voltage or fixed voltage for the CPU fan. Different manufacturers will call it different things, on mine (an ASRock) I have a section called "fan control" and in there the setting is "Full on" or "automatic". Full on locks it to 12V continuous.
 
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Hi ddbtkd456! Thanks for the quick reply! So does your suggested configuration match either of my diagrams? because it is a bit confusing to me haha sorry. Where you said "have the fan on the inside of your case pulling air in, and the one closest to the outside (opposite side of the radiator) pushing air out." so in my mind "the fan on the inside of your case" means.. all the fans? but then you proceed to say the one "opposite the radiator" pushing air out, so, opposite the radiator means the one under the front bezel? I thought usually that was an intake, not an exhaust. I'm sorry, I really am confused haha. Please elaborate, and sorry for any unnecessary misinterpretation.
 
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thanks Gopher1369 that really cleared that up for me, and it's a good solution for that part of my question :)
 
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thanks, that helped me understand a lot better :)

do you think it would be a good idea to throw another exhaust fan on the top? so i have cool air coming from the back through the radiator, and cool air coming from the front, and have all of that exhaused out the top two exhaust fans?
 
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If your going to add fans on top i would use them as intakes not exhausts, let your push/pull config handle the exhaust, as it will have better airflow quality. Make sure you pick the best answer so others may learn from this thread. Feel free to pm me with any other questions or concerns you might have in the future.
 
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Yes, I think this is exactly what you should do :)

 
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