Need help with wiring up fans on a water cooler.

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fireboy1

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my name is James and i am in the process of rebuilding a system around a new motherboard. The Gigabyte z97x gaming 5. I am using a CPU water cooler this time around, the Tundra TD02-E.
I have watched number of videos on installation and wiring even read the installation guide, (if u can call it that) that came with but nowhere in the videos or the guide does it say where to wire the cooler fans up to.
I intend to connect the pump or cpu cooling block up to a straight 4 pin connector from my corsair CX750 PSU. Do I connect the cooler fans to the cpu fan connection on the motherboard or to the cpu fan-opt or does it connect straight to my PSU like the pump block does.
Please understand I am a firefighter and a wild-land firefighter volunteer so I may not be able to answer for a short while but rest assured I WILL answer.
I appreciate your all the help I can get. Thank you.
 
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Zerk2012
Right.
Although I would use the splitter cable that comes with it and hook both to the CPU fan header to cut down on noise then your cooler fans will just turn as fast as needed.
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I have 1 other question you may possibly be able to help with. I have set the cooler fans to blow air down through the coils and into the case. There are also 2 front fans blowing air into the case with only 1 fan on the back as an exhaust fan, (pulling air out of the case).
Should I change the front fans to act as exhaust fans too or leave everything like it is?
 
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fireboy1

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I apologize i should have beena little more clear. I had to change up the way the liquid cooler was installed in my case due to the size of the motherboard. Both NZXT builders of the case phantom 410 and Silverstone Tech builders of the tundra td02-e, instructed me to install the cooler in the normal way but place the fans on top of the cooler not the bottom because they wouldn't fit due to the ram memory boards. Ill post a pick and a link to it so you can see what I am looking at.
 
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fireboy1

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Okay I will turn them over and have them suck air through the cooler and out of the case.
I also made the necessary changes you suggested and hooked both fans to the cpu header. I can not thank you enough for your willingness to help those of us that are not as well versed in the technical aspects of our computers. Without people such as yourself, people like myself would be spending a LOT of money on stupid mistakes. Thank you very very much for your time and your help.
I like your avatar pic. pretty cool.
 
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