Will a Corsair H60 Cooler fit my motherboard?

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LepreSean97

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My stock CPU cooler is quite bulky and restricting airflow. I feel liquid cooling will do the trick. However I was reading a guide on this website on liquid cooling and how to fit them. It says I need two motherboard based fan headers for a Corsair H60, however I'm not sure if my motherboard has those, as I don't want to remove my cooler to be able to see without knowing what I'm doing.

My motherboard is a gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 and my CPU is an AMD Athlon X4 860k.
 
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Yes, but I'm wondering if water cooling is practical. A CRYORIG C7 is super low profile cooler that shouldn't restrict airflow, should be plenty cool vs. stock, and pretty quiet. If you need more performance, the H7 is a big fan so you need a case wide enough for a 145mm cooler, but brings others to it's knees. A Corsair H60 would be twice the price of either, roughly, and might not be totally necessary.
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you do not have a plug you can use for the pump itself but you can buy an adapter and use it for the waterpump as the waterpump should run at full speed all the time anyways. and you would still just plug the fan on the cooler into the cpu fan plug on the motherboard.

a molex to fan 3 pin such as the following should be fine but there are different options just find one you like

https://www.amazon.com/Mini-3-4-pin-adapter-sleeved/dp/B001B9Y6W2/ref=pd_sbs_147_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B001B9Y6W2&pd_rd_r=2RNDXZ6YXXEJM7WKTD0C&pd_rd_w=KAtpS&pd_rd_wg=LoQbS&psc=1&refRID=2RNDXZ6YXXEJM7WKTD0C
 
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Yes, but I'm wondering if water cooling is practical. A CRYORIG C7 is super low profile cooler that shouldn't restrict airflow, should be plenty cool vs. stock, and pretty quiet. If you need more performance, the H7 is a big fan so you need a case wide enough for a 145mm cooler, but brings others to it's knees. A Corsair H60 would be twice the price of either, roughly, and might not be totally necessary.
 
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LepreSean97

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Would a splitter work? If i just connected it to the cpu fan socket and plugged the pump and fan into it?
 
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LepreSean97

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That looks like a great option but the fan would just face the side of my case which is just solid clear plastic instead of out through the vents on the top and back. Would that make it harder for the hot air to leave the case? (Bit of a PC building noob sorry)
 
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