I'll comment on case cooling fans - I'm not commenting on the CPU cooler system. Your mobo has ONE CHA_FAN header and it has a few options you will need to set. One of those depends on the type of fan(s) you choose for case ventilation.
Fans come is two basic types usually. The older design, 3-pin fans, can have their speed controlled by a mobo header ONLY if it uses the older Voltage Control Mode (aka DC Mode). Now, a mobo fan header can provide up to 1.0 A total to all the fans connected to it. IF you are trying to use more than one case vent fan, when using 3-pin fans and DC Mode you MUST use a Splitter to make those connections. A Splitter has two types of cable arms. One arm with a female (with holes) connector plugs into the mobo CHA_FAN header. Two or more output arms with male (with pins) connectors are where you plug in your fans. That's all a Splitter has, and it simply connects all its fans in parallel to the power supplied from the mobo header. Thus such a system is limited by the header's 1.0 A max current limit, which is usually NO problem with common case fans - they typically use 0.1 to 0.3 A each. But the exception MAYBE is fans that include LED's in them. The simpler ones of this type just connect the LED's in parallel with the fan motor, and thus increase the current load of the unit to 0.3 to 0.6 A each LED fan. Watch out for this when planning fans and connections.
The newer fan type is 4-pin, and it uses a different control system called PWM Mode. (This fan type also CAN be controlled by DC Mode, but PWM is better if possible.) One advantage of this new system is that IF you are trying to use several case vent fans you can use a different type of device known as a HUB. This is similar to a Splitter, BUT it has one extra type of arm that plugs into a power output (either 4-pin Molex or SATA) to get all the power for the Hub's fans and avoid the 1.0 A limit of the mobo CHA_FAN header. A Hub can be used ONLY if your mobo header does use PWM Mode for control, and if all your fans are of thee new 4-pin design.
Your mobo allows you to specify in BIOS Setup for the CHA_FAN header whether it will use DC Mode or PWM Mode, so it can handle either situation. If you have a choice, I suggest you buy 4-pin fans. BUT whatever case you buy MAY come with one or more fans. VERY often such fans are the older (and slightly less expensive) 3-pin type. So, if you get such fan(s) with your case it would be better if you buy any additional case vent fans to get them also as 3-pin units and use a Splitter to connect them all to that header, subject to the amperage limit.
In setting the CHA_FAN options in BIOS Setup, check three items. I suggest you use the default "Standard" Profile under which the fans' speeds will be automatically adjusted by the mobo according to temperatures measured by sensors. For each fan header (CPU_FAN and CHA_FAN separately), set the header's Mode to either DC Mode or PWM Mode, according to the type of fan plugged into it. IF you have a choice of what sensor to use (I'm sure you will have a choice for the CHA_FAN), set the CHA_FAN header to use the sensor on the mobo, and NOT the one inside the CPU chip, nor any in the video card. For the CPU_FAN header, set it to use the CPU internal sensor.
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