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Liquid Cooler on z68 Extreme3 Gen3

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Topic: Liquid Cooler on z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Posted By: TheInvoker
Subject: Liquid Cooler on z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Date Posted: 26 May 2018 at 10:18pm

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Is it possible to mount a liquid cooler (NZXT Kraken,Enermax Liqfusion,etc..) on this motherboard?

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Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 28 May 2018 at 10:22am

Any cooler designed for socket 1155 should fit as long as it's width does not extend past the mount holes. Examples: Enermax Liqmax II 240 or any NZXT Kraken X should fit.
If you look at the board (or picture on Asrock website) and compare the water cooler part that fits on the CPU you will see what I mean.

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Posted By: TheInvoker
Date Posted: 28 May 2018 at 11:49am

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My doubt wast the presence of pump connector on the motherboard. in these new motherboards there is something specific for liquid cololing while in my old mbi can't find anything like that.

where sould i coonect the pump?

Posted By: badbri
Date Posted: 29 May 2018 at 10:13am

You should be able to use CPU_FAN1 for the pump and the Chassis fan connectors for the radiator.
The documentation that comes with the pump should tell which connectors to use.

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