Need advice on connectors for Water Cooling Reservoir/Pump Combo

[emrah_abdurahman1989]

Hi,

I am installing a water cooling loop to cool my CPU.

The reservoir which is a reservoir/pump combo has 2 connectors coming out of the pump. One of the connectors is a 4-pin molex and the other is a 4-pin PWM Fan connector.

My question is if anyone knows if I have to connect both of these to get the reservoir/pump to work as it should or if one can be connected instead of the other (such as the PWM fan connector to the motherboard. I am also unsure where on the motherboard I will need to connect these connectors to.

The details of the motherboard and the reservoir/pump combo are below:
* Motherboard - Asus RoG Maximus XI Hero (Wi-Fi) Z390
* Reservoir/Pump Combo - EK-DBAY D5 PWM MX - ACETAL (INCL. PUMP)

Any advice will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Emrah.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

You will need to connect both.

The Molex will go to your PSU and the 4-pin fan connector should go on the W_PUMP+ connector.

 

[The Original Ralph]

see pg 64 of this manual for your mother board - there are plugs or connections dedicated to water pumps https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_HERO_WIFI/E14964_ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_HERO_WI-FI_BIOS_EM_WEB.pdf?_ga=2.176574892.823299354.1544316879-1606603648.1542807847

pg 1-2 of the user's manual shows the AIO pump connection just above the CPU at https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_HERO/E14808_ROG_MAXIMUS_XI_HERO_WI-FI_UM_V2_WEB.pdf?_ga=2.110673548.823299354.1544316879-1606603648.1542807847