Case cooling

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Morning everyone just looking for some advice in what I should look to buy for my case cooling.

My system is

Aerocool DS230
Ryzen 2700x
MSI X470 Gaming pro
Patriot Viper 4 16gb ram
EVGA SuperNova G2 650W.

waiting for the new cards to come out but thought I should look into cooling but not sure how I should set up.

Any pointers would be much appreciated.
 
I would say in general with cooling, experimentation is good. I'd get 2-3 fans that are PWM controlled, or check that your motherboard has DC voltage fan control. If it does you're sitting pretty to buy whichever fans you like.

Then I would try the fans out in different areas of the case, in general intake at front/bottom and exhaust at rear/top. That said, your case might have poor front intake due to the panel. So you might want to consider another arrangement. I have a nice system based on fans blowing down from the top and out the rear.

Are you using the stock cooler on the CPU, or have you ordered an aftermarket one?
 
I think the main thing is that it is quiet as can be.
Then those fans are a good choice. Those fans are nice and quiet, at the expense of a little performance. Honestly though, I'd say set up your system and see how it is, then add fans and tweak. You could hold off buying any case fans at all. The Phanteks doyll suggested will be very quiet if you turn the speed down too. Decent fan speed curves is where it's at for quietness.

Same for the CPU cooler, try it first. An aftermarket cooler will help for both temperatures and noise, but you may be happy with stock. I believe the Ryzen stock coolers are a lot better than previous stock coolers from both AMD and Intel.
 
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