Some cooling advice needed

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I currently have an i3-2120 with a stock cooler inside a Bitfenix Prodigy running alongside a R9 280X.

I'm upgrading to a 3570 (non-K) so I won't be doing any overclocking (motherboard is an P8H77-I so doesn't allow it so no point spending extra on a K).

I've got an Arctic Cooling Freezer 13 lying around. Looks like this if you're unfamiliar:

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And I'm wondering if it's worth installing it?

  • I won't be overclocking
  • I thought it might be less noisy, but I think most of the noise comes from the 280X sucking air through the holes in the side of the Prodigy so am unsure if it will make any difference.
  • If I position it so it blows air towards the back of the case where the exhaust fan is, I thought it might help with the overall cooling of my case, which might bring some benefit if I were to overclock the 280X?
 
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