sleeper pc Sleeper pc cooling?

[MosebysMotivatinalMallard]

I'm thinking of building a sleeper pc. Mainly because I'll need a new computer soon anyway and I'd like to try it because I like the look of it all. But before I go ahead with anything I wanted to know if I should be worried about Airflow, and cooling in general. If I end up building it It would have mid range respectable specs, ryzen 5 2600, gtx 1060/rx 570, 16gb of ram. From my own thinking these components should do fine because they don't push massive amounts of heat out, and in the case I have I would be able to put one 180/200mm fan, and two 120mm fans. Any thoughts, tips, or just general opinions are apricated.  

 

[Action_Johnson]

Your system cooling completely depends on your case of choice. My system at home is in a Corsair 4000D Non-Airflow and has 6 120mm fans in it, does just fine.

 

My office computer at my studio uses the same case (no glass), but with only two 120mm fans, also does perfectly fine regardless of what Steve at GN says about it being "inadequate" and it's significantly more high-end than what you're planning. 

 

Also, don't let anyone say that you need to go AIO. They're cool, but require space that might be at a premium in a stealth build and introduce unneeded complexity. The included coolers with the Ryzen chips really aren't bad at all, and if you're worried about it, Wraith Prism's are super cheap on the used market and would be a perfect fit for a 2600. 

 

Non-related, but I believe the X570 chipset will support an R5 2600 (worked in my office computer when it had a 3200G in it, and that's Zen+), If you can swing that, I'd go that route so you have up upgrade path to a (used) 5950x in a coupla years, which would be an enormous performance uptick without requiring a new motherboard. I'm sure someone will disagree with me. 

 

 

[MosebysMotivatinalMallard]

2 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

Your system cooling completely depends on your case of choice. My system at home is in a Corsair 4000D Non-Airflow and has 6 120mm fans in it, does just fine regardless of what Steve at GN says. 

 

My office computer at my studio uses the same case (no glass), but with only two 120mm fans, also does perfectly fine. 

 

Don't let anyone say that you need to go AIO, the included coolers with the Ryzen chips really aren't bad at all, and if you're worried about it, Wraith Prism's are super cheap on the used market and would be a perfect fit for a 2600. 

 

Non-related, but I believe the X570 chipset will support an R5 2600 (worked in my office computer when it had a 3200G in it), If you can swing that, I'd go that route so you have up upgrade path to a (used) 5950x in a coupla years, which would be an enormous performance uptick without requiring a new motherboard. I'm sure someone will disagree with me. 

 

 

You're definitely wright that's why I was a bit concerned, older computer cases aren't exactly known for airflow. And yeah definitely I don't do many CPU intensive applications other then music production so I wouldn't do any other cooling then stock or some cheapish air biased cooling. And the X570 chipset motherboards I just did a quick search on upon first glance, they seem reasonably priced so, I'll probably go for that, upgrade-ability is a big thing personally.   

[Tristerin]

I built a custom loop in a sleeper since there was originally no intake, and only 1 exhaust fan (2 if you include the PSU exhaust)

 

This one (entire loop) ran me less than $80 iirc

[MosebysMotivatinalMallard]

1 minute ago, Tristerin said:

I built a custom loop in a sleeper since there was originally no intake, and only 1 exhaust fan (2 if you include the PSU exhaust)

 

This one (entire loop) ran me less than $80 iirc

Thanks for the info, I'm not sure If I'm comfortable with water cooling, It's an option though. thanks