Cooling in the ThermalTake V1 Mini ITX Cube

[Mathias3132]

This is my first gaming build and I'm trying to decide on whether or not to add more fans to the build. The case is a ThermalTake V1 Mini ITX cube which comes with a 200mm fan and can support a pair of 80mm in the back of it. Would it be best to do the build without the extra fans and see the temps before deciding? For the rest of the build, I'm using:

 

-Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350N-GAMING WiFi (which only has two fan headers. One for the CPU and another for sys_fan)

-Processor: Ryzen 3 2200G with the stock fan

- GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini

- PSU: EVGA 450 BT, 80+ Bronze 450W

- RAM: Ballistix Sport LT 8GB Single DDR4 2666 MT/s 288-Pin

[LienusLateTips]

Can't say about the cooling, but change the PSU 

[Imbellis]

You'd get a much better performance bump by upgrading the stock cooler compared to adding two 80mm exhaust fans. Additionally, most 80mm fans are quite loud and don't move much air.

Regarding the AB350N's two ports - you could get a fan splitter to fix that.

 

I wouldn't add the two 80 mm fans.

[Imbellis]

If you want to look at fan options, here's a google sheet that was set up a while ago: PC Fans. All of Them.

Just a note - the data is provided by the manufactures and will have a bias towards better performance. Some companies that make good fans are BeQuiet!, Noctua, Corsair, Fractal Design and Noise Blocker.

[DragonTamer1]

I just got done a build in this case. If you are not using a tower style cooler then changing the fan configuration doesn't make a huge difference. The 200mm front fan does do a very good job and I would recommend keeping it unless you want to switch for aesthetic purposes. Most fan configurations perform the same, you could get better cooling if you converted the side panel near the drive sleds to a window (at added cost) but with your parts list you will not have an issue with cooling even if you use the stock cooler.

 

Due to my lack of 80mm fans I was unable to test this configuration, however I don't think it would make a huge difference with the possible exception of sustained loads (over 15 minutes of full CPU load).

 

The GPU thrives with that ventilated side panel. I would suggest getting a magnetic dust filter off of amazon for it though.

 

Would not recommend that PSU.

[Mathias3132]

For the PSU, what would be suggested? Would a 500W be better? I had plugged the parts into that power supply calculator on Cool Master and it suggested a 400, so I went with that PSU because it was close enough and cheaper.

[DragonTamer1]

1 hour ago, Mathias3132 said:

For the PSU, what would be suggested? Would a 500W be better? I had plugged the parts into that power supply calculator on Cool Master and it suggested a 400, so I went with that PSU because it was close enough and cheaper.

Anything from the range of tier 1 to tier 4. I would not go below tier 4 is recommended.

 

I typically avoid EVGA power supplies just because they have saturated the market with so many power supplies that it easily confuses people. You have people saying "EVGA PSUs are good" but they make just as many bad ones as good ones.

[WoodenMarker]

See the temps before deciding whether or not to replace the stock cooling. It should be enough already and you don't need to change out or add fans unless the original ones are too noisy.