Hey all,
I recently made a small upgrade to my rig – now running a Ryzen 5 5600X and an ASUS RTX 2060. Unfortunately, the stock cooler on the 5600X is really struggling with temps – it gets way too hot under load.
Pic 1 shows my current cooling setup with the stock cooler.
I've just ordered a THERMALRIGHT Peerless Assassin 120 Digital, which will soon replace the stock cooler.
Now I'm trying to figure out the best fan layout – check Pic 2 for what I'm planning (red square is the new cooler obviously 😅):
- 3 intake fans at the front
- 1 top-front fan as intake, blowing cool air toward the Peerless Assassin
- 1 rear exhaust fan
- 1 rear-top fan as exhaust
All case fans are the same model, so airflow performance should be nice and even.
For context:
- The front panel is tempered glass, not mesh – there’s only a small amount of mesh on the corners
- I have dust filters on the top and bottom, but I don't think there's room for bottom fans
Does this layout make sense?
Or would it be better to have both top fans as exhausts instead?
Appreciate any input – trying to get the best airflow possible once the Peerless Assassin arrives!
(in case photos doesn't work – https://imgur.com/a/XR741yq )
4 Comments
Just keep the three front intakes and one exhaust in the rear, no need for top intakes ou exhaust. Less is more.
after u install peerless assasin do pic 1 but remove the front top exhaust since the assasin will be inputting air from there and keep the 1 back top exhaust and rear exhaust.
or remove all top exhaust and do 3 front 1 rear
I’d remove the top front fan. 3 intake fans in the front and 2 output in the rear is perfect. Also: the peerless Assassin will result in 20-30° cooler temps, case airflow will mostly be important for the GPU with that cooler/CPU kombo.
The Peerless Assassin is overkill for a 5600X but better than the inadequate AMD Stealth cooler. The $15 Assassin 120 is enough for a 5600X. I prefer the fan orientation in pic 1. It’s balanced, 3 fans in and 3 fans out.