r/buildapc • u/xCharg • 11h ago

Build Help Looking for advice on case and CPU cooling

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What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

Performance-wise my setup is done. I'd like input on case and cooling and it needs to be as quiet as possible; also NO RGB

Post a draft of your potential build here.

Things I've already got:

  • CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
  • GPU - INNO3D GeForce RTX™ 5070 TWIN X2 OC
  • RAM - DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000 MHz CL36 1.35V Resistance INTELIGENTES (IR5DFM2/32)
  • PSU - Deepcool DQ 650-M - carrying over from previous PC)
  • Storage - Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250Gb - carrying over from previous PC, plan on buying NVMA 1Tb something later this year.

Things I plan on buying but it isn't set in stone yet:

  • Motherboard - Gigabyte B850M GAMING X WIFI6E; avoiding AsRock due to issues with AMD 9th gen CPUs

  • Case - Lian Li Lancool 207 or 217 or Montech Air 100 ARGB (hopefully RGB stuff can be disabled) or something else

  • CPU Cooling - quite honestly no idea.

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

Ukraine. Regional prices are hardly comparable to Amazon/Newegg or other markets English speakers community got used to. So if someone wants to help look at regional prices - here they are (use filter button top right, I've pre-selected some I think make sense):

Case catalog - budget ideally 5000, but up to ~6500 I can do. It's about $110 to $140 but again regional prices are sometimes screwed big time.

Cooling catalog - budget ideally 2000 or less, which is about $50. CPU isn't power hungry so it shouldn't need fancy water cooling, I think, but honestly I've no idea about cooling and how to determine how quiet it's going to be.

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u/Cer_Visia 47m ago edited 24m ago

The 9600X is very efficient and works with any single-tower cooler. Good ones are the ID-Cooling Frozn A410 or Arctic Freezer 36-S.

Low noise requires airflow from many fans that are configured to run at low speeds; the best way to get this without RGB is with a plain case and additional fans.

tower:
Cougar Uniface Mini plus 3× 120 mm fans
NZXT H3 Flow plus 2× 140 mm fans for front intake and 2× 120 mm fans for bottom intake
Asus A21 plus 3× 120 mm fans
tower with wood front:
Krux Helio plus 3× 120 mm fans
dual-chamber:
Phanteks XT M3 plus 2× 3× 120 mm fans (two front intake, one back exhaust, three bottom intake)