Question Cooling help for a noob

[tinpanalley]

I've got a CoolerMaster HAF-912. I want some cooler air circulating through this case. It's not cramped in there but I want to add more airflow. How do I determine what kind of fans are best? I currently have nothing but 120mm fans in the front and back bays. I didn't even know I needed cooling until this past week when I decided to look into it because my system felt warm.

The system is a B450 Tomahawk Max with a Ryzen 5 3600 cooled right now with nothing more than its stock fan.
Also in the case is an MSI GTX 1660 Super.
I curently idle at about 57C and games peak at about 84C.

I'm thinking of getting the following...
exhaust - 1 120mm out the back
exhaust - 2 120mm out the top
intake - 1 140mm from the side
intake - 2 140mm from the front
And replacing the Ryzen's stock cooling with a Arctic Freezer eSports Duo.

Does that all sound like I should be ok cooling-wise? I know very little about CPU cooling specs and brands but the bit I've learned this week led me to this one. Any thoughts, recommendations?

 

[tinpanalley]

Did you choose it based on price or because nothing else was available at your source or?

I haven't chosen it just asking about it. Somebody else on another site told me it was far superior to the Arctic esports duo I ordered because it has 6 pipes across the CPU for better heat management so that the fans run at a lower speed and thus produce less noise.
I'm satisified with the reviews and info I read on the eports due but just thought I'd ask since you guys are all really knowledgable.

 

[Lafong]

I'm satisified with the reviews and info I read on the eports due but just thought I'd ask since you guys are all really knowledgable.

See if you can find a cooler review site where BOTH of those and possible others are tested against each other.

I wouldn't expect major differences between single tower/single fan coolers of about the same size and weight.

I would give some consideration to the mounting system.

 

[tinpanalley]

See if you can find a cooler review site where BOTH of those and possible others are tested against each other.

I wouldn't expect major differences between single tower/single fan coolers of about the same size and weight.

I would give some consideration to the mounting system.

I think the person is saying, it will future proof you for other builds. I'm not always of the opinion that something needs to be good into the future. I buy RAM for example accepting I probably won't be able to use it again.

To be fair, I didn't even thoroughly look at the esports duo for specific mounting, I just figured from reading people using it on my cpu that it would work. Probably should have looked into that.

 

[Lafong]

I think the person is saying, it will future proof you for other builds. I'm not always of the opinion that something needs to be good into the future. I buy RAM for example accepting I probably won't be able to use it again.

To be fair, I didn't even thoroughly look at the esports duo for specific mounting, I just figured from reading people using it on my cpu that it would work. Probably should have looked into that.

Yep; I'd give minimal importance to "future proof" talk. Coolers can continue to be usable well into the future IF a mounting adapter kit is available for new motherboard sockets.

Some cooler makers supply those adapters at no charge.

Mounting can be a major pain but probably tolerable because you only have to do it once. But some are clearly less problematic than others.

 

[tinpanalley]

Received my fans and cooler.
Do I need some special product to remove the stock cpu fan and thermal paste? I imagine the cooler comes with its own.

 

[Lafong]

Received my fans and cooler.
Do I need some special product to remove the stock cpu fan and thermal paste? I imagine the cooler comes with its own.

Certainly shouldn't to remove cooler.

Maybe get the machine warmed up to heat up the existing paste a bit.

Use alcohol swabs or Q tips carefully to remove existing paste.

Do you have new paste available?