Question How many cooling fans enough with stock wraith cooler?

[arjitsawhney]

I am building my 1st gaming pc and I am really confused on on two things.
1. How many fans do I really need for this build with wraith stock cooler?
3 fans: 2 front intake and 1 rear exhaust
5 fans: 2 front intake, 1 rear and 2 top exhaust?

2. Is 650 W psu enough if I add some rgbs as well?

Motherboard: GIGABYTE B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (AMD Ryzen AM4/M.2 Thermal Guard with Onboard WIFI/HDMI/DVI/USB 3.1 Gen 2/DDR4/ATX/Motherboard)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 YD1600BBAEBOX 3.2GHZ 6 Core AM4 Boxed Processor

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 2x8GB DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz PC4-24000 C15 Memory Kit

GPU: Sapphire 11265-05-20G Radeon Pulse RX 580 8GB GDDR5 Dual HDMI/DVI-D/Dual DP OC with Backplate (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card

SDD: Samsung 970 Evo Series - 250GB PCIE NVME - M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V7E250BW)

HDD: 2 X Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB Internal Hard Drive for Desktop (Blue)

PSU: Corsair CP-9020098-UK VS Series VS650 650 Watt Power Supply Unit

 

[scout_03]

name and model of the case .

 

[arjitsawhney]

name and model of the case .

Corsair Carbide Series CC-9011050-WW Mid-Tower Steel Gaming Case with Red Led

 

[theycallmechris]

Looking at the case you have, going with 2 fans as intake and 1 rear fan as an exhaust should work well for supplying cool-air and removing the hot air.

PSU wise, 650watts should work well. I use a 650watt PSU on my system that is very similar spec wise to yours and it hasn't had are shown any issues.

More knowledgeable forum users than myself though will be able to tell you if the Corsair VS-Series is a good PSU series to use or if you should maybe consider changing it.

 

[scout_03]

https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produ...VCGSGCh129QklEAAYASAAEgItOPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds you could use 2 140 mm in front and take the 120 mm already in on back and get another set of 120 mm for top you should be having nice air flow and good temp inside also check psu tier list for a better one ,check my specs i use simlar but on another board maker and have good temp in system even under load .

 

[Karadjgne]

Normally the Corsair VS is bottom of the barrel quality, however, in more than a few countries its actually a preferable psu at that price point, the rest being utter garbage. Moving up to a Seasonic platform would be better, but the price goes up even doubles.

With the Wraith cooler that's a broadcast cooler, not a directed flow tower, you'd be better off with 2x 140mm intakes and 2x 120mm top exhaust. Use of the rear is optional.