Question Would you recommend getting a tower cooler for my CPU?? Ryzen 5 5600G

[Rasty]

Hey guys,

I'm building a PC, these are the components:
MicroATX mobo ASUS A320M-K
Ryzen 5 5600G
RX 6600
16GB Ram Kingston Fury
XPG 750W Core reactor Gold
XPG Valor Mesh Case (With 4 fans, 3 intake front 1 exhaust back)

The CPU has the stock Wraith Stealth cooler, I don't plan on overclocking it but I considered getting a CPU cooler (be quiet rock slim 2) to improve the airflow instead of 2 more exhaust on top because it goes directly to the exhaust direction unlike the stock one which points towards the case window

Also i'm kinda worried because the mobo being Micro ATX I don't know if it's kinda excessive to put a tower cooler and a GPU on it, wouldn't it sag?

What are your opinions on this?

 

[hotaru.hino]

The stock cooler directs airflow onto to motherboard itself.

In any case, if you're fine with the thermals of the system and it's not getting too hot to the point where you're losing significant amounts of performance, there's no real need to get an aftermarket cooler.

 

[punkncat]

A series boards aren't typically known for thick PCB, but the weight of an appropriately sized cooler for the 5600G (that doesn't really need it anyway) shouldn't cause issue. The Stealth cooler works well and also directly blows over power delivery which will need it given how few phases those have (VRM).

Since you already have a dGPU for the system, why go with the G spec?

 

[Rasty]

The stock cooler directs airflow onto to motherboard itself.

In any case, if you're fine with the thermals of the system and it's not getting too hot to the point where you're losing significant amounts of performance, there's no real need to get an aftermarket cooler.

I didn't know that, I thought it blew air towards the tempered glass

 

[Rasty]

A series boards aren't typically known for thick PCB, but the weight of an appropriately sized cooler for the 5600G (that doesn't really need it anyway) shouldn't cause issue. The Stealth cooler works well and also directly blows over power delivery which will need it given how few phases those have (VRM).

Since you already have a dGPU for the system, why go with the G spec?

Because I didn't have a GPU and used to play with the integrated graphics but now i'm finally upgrading to a dedicated GPU for the first time

 

[Phaaze88]

I didn't know that, I thought it blew air towards the tempered glass

Downdraft coolers are more adequate in cases that have ventilated side panels, as that's where they can get fresh air from.
With how popular glass side panels are, downdrafts suffer, as they just get preheated air at that point.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Downdraft coolers are more adequate in cases that have ventilated side panels, as that's where they can get fresh air from.
With how popular glass side panels are, downdrafts suffer, as they just get preheated air at that point.

I would argue that as long as there's airflow flowing "above" (in front of? to the side of?) the cooler, then it doesn't really present a problem.

It might be a concern if a low profile case were being used though.

 

[Phaaze88]

I would argue that as long as there's airflow flowing "above" (in front of? to the side of?) the cooler, then it doesn't really present a problem.

I'd argue that it does affect them more compared to tower coolers, alongside the popularity of the dump-waste-heat-inside-case gpu coolers.