Corsair C70 Completely Air Cooling advice?

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Hi guys, I'm in the middle of parting out my nearly finished PC build. I really like the look of the C70 black version of the case, but am curious about how well the case can air cool as it seems to be built with water cooling in mind. My soon to be complete build is as follows:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3e5Dt
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3e5Dt/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3e5Dt/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.97 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste ($14.96 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus B85M-E/CSM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.29 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($148.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($32.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1003.13
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-21 22:18 EDT-0400)

So, as you can see I'm not planning on OC'ing anything on this PC, in fact I just want to play games, so I really don't need or want to Water Cool anything. If anyone that has this case and is air-cooling it could you please chime in here and help me out should I just cut my losses and head for the HAF 932/HAF X? I really like this case and it's a toss between this and the HAF.
 
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I'd scrap that whole build. You don't need the cooler or the extra thermal compound (you could spend $5,000+ on a build - the extra thermal compound is a complete waste of money), if you're not overclocking - you're throwing money away there. And there's no reason to pay $1K for a build only to slap it with such a sub par power supply. That Corsair CX430 will not power that rig and I've seen it happen with Intel CPUs and dedicated GPUs.

I would do something like this for your budget:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($91.48 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($83.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.24 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($80.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($23.52 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $994.15
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 01:58 EDT-0400)

With this build you get a far better power supply, the same SSD, and there's not as much money invested in storage and allows you to get a better GPU.
 
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Well... Here's the thing. I've already bought the Mobo, Memory, Video Card, and PSU, except for some reason PC Part picker for some reason picked the wrong PSU. I have the Corsair TX650M. (Also had no idea the compound would be extra xD first time building a pc on my own) I like the B85 mobo simply because well, I already bought it although I could return it, but I like Asus and as far as I've seen this little guy is pretty reliable, I do know it lacks a bit of USB's, but I really don't use all of my USB slots, the ones on this build certainly won't be used for much more than a mouse keyboard and maybe a headset.

The RAM, I already bought it, I'm going to upgrade to 16gbs later on down the line and will probably go with the g.skill brand when I do. I do like your storage and case suggestion though. I'm currently using the GPU and PSU in the PC I'm using right now, unless you really suggest I get your suggested PSU. I elected to not go with an Optical drive at the moment since, I really don't ever use discs. Do you have any other case suggestions?
 
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Return the PSU - ASAP, it will not power that build. Get the Seasonic one I listed instead. The Seasonic G series is far more friendly to Haswell builds than the Corsair CX series is.

As far as cases go that all depends on how much you want to spend. In the $50 - $75 range I would recommend:

- Corsair Carbide 200R
- Cooler Master HAF 912
- NZXT Source 210
- Antec One

Then in the $75 - $100 range:

- Fractal Design Arc MIDI R2
- Corsair 300R
- NZXT Phantom 410
- Nanoxia Deep Silence 2
 
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CX or TX-M? I don't know what happened with PC Part Picker I was looking at the CX but the PSU I bought was the:

Corsair TX650M

Actually now that you cut my costs down a bit, I could spend somewhere between 100 to 150 for a case. I want to be able to have a case, just... My case, one that I could take out and put new parts into when the time comes for it. I'm selecting really entry level parts (except the CPU I expect to keep the Mobo for a while until the time comes to retire it lol) just so I can upgrade them maybe a year or two down the line.

As far as the cases go, no matter what I upgrade the guts to, I most likely never will water cool anything or OC anything, of course unless that becomes standard, but with that said It'd be nice to have a show piece, but a durable show piece that I can take with me to LAN's and such.
 
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