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Thoughts on Corsair C70??

Massa9

I recently saw the Corsair C70 case on sale on newegg.ca but the most appealing part to me was the 14.99 shipping fee, As I have seen some Cases have 44.99 and 49.99 shipping fee. I think one was a Full tower Fractal R4 case..don't know the exact name.  like to know if there is a better case with the same functionality and lower price. I am looking for a place that does not have shipping fees so I can have more options. If there is a legion of disgruntled C70 owners I would like to know. I am aslo looking for a Value Mid-ATX case. I broke something on my Current case and now the front cover keeps falling off.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139014

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Love it! I haven't had an issue with mine, and it was so easy to build in. 

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Have it, love it.  Nice attention to detail and easy to build in.  My only regret is I got the black instead of the camo.

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It looks nice, my only problem is that there is fan cutouts in the window, which ruins the look. 

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Have it in the military green. Easy to build in and nice features. Only thing is if you get the green one an optical drive will destroy the aesthetic, but that's just me being picky

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Well heres my build in the white c70. I love it. Gotta go every now and then and clean some dust out. Really easy to build and cable manage in.

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I love mine, I got it in Military Green and I am so glad that I did. I love the look of it, reminds me of an ammo box. Also building in it is really nice and the way the side panels are mounted with the top latches is awesome. 

 

A few pics of it. http://imgur.com/a/ENTKX

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Indeed love this case but would'nt put more than H100i/110 in it as it would just look clutterd, mybe not ass much if you took out the drive cages, i use hdd's for music and recording (might be setting up home server properly son so i can just stream music from server ;)

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i really like the green one it looks very badass

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I like it

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Awesome, well built case. But as stated above, swap out the window. Stock is pretty ugly, lol.

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Here is my build in my C70. I had zero problems with it and building was a breeze as well as cable management. I also made a custom full side panel window because as others have said the fan holes ruin the look. Replacing the window can be done for about 10 dollars though from Home Depot.

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It is a great solid case as it is made mostly out of steel and it was very easy to build with on my first build. Cable management was very easy for a non-modular psu (TX650V2) and it has adequate fan mounts to keep your PC cool.

 

It looks nice, my only problem is that there is fan cutouts in the window, which ruins the look. 

You could get a replacement clear window from MNPCTech if you don't like them:http://mnpctech.com/mnpctech-clear-case-pc-panels/corsair-c70-window-replacement-clear-fan-holes-120mm/

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Here is my build in my C70. I had zero problems with it and building was a breeze as well as cable management. I also made a custom full side panel window because as others have said the fan holes ruin the look. Replacing the window can be done for about 10 dollars though from Home Depot.

What is that thing that is taking up 2 5.25 bays that says xspc on it?

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What is that thing that is taking up 2 5.25 bays that says xspc on it?

bay res, its holding the liquid for his water cooling loop

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  • 2 weeks later...

After seeing many Builds with the C70 i have no doubts about the Cooling options. I did see a good deal for the Corsair Carbide 400R at a store near by. So almost the same price as Newegg but no shipping fees(29.99 on newegg..ouch) as I could just go get it. So I am torn between a few options right now. 

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  • 6 years later...
On 4/16/2014 at 4:29 AM, Massa9 said:

I recently saw the Corsair C70 case on sale on newegg.ca but the most appealing part to me was the 14.99 shipping fee, As I have seen some Cases have 44.99 and 49.99 shipping fee.

Loved that case.  My build two PCs ago used the red C70.  Very "simple" and "basic" case with a retro layout, but sometimes that's all you need!

 

HOLY CRAP!  Just noticed this was a bumped seven year old thread!!!!

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5 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

HOLY CRAP!  Just noticed this was a bumped seven year old thread!!!!

Lol. Now I don't wonder why it's under Power Supplies.

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  • 6 months later...
On 2/28/2021 at 9:52 AM, Mnpctech said:

It's a great case still, to this day, but challenge to find one now.

Thanks for the side panel window replacement in mine 🙂.

 

Still using this case for my wife's build. It works well for a modern build with the drive cages removed, and one of the 5.25" bays adapted for 2.5" drives. I also 3D printed a "LiftKit" I modeled to lift the case up ~.75" for more breathing room for the bottom mounted fans. With 2x 140mm fans on bottom and 2x120mm fans in the front all as intake, this thing has a lot of airflow. I also cut out a bracket to fit the 280mm rad in the top, and cut out some of the strips between the PCIe slots in order to do a vertical GPU mount in it.

LiftKit.pdf

BabyBlu (Primary): 

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ up to 5.3GHz, 5.0GHz all-core, delidded
  • Motherboard: Asus Maximus XI Hero
  • RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 4000MHz 16-18-18-34
  • GPU: MSI RTX 2080 Sea Hawk EK X, 2070MHz core, 8000MHz mem
  • Case: Phanteks Evolv X
  • Storage: XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB, 3x ADATASU800 1TB (RAID 0), Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
  • PSU: Corsair HX1000i
  • Display: MSI MPG341CQR 34" 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync, Dell S2417DG 24" 2560x1440 165Hz Gsync
  • Cooling: Custom water loop (CPU & GPU), Radiators: 1x140mm(Back), 1x280mm(Top), 1x420mm(Front)
  • Keyboard: Corsair Strafe RGB (Cherry MX Brown)
  • Mouse: MasterMouse MM710
  • Headset: Corsair Void Pro RGB
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Roxanne (Wife Build):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K @ up to 5.0GHz, 4.8Ghz all-core, relidded w/ LM
  • Motherboard: Asus Z97A
  • RAM: G.Skill Sniper 4x8GB DDR3-2400 @ 10-12-12-24
  • GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 w/ LM
  • Case: Corsair Vengeance C70, w/ Custom Side-Panel Window
  • Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, Silicon Power A80 2TB NVME
  • PSU: Corsair AX760
  • Display: Samsung C27JG56 27" 2560x1440 144Hz Freesync
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i RGB
  • Keyboard: GMMK TKL(Kailh Box White)
  • Mouse: Glorious Model O-
  • Headset: SteelSeries Arctis 7
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

BigBox (HTPC):

  • CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB DDR4-3600 @ 3600MHz 14-14-14-28
  • GPU: MSI RTX 3080 Ventus 3X Plus OC, de-shrouded, LM TIM, replaced mem therm pads
  • Case: Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage: SP A80 1TB, WD Black SN770 2TB
  • PSU: Corsair SF600 Gold w/ NF-A9x14
  • Display: Samsung QN90A 65" (QLED, 4K, 120Hz, HDR, VRR)
  • Cooling: Thermalright AXP-100 Copper w/ NF-A12x15
  • Keyboard/Mouse: Rii i4
  • Controllers: 4X Xbox One & 2X N64 (with USB)
  • Sound: Denon AVR S760H with 5.1.2 Atmos setup.
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

Harmonic (NAS/Game/Plex/Other Server):

  • CPU: Intel Core i7 6700
  • Motherboard: ASRock FATAL1TY H270M
  • RAM: 64GB DDR4-2133
  • GPU: Intel HD Graphics 530
  • Case: Fractal Design Define 7
  • HDD: 3X Seagate Exos X16 14TB in RAID 5
  • SSD: Inland Premium 512GB NVME, Sabrent 1TB NVME
  • Optical: BDXL WH14NS40 flashed to WH16NS60
  • PSU: Corsair CX450
  • Display: None
  • Cooling: Noctua NH-U14S
  • Keyboard/Mouse: None
  • OS: Windows 10 Pro

NAS:

  • Synology DS216J
  • 2x8TB WD Red NAS HDDs in RAID 1. 8TB usable space
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