Best way to cool this system?

Amberr

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Hello everyone. I am wondering how you would go about keeping this system nice and cool. This includes the case fans and the CPU cooler. I am going to try to keep the cooling under $120. Here is the set up.

GPU: GIGABYTE GV-N970G1 GAMING-4GD GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0

Case: NZXT Source 530 CA-SO530-M1 Matte Black Steel / Plastic ATX.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core

Not sure if you really need to know more than that, but if so.

HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

PSU: XFX XTR Series P1-650B-BEFX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified

Memory: HyperX Fury Red Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866

Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Professional LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX

Any help would be grateful!
 
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With a 200mm intake, you won't need any other, if you plan on decent OC, you may want to step up the cpu cooler, DC's run hot, hotter than Sandy/Ivy Bridge at same speeds. I'd go for a Noctua nh-d14 or maybe the new Cryorig H5 and use the rest of the fans as exhaust.
From the case specs on NZXT website, buy 1x 200mm to put it in front, 2x 120mm fans at bottom, those 3 fans for intake. Then buy 1x 120/140mm fan for rear and buy 2x120/140mm fans for top, those 3 for out take. For cpu cooler, I think you'll be okay with the hyper 212.
 
With a 200mm intake, you won't need any other, if you plan on decent OC, you may want to step up the cpu cooler, DC's run hot, hotter than Sandy/Ivy Bridge at same speeds. I'd go for a Noctua nh-d14 or maybe the new Cryorig H5 and use the rest of the fans as exhaust.
 
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