Checking for Compatibility (Corsair Carbide Mini-ITX Case)

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CAS: Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow MicroATX & Mini-ITX PC Gaming Case
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4690 3.50 GHz 6MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150
FAN: Intel Certified CPU Fan & Heatsink
HDD: 256GB Apotop S3C SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 520MB/s Read & 280MB/s Write(Single Drive)
HDD2: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory
MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z97I AC Mini-ITX w/ 802.11ac WiFi + BT 4.0, GbLAN, 1 PCIe x16, 4x SATA 6Gb/s (Pro OC Certified)
OS: Microsoft® Windows 8.1 (64-bit Edition)
POWERSUPPLY: 550 Watts - Corsair CSM Series CS550M 80 Plus Gold Certified Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: EVGA Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Maxwell) (Single Card)

I just want to know whether all of these can fit into the case and run well or not (Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow MicroATX & Mini-ITX PC Gaming Case)
I'm not asking for opinions on performance/overclocking/heats etc. Thanks
 
Check out my thread, its close to yours. Same Cabinet.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2363783/confirm-compact-build.html

From what I can tell, if the case fits 2 HDD's you should be fine.
Though I would go with my solution for GPU AND CPU Cooling.
Your Evga GPU pushes the air not out back, but strait out into the cabinet.
If you choose the MSI GeForce GTX 970 instead, which blows the hot air out the back, and go with a Corsair H55 Hydro Series.
All heat will be blown directly out of the case, instead of around in the case.
Which lowers temps a lot and increases every component's life time.
 


Agree with you, but you see there's actually tiny holes beside the GPU slot.
Or do you think Fang Battlebox case from CyberPowerPC would be better?
 


Or this "Fractal Design Node 304 mITX Gaming Case"?
 


Shouldn't matter a lot, most of the air from the gpu will go strait out anyway.
I haven't looked at Fang Battlebox before, not available in my store, same with Fractal Design Node, so cant say.