be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
Mini ITX, mATX, ATX
be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
Mini ITX, mATX, ATX
2 years ago •
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3 years ago •
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The enclosure has enough space for even the largest air cooler (in my case the Noctua NH-D15 chromax). Cool turbine aesthetics with the huge ventilation block.
The fans are sufficient. However, it is recommended to screw the top-mounted one to the front. The fans also have no rubber rings to prevent vibrations.
The cover plate to present the SSDs is rather cumbersome. There is not enough space to attach the very thick 24-pin connectors without putting pressure on the motherboard, as the inlet to the rear chamber of the enclosure is very narrow.
The cable management behind the motherboard was a delight! Loops for cable ties everywhere and pre-installed Velcro fasteners make cable management a breeze. Also useful: the lower chamber gives enough space to hide vulnerable excess lengths of power cables.
The lighting is better than in the pictures provided, and it can be controlled via an ARGB header by pressing the lighting button for 5 seconds. To reset, 3 seconds. The I/O is standard with 1x USB 3.0 and 1x USB C, as well as (in my opinion useless) audio. The power button is illuminated in white.
All in all: Good integrated cable management, nice lighting and 3 useful fans.
This review was created for a different variant: Pure Base 500DX (Mini ITX, mATX, ATX)
2 years ago •
purchased this product
For this price, this case is just TOP! Very compact and still enough space for everything necessary. The pre-installed 3!!! Case fans (140mm) are very good for the price, unfortunately, they are not PWM fans (4-pole) but only DC (3-pole) but for the price you can not complain, because the PWM 140s of bequiet would already cost more than half of the case, if you would buy them separately =). The front is removable (no false shy! you must right tear from below) and the workmanship is very good. The cable management is OK but nothing special. The space above the motherboard is pretty tight... not that you would have trouble but more than a fan height (~25mm) you do not have available... so no AiO at the upper exhaust. the only variant to install an AiO reasonably is in the front... a 280 AiO can be fiddly to install... and the tubes should go down away from the radiator, if you have installed above 2x 140mm... otherwise it is VERY tight... but I think that was planned so and it fits everything tiptop so wies should... if you know it :D The RGB connection of the case can be looped over the MotherBoard and control with its software (ARGB)... you have to hold the RGB button on the front of the case once for 2-3 seconds and the case jumps into the controllable mode. The USB-C in the front I also like very much because there are but the longer the more USB-C devices / sticks and also on the boards the corresponding connections... that for this but 1 USB-A port had to make room I find a bit hard... 2x USB-A and 1x USB-C would have been a bit better for me... But as I said for the price and this quality you should not complain :D
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