Be Quiet Pure Base 500 FX Black, Mid Tower ATX case, ARGB, 4 pre-installed Light Wings PWM fans, tempered glass window

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The side panel attachment is the same as on many other be quiet! cases, including their top-of-the-line Dark Base Pro 900 rev. 2, and although it makes sense for the Pure Base line, we hope they come up with something more advanced in the future for their high-end cases. It’s the usual fragile metal tabs punched out of the steel of the side panel that slot into holes in the case on one side, and thumbscrews through glass on the other. Both work fine, and be quiet! does a good job of shaping its steel side panels with rails that keep them rigid and slide neatly into place, but there are better ways to do this, like the NZXT H710’s system. All thumbscrews on the case (other than the ones through the glass panel) are captive.

The ARGB/Fan controller works perfectly fine and can house EXACTLY the number of fans that the case can handle. (and yes, the default color of the ARGB is of course be quiet! orange). Switchable multi mode and multi color ARGB LED lighting(white, red, green, blue, orange, purple), internal and external, supports motherboard LED controlWorking inside the Pure Base 500 FX was a joyful ride. Thanks to the decision of using an Air cooler, we had the possibility to install additional Light Wings 140 PWM onto the top panel without creating any cable issues at the top. A few other things worth noting. CPU coolers cannot be taller than 190mm, which covers several CPU cooling options. The longest the GPU can be is 396mm, and the PSU can be 225mm to fit without any changes but can be as long as 258mm with some parts swapping. We also see that this Pure Base 500 FX keeps the same warranty, where you are covered from defects for three years.

As we said in the dedicated Light Wing review, the complete Fan lineup was a success. While the High-Speed versions are better used in high-static pressure operations like radiators, heatsinks, and sound absorption panels, the setup inside the Pure Base 500 FX and its airflow-capable panels allow the regular speed version to operate just fine. Barely bearable at max speed, they will definitely do a great job. Design Despite the case’s focus on airflow, be quiet! hasn’t forgotten their focus on quiet PCs with the Pure Base 500 FX. Thanks to the insulation on the right side panel and the sophisticated fans, the PC remained pleasantly quiet during testing even under full load and was not distracting. Other cases from be quiet!, which have fewer vents and, for example, no glass panel as a sidepanel, are even a bit more sound-noisy. Due to the open character of the case, the volume is also relatively dependent on the installed hardware. However, the Pure Base 500 FX strikes a good compromise between insulation, airflow and design. Value for money Az ARGB-PWM-Hub akár 6 PWM ventilátor és 6 ARGB komponens szinkronizálását teszi lehetővé: Az alaplap tálca hátuljára előre telepítve támogatja a rendezett belső és kábelkezelést. Although this is supposed to be a mid-tower & mid-tier case with an according price tag, the Pure Base 500FX can house quite a lot of hardware. Down below we added a short summary of everything that the case offers:

Additionally, each additional Fan or Radiator in the front will eat away the potential GPU length. Something that you should always consider if you were planning to use something like an Arctic Liquid Freezer. However, be quiet! hit a little suspire for us. Although the IO portion is located on the front panel and looks like it is a part of it. It is not. Everything will depend on the devices with RGB that you have, your preferences, and how you have configured everything with SignalRGB, but next we are going to show you how a be quiet box looks! Pure Base 500 FX with different products from be quiet! with RGB. In our round of testing, with the system loaded inside the Pure Base 500 FX, we compared those results to running the system in the open air. The CPU ended up with a +1.8°C Δ. In comparative terms, it is better than the likes of the Starker and even the iCUE 5000T unless you ran it in extreme mode. The VRM runs at -6.7°C Δ, where only the DF700 from Antec did slightly better. Our GPU sat there with the +0.2 °C Δ, which is better than all the later cases with this testing methodology.

What other manufacturers might call a cable management bar has been dubbed an “SSD panel” by be quiet!. This panel is designed to hold two SSDs so that they’re visible from the interior of the case, but with their cables hidden behind a removable plastic insert bearing the be quiet! logo. As cable management bars go, this isn’t our favorite, but bear in mind that it is completely removable by loosening a single captive thumbscrew and that there are plenty of other SSD mounting locations. The main problem is that the cable gap along the edge of the panel routes cables at a right angle. That’s great for boards that have their 24-pin power connectors pointing out from the edge of the board, like EVGA’s Dark series, but it makes it more difficult to route cables into other things, like normally-oriented 24-pin connectors or PCIe power cables. There are also no cable tie points anywhere on the SSD panel, which is something of a missed opportunity, although there are plenty elsewhere. Accounting for the space taken up by noise-damping foam, there’s about 2cm of clearance between the motherboard tray and the side panel for routing cables. The top side of the PSU shroud is plastered with little triangular cutouts. This paired with the incredibly long bottom air filter and the corresponding air hole makes it easy for some air to travel through the bottom panel immediately into the GPU. This might not make the difference between a Good and Bad GPU temperature situation, but it definitely helps. Due to its relatively small size, we would not expect the Pure Base 500 FX to be able to house server-grade motherboards. However, in the realm of reality, there it little to wish for. ATX, mATX & miniITX are all an option inside the budget-friendly case. PSU

Accordingly, the 500DX performed well here with a CPU dT not much higher than the torture result, averaging 52C dT. It’s cooler than all cases other than the Corsair 220T Airflow and Phanteks P400A RGB, which are tied at 51C dT. Of course, the effects and colors that you can select are almost unlimited, because remember that the RGB range has 16.8 million different colors and shades. The GPU length support inside the Pure Base 500 FX is truly impressive. With up to 369mm long cards, there is nothing out as of now which wouldn't fit inside the beast. CPU Cooler With optimization for maximum airflow, the Light Wings PWM fan is the right choice for any case configuration that demands high cooling performance. Its 7 airflow-optimized fan blades not only reduce noise-generating turbulences but also ensure the fan to provide the performance that is needed, even in demanding configurations.