be quiet! Dark Base Pro 901 DEEP DIVE 👽
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- James has spent the last 2 weeks with the be quiet! Dark Base Pro 901 - with the goal of covering every base possible. We think he has - let us know if this case is something that appeals to you - for us, it's one of the best this year. Read more here: bit.ly/3Yn1lDX
Just when think you have seen every possible feature of a PC case, a vendor comes along and adds a whole new take on what a high-end chassis should include. Well, that’s precisely what happened today because be quiet! has updated its Dark Base 900 series with this new Dark Base PRO 901 which includes Qi wireless fast charging, touch-sensitive controls for fan speed and ARGB lighting as well as a dual-purpose attachment that reduces GPU sag and conceals cables. So could this be the most technologically advanced PC we have ever seen? Let's find out.
00:00 Start
00:57 A close look
03:03 Accessories
03:30 Features/disassembly
04:10 Front I/O (touch panel and QI charger)
05:57 Front panel
07:15 Top panel
08:18 Main Compartment
09:48 Fan and radiator support
10:41 Other support (CPU/GPU)
11:22 Case Modularity / PSU
12:18 Top Radiator Fan bracket
12:59 Rear panel slot
13:44 The other side / drives
17:14 GPU anti sag cable concealer
18:45 So much to talk about
19:05 Floor of the case
19:44 Hardware for the build
21:33 Timelapse Build
29:10 Interesting findings - James thoughts
32:55 Technical test results
33:47 Closing Thoughts
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Great job James. Loved the build !
And that folks is how you review a case 🥇
Agree ! 🎉
Be quiet deserve a big round of applause for this one ❤
Apart from the mis-aligned side-mounted radiator screw holes.
They will be compensated with large bags of money.
320 bucks...
I might give them my money.
But I am not also going to be smiling as I do so.
Class case! Love it!
Love the time lapse!!!
Good job there!!!
One of the most anticipated case releases this year it was first unveiled at Computex.
Thanks for the breakdown! I love the 900 series and I think this will be my next case
Good choice!
A beautiful build, with a wonderful space in which to work with.
Thank you for going through the effort and measure temperature and noise levels with and without the solid panels. Not many reviews do that. It would have been good to know the distance between the mic and the case at which the ~50 dBA were recorded, as noise tends to fall off the further away you are from its source.
Love your reviews James. Fantastic detail
Thanks. 😊
As someone who owns a DBP900, this is everything I could want in an upgrade. My only critiques are lack of the second 5.25" bay and the touch-sensitive front panel buttons rather than real buttons.
What specific things are different, I have the 900 Rev 2.
I have this case and personally I enjoy touch sensitive controls. Why would you need second 5.25” bay?
I purchased the 901 and installed a Orico hot-swappable 3.5" bay on the bottom. There were a few things I wish they added 1) Dual 5.25" bays at the bottom, there is room for it. 2) Magnetic attached door as I have to pry it open and find it's easier to leave it open 3) Non-touch fan/LED controllers, ie. knobs or sliders. 4) White option as I loved my 900 white edition 5) Wheels or the option of
If you use the 5,25" bay, how many mm do i have from top to bottom? can i fit a 420 radiator and 3x 140mm fans in it? would you be so kind to measure it? it so incrdibly hard to find accurate measurements
@@JRobin. Rather frustratingly, it measures as 40.5cm... Which I found out after purchasing an extra Silent Wings 4 Fan and realising that there is no way to install a third fan if you have the 5.25" bay filled... Then when I went to check other videos and promo pictures I realised that wasn't just me, that's how it is... Yet if they moved the bay slightly down it would have made it possible to install a radiator or extra 140mm fan... So, your radiator will not mount in the front unless you leave the 5.25
empty.
@@michalwalks ahh omg. How could they not think about this... But thank you.
It even seems like i cant use the hdd bays on the side if i use a radiator in the Front, is that true?
@@JRobin. Just by looking I couldn't imagine that working either.
I'm from the future, white 901 is now on the market. Touch controls are still hit and miss.
I like this industrial look, it is so cool that you can do it so many different ways.
Very interesting and versatile, albeit very expensive. Always fancied a be quiet case, this may be the one.
Never mind the case. What a review James. Best one I’ve seen in the last year 😮
Thanks 😊
Absolutely love the flexibility in this case. I like my AIO's top mounted, but I reckon if I was going air cooled, I'd put the solid panel on the top. For me, it would be mesh in the front no matter what the cooling solution, but amazing to have the choice. Together with all its other features, this looks like a real beauty. I just wish they had included a third fan for the front
Wish I had the budget for it. However great review my friend. Thank you. Very interesting
Before anyone says it yes I know it's pronounced chee wireless charging 😊
James it’s pronounced chee 😂
@@justindavis7600😂 thanks.
WOW very detailed, thank you from Belgium
Quality review of a quality case. The aesthetics aren't my cup of tea, but that is entirely subjective. The case appears to do what it says on the tin inquite some style build and quality-wise and that is what counts.
Wow that’s an amazing case 😮
Fantabulous case. Expensive but at least they are trying hard to design something for high end systems. 😊
But missing fckn simple cables
Thank you so much for this in-depth review of the case. I have one question: since the hard drive trays are secured to the case with only one screw, do you think the HDD drives will vibrate a lot in this case (especially if mounted in the upper spaces)? I am not worried about the sound, I'm worried about HDD lifetime. Thank you!
looks great
sick build! would be interested to see a hybrid 4090 in this case
If you installed the 5.25 drive, how many front fans can be installed, 140mm/120mm?
I bought a Pure Base 600 case and added two 15 years old 120mm Noctua fans to it aling with the 140mm and 120mm fans included. Couldn’t be happier with the noice level even though I rarely use headphones. Also the cables and dust controls are amazing for just a cheap price.
Nothing more important than dust and noice control: It’s a PC case, not a chandelier (to para-phrase Wade Wilson).
what is the make of the second radiotpr that is connected to the GPU, can this be done to any gpu, or does the gpu need to have specific connections, i do like the idea of having duble radiators....
Would it be possible to switch the set up on the side for the GPU cooler inside out so that the fans can be seen inside the case instead if the metal cooling?
that hybrid cooled 6950 is so cool looking
Now this is how I like my reviews to go from kitguru! Great stuff m8
Thanks, I'm glad you found it useful.
Hey, are the hoses of the Silent Loop long enough to mount it in the front?
Still wondering which one to choose: fractal design torrent or this case for the same price. Like how torrent looks and the reset button, but this case seems more premium.
really cool video. best one i seen about this case. if you have a moment, do you know what will be the best 360 AIO cpu cooler which will be no issue installing on the top of the case?
I think any 360mm AIO should fit in the top of the case.
How do you connect the wireless charger? I can't get it to work...
I have to ask... I am far from a good PC builder, but did you build a radiator loop system into the graphic card? For what? More cooling? I dont even know how that is possible. I understand it with a CPU, for better cooling, but never seen it connected to the graphics card before. What did i miss? :/
I've heard the GPU anti sag concealer scratches the PSU shroud quite easily?
Was that your experience?
Also can you also share if the GPU anti sag concealer worked with the 4090 12VHPWR connector and cable without bending?
I'll let you know when I dissassemble the system. 👍
Amazing beautiful case, the only problem? The price. They added so many unnecessary extras, ramping up the price even more.
man if I could afford it I'd buy that case to replace my Dark Base Pro 900 rev. 2. But not do I not have the disposable cash for this case. I love that there isn't a door and you can replace the front panel for mesh and the GPU vent was a nice addition.
BQ really needs to rethink their under-shroud hdd mounts. This one forces you to go without an optical drive if you use them, though there is plenty of room for a different design. On my 500dx, the hdd mount completely blocks airflow from the bottom front fan. I removed it and used a bracket velcroed to the bottom of the case. This let the bottom front fan feed air to a shroud-mounted fan under the gpu.
cool 🤯
19:10 do those feet come off? the website shows the height with and without them?
Looks kinda good
Nice review, would have been nice to see a big Eatx mb used but hayho. Do you think it will take a 420 rad front with a 360 rad in the top?
I think that should be possible because the fans mount outside of the front chassis frame.
@@KitGuruJames Thank you, checking bank account....... :-)
I had been eyeballin' this thing's predecessor for a build. Time for it, and that thing is going for $500.
CES happens and I see why. This thing is ready to take its place.
I was disappointed when the signature orange strips were gone, but I see they went with the RGB strip now.
It certainly has all the functionality that had me looking, but the look. Not sure if the black on black hides It's character from the camera, or if seeing it in person will matter. We'll see though.
Those "state of the art" touch buttons will work for 1-2 years and then never again, and cannot be repaired.
Why?
The metal structure on top of the PSU looks flimsy and in fact it got bent at 24:06 when installing the GPU support. Maybe it was a user issue but there's no more room to install the parts in it, it should have better support in that section.
Stunning case in every aspect, Great job be Quiet! Also great presenation and Build by KitGuru
👍
Delightful build as usual. Great and clear descriptions, too. When I first saw the case, I thought, "I bet that has 200mm fans." How wrong I was.
You noted that the case has 8 expansion slots rather than the usual 7; I wonder how this case would fare with a workstation build (Xeon / Threadripper Pro) and four dual-slot GPUs or AI cards? Indeed, I wonder if that extra depth could be used to fit blowers to such cards?
Wireless phone charging seems to me like a gimmick, but then I have the case of this PC in a cupboard, so I'm not in the target market.
You noted the fan hubs built into the fan mounting frames: with fans now themselves clipping together and daisychaining this seems a little too late, and you mentioned that the front frame no longer mated after you used the other holes, so that's pretty useless.
I do have two questions:
First, how does the GPU support bracket affect GPU cooling? It looks like it would cover part of the rear through fan or cooling fins or both on certain cards.
Second, I think you did miss one key question: £380 is a lot of money for a case so how does it compare to competitors like (for example) the Fractal North and Fractal Torrent, or indeed the Fractal Define XL (if you want lots of HDDs or GPUs). And, moving upwards, how about the £450 HAF700 case you reviewed a while back? More simply, why should I spend all that money? Is it really £275 better than a £105 case like the Endorfy or Montech you reviewed recently?
Keep up the good work.
I think you should be able to position the GPU support in a way that it covers cables and doesn't interfere with airflow of through fans with most graphics cards.
The wireless charging is a great feature for someone like me who is at the PC for long periods, forgets to charge my phone overnight and usually needs a phone charge during the day, but often doesn't have a USB cable handy.
£320 is a lot of money for a case for sure. In terms of cooling a basic gaming PC then this probably isn't much more useful than a £100 Endorfy or Montech case.
However if you find the features useful, need tonnes of storage space and/or want to create a big custom cooled build with multiple large radiators then this is great. The flexibility you get with this isn't available in most cheaper case too. But it all depends on what you need from a case I guess.
It's difficult to compare it with any of the other cases you mentioned, the Cooler Master HAF 700 is similar in size but it's designed to appeal to a different taste. This is more for the subtle professional user that needs a high end system. HAF 700 is more of a big showcase type case for showing off your RGBness 😊.
Personally I would choose the Dark Base Pro 901 as it has more useful features for me. My main rig has custom cooling, 4 x 2.5inch SSDs and two 3.5" HDDs so this would work well for me.
@@KitGuruJames Thank you for a thoroughly comprehensive (and comprehensively thorough!) reply.
Damn, this is a quality case. Shame I will never have the money for it :D
Great review! just curious, do you think you can fit a side 360mm AIO and a front 420mm AIO at the same time? Hard to tell if there's room. Also, it looks like most of the fans have filters but not the side mount, is that correct?
I don't think a front 420 and side 360 together would be possible. The side vent has mesh but not a filter as such.
@@KitGuruJames thanks very much, appreciated ! that was what I had concluded mostly but wanted to be sure. Would be handy if BeQuiet put some example combinations that are possible on their site.
@laurencenorah9094 if you choose to put the aio side as an exhaust, you don't need an dust filter anymore right?
@@BrickBazooka no need for a dust filter if you do that.
@@KitGuruJames and should we do that? Mounting an CPU AIO in the side as an exhaust, while having 3x front & 1x bottom fan as intake? I beleave the fresh vented front intake air will sucked away by the side aio exhausting it out :(
i am waiting for the more mundane cases they announced at Computex this year. That Shadow Base 800 really got my attention.
I'm looking forward to the Shadow Base 800 too. Let's hope it comes soon.
This case orlian li o11 dynamic evo xl?
Nice , Nice, Nice as a BeQuiet obsessed fan. NICE
Kinda wish the 900 rev 2 had some of the features of the 901. I personally have a rev 2 900 and I prefer its styling a bit more than on this one. The 901 offers more in terms of features but I prefer the look of the 900
If i want to build a dual Radiator Setup Like you, can i still use 3x140mm Fans in the Front? 😅
The touch switches will be the end of us, both for computers and for automobiles! Instead of having a simple knob to switch fast between the levels you have to touch with your finger an annoying number of times! It's the worst implementation for electronics ever!
as it should be. if i get one. nop. sadly just shipping to here is 200usd plust the cost of the case. yea sadly therere is no rep in the brand locally. the case look impresive. has it all. the back is perfect a space to put all. and the finish is clean. i think the hub need to be check i check the manual that max speed is 1900rpm so anything above is limited to that speed. let see a magic wattercool build later.
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Wow, the noise seems to be pretty high under load. Are you sure about the numbers?
Yes. But that's with AIO fans being allowed to ramp up to 100% duty cycle don't forget.
Touch controls just aren't something I'd want in a case. Having to bend down or the side to see what you're pressing is bad and the lack of tactile feedback doesn't help. If the Pro 901 had physical buttons you could adjust the fan speed by touch, ironically enough. Plus, I'd expect that with touch controls there's greater chance of accidentally pressing a button when trying to unplug/plug in something to the front ports. So it's pointless complexity and cost for me.
Touch controls are a great deal *cheaper*. On the 901 it's just a PCB with traces that are being sampled by the front panel's controller (STM32F401 in this case), with a plastic cover laid on top. You touch an icon on the plastic, this de-tunes the bit of copper behind it, and the controller fires off an event. This is much cheaper than having to machine and align cut-outs for buttons, button caps, switches... the front panel can be off by several millimeters and nobody would notice. With buttons, even a fraction of a mm makes for an uneven gap.
The user experience is as you describe, 100% downgrade. I accidentally set my fans to full blast when unplugging a USB drive, and at the same time sometimes it refuses to register a touch when I want to.
Man i wish o was building a pc right now. I want that case so bad. But cannot justify getting it.
Not a fan of the Anti-Sag GPU bracket pushing down / putting so much preassure on the PSU roof plate.
280mm AiO can not be installed at the top sadly, just like my Silent Base 802. VRM heatsinks on the motherboard are in the way. Sad for such a wide case.
Also, I would switch AiO positions so the GPU is outputting heat out the top and not into the case.
A 280mm AIO should fit at the top no problem. A standard 27-30mm radiator plus 25mm fans will be above the motherboard so will not interfere.
@@KitGuruJames Even the official page omits the 280mm:
Top (mm) 120 / 240 / 360
Front (mm) 120 / 140 / 240 / 280 / 360 / 420
Side (mm) 120 / 240 / 360
Now, maybe it is an error on their part... My Silent Base 802 also looks like it should take the 280mm at the top, but the VRM heatsink and the radiator intersect for a few millimeters. If only Be Quiet made the mounting holes 2-3mm to the left...
@@madant7777yes maybe be quiet omits the 280 as it can't guarantee every 280 will fit. But looking at the clearance around the 360 AIO I fitted in the test system a 280 of the same thickness should fit without too much hassle.
@@KitGuruJames Maybe you could make it a regular point to check if the 280mm really fits at the top 😎
I see that the "anti-sag bracket" is a worthless PoS, this is clearly demonstrated repeatedly during the build @24:00 where it is very clear that the "support" below the "support bracket" is the weak link, and it clearly sags as any force is added to it.!!! In any instance, as has been shown before, if the graphics card backplate is securely connected to the I/O plate then there is almost no sag anyway, thus totally negating the point of these "GPU supports", plus it has to be noted that at this time in the video, the GPU water-cooling cables are twisted, likely wont make any measurable difference, just worth noting... sometimes it's the small things..
I feel sad every time I see a case this side
Not a fan of big cases. However if plenty of space then great
That is one nice case but £300 wow it's a bit expensive
For the money they're asking, keep the glass panel and give me the riser cable. Thank you.
Leo... please buy him an electronic screwdriver! 🤣
Yes Leo, buy me an electric screwdriver. 😂
For that price should have 420mm aio top mount support so basically too small
I don’t know why you don’t just remove the motherboard tray and build outside of the case. For the view I guess
1. Too expensive
2. Glass side panel... not hinged.
3. The GPU anti sag bracket to hide the GPU cables is nice, but still covers a chunk of the GPU.
A nice case, of course it's Be Quiet! But at that price there are a lot of things that I would rather have.
World's biggest anti-sag bracket
if it only has 2 5.25 front drive bay as well as 2.5 front drive bay
So it has got wireless charging. And still no chiller for a can of beer? Better watch YT on your fridge screen then.
Case makers are going crazy trying to sell you more. More of the case, more of the fans, more of random extensions.
Because how does this go? Didn't your phone have a (preferred type of) charger already? Would you really get the case to gain access to wireless charging for the first time?
Now that's an idea, a PC case with beer chiller. I'll buy that.
Hmmm nah ill pass. I have been using Dual chamber cases now like the lianli Evo and Xl, i must say i cant really go back to this type of case its so boring. At the moment i am rocking the Haf 700 Berserker. One of the best airflow case out there.
You really think this case is boring ? 😮 i got excited watching this one
@buyingastairwaytoheaven5252 get out a bit more dude 😅
To me this case is nothing special and even surprising downgrade in pc case design compared to their own 802 - side panels on thumbscrews vs tool-less; more complicated swapping mesh/silence panels or needing to remove front panel to access bottom filter (!). Besides this case is disproportionaly huge compared to it's dissapointing capacity (radiators; drives). For such money man should expect everything being world best. Let's compare 901 to Fractals Define 7/Meshify 2 or to be more fair in terms of size and price, to their XL variants. They massacrate 901 in every regard when costing noticeably less and bq! offering can only defend itself with charger and inverted layout. There're also three better Silent Wings 4, but you could equipp Fracals with them for the price difference. This is what 901 really is - just inverted layout and charger for steep price.
as a be quiet case fan, I must say this is ugly
Since it has a painted chassis, the RF Ground is destroyed!
Without a proper RF Ground return to the PS, any system using this case will leak RF and suffer from power sag.
Real PC cases use bare metal chassis!
Have a look at any system that complies to standards like Lenovo Think Station or even Dell and you will see bare metal chassis for proper grounding.
Total Junk!!!!!!!!!!!!
absolute cobblers.
@@boltsandbraces6261 You should use a more universally understood term, I had to look up what cobblers meant.
I am a electronics engineer with 50 years of experience in witch my comments are based, so like it or not this case is a POS!!!!!!
@@rjrussell63 it’s ‘which’. ‘Witch’ is a magical woman with a crooked nose and green skin who plagues children. I learned that as a kid. Didn’t take me 50 years of experience.
@@rufusmctavish1164 I just came back from an eye exam and can't see worth a shit, but I digress...
But my main point remains, POS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
another trash review, didnt test temperatures of SSD's mounted behind MB, and in HDD cage, at bottom of case :)
i dont like it! too much useless overengineering
Over engineering is never useless, it's just over engineered 😄
Thundra Wise up.
Said no one ever lol 😂
Until you have this caseLike me
One of the worst builds I have seen in the channel, bad hardware selection, worst execution. This case was made to show a 420mm aio and something extra...that radiator without fans on the side... kill me pls... the ram, the aio, the case have RGB.. it will be better tu put welll loking fans... Hopefully you can make it better next time
Better spelling next time 😂
Best visit spec savers 🫣
What are you smoking? Not everyone needs RGB fans to make their penis feel bigger.
Thank you! Love the review as this is the case I am planning on buying for my first-ever custom-loop PC! I am planning on using the EK X360mm Radiators. I wonder if they will have the same issue as you experienced on the side bracket. Can I fit x3 58mm thick radiators in this case?