Been using this case for a month and this case is everything I need for a long long time. Not only I took advantage of almost every space for the fans, but also added good 'ol CD-ROM in an odd bracket space for it. This case is a game changer. Unfortunately can't use wireless phone charging space, since I use A54.
Here in Germany, the case is often on sale for 249 € incl. shipping. If you consider that 3 premium fans worth 75 € are pre-installed, the price is perfectly fine for me. But I wouldn't want to pay 329 € either. Thanks for the video
I just finished my build with this case, not too happy... Yes, it's well built, heavy, with lots of room for custom building and water cooling, but for over 330.00 dollars I expected a little more, nothing too spectacular here. Well, maybe the wireless phone charger that will never be used due to the location of the pc. The fans are not wireless! There is some wiring you need to do. I wish be quiet had its own fan and RGB hub. I do not want my temps or fan speed to be controlled by the case. I ended up buying a CORSAIR iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT Smart RGB Lighting Fan Speed Controller. Works great for controlling fan speed curves, but is not compatible with the RGB light wiring from be quiet without some modding ;). I found that I can fit a total of 11 fans within this case. 3-140mm on the top 3-140mm in the front 1-140mm in the back 1-140mm on the bottom 3-120mm inside the case - not used in my build With a little modding, you can fit a 420mm radiator on the top. You will lose the fan bracket but you can get it to fit. They could have easily added the ability to do this. The GPU stand will scratch the heck out of your case be careful, they should have used some protection on the magnets, I used tape. The stand will also hit some fans on your GPU, just be mindful of where the bottom support lands. I opted not to use this and went with another alternative from EZDIY-FAB PCIe 4.0 GPU Mount Bracket Graphic Card Holder Multi-Angle Adjustment. Removable motherboard trays are always a win. PLEASE check the standoffs before securing your motherboard to the chassis. I found two standoffs that were not drilled and tapped and had to remove the board and replace the standoffs. The removable PCI bracket is great, however, I would have liked to see the ability to remove the PCI bracket without removing the motherboard. This would be a pain in case you wanted to change the look of your graphics card and nothing else. I have been a big fan of be quiet and was excited to get this case. but that excitement went away rather quickly. Nothing spectacular about this case. Nothing jumps out to me saying this is a quality case other than the price. The instructions were lacking. I want detailed instructions, I want to know what every wire, screw, and accessory is and where it goes. Slightly disappointed in this case. RMA coming.
Thanks for sharing your own experience with it! Your thoughts on the GPU stand are absolutely right, and I completely agree. My unit (as of now) did not (yet) suffer from any scratches, and to be honest, I have no clue why. In another video you can see how brutally I was using it due to the octopus not really fitting in that well. But no, no scratches yet. But just a question here, why the RMA service? Nothing in your comment suggested that something was broken? Correct me if I'm wrong here but I believed RMA is exclusively for wrongly send or defective products? Not a no-ask return policy?
@@STSYT Just not happy with it. Not what I was expecting. Nothing physically wrong with it. A return merchandise authorization (RMA) has already been issued as a means to track the merchandise. You are allotted a certain amount of days for a return. as long as you follow the sellers guidelines.
You had better buy the aquaero LT or the 6 Pro from Aquacomputer.The best and the most powerfull fanhub you can get.I use everything from Aquacomputer i have use it already for 6 year had never a problem with it.2x D5 pomps on one headher i use 4 D5 poms and 10 fans. And if you take the OCTO with it you can connect in total use 26 fans or more (daischan) also a low cpu usage.Corsair Commander sucks
thanks for your video. I have everything you have here. I also dont want to invert the layout. You chose to put the CPU AIO in the top. But you could have put the AIO in the side - maybe as an exhaust - cause there was no dust filter included for the side fans. dont you think that wouldve been better for overall temperatures? of course with 4x fans out at top & rear, and 4x fans in at top and bottom
I still use my 900 Pro as a gaming/htpc/data repository (it holds 3 m.2 SSDs, 4 mechanical hard drives, an RTX 4090, etc. completely comfortably) and it's pretty great, if a bit fiddly to work in as noted in this video. I have no need to upgrade to the 901, but it looks pretty great! If I was in the market for a replacement this would be it.
Great video as always :) I would like to know your opinion on be quiet silent loop 360 vs arctic liquid II 360 :) im still unusure what to use on build...i want to keep it quiet as possible :D im planing going on 7800x3d cuz of am5 future upgreades and xtx 7900 or rtx 4080 not sure about gpu still :) i wont touch 4090 only cuz of burning adapters and i am afraid :D
Before we started doing the tests using different workloads, I would have been Team Arctic, but know I know that the silent loop 360 (using regular fans), turns out to be better once you push the load high enough. For you GPU, unsure, there are quite a lot of comparisons out there, just look at the results for the games you're playing :)
I have the 900rev 2 and think it's the cat's meow! I put all the fans as intakes and put one in the basement, I have 4 bays filled and replaced the CD portion with a 4 bay SSD and hotswap HDD. Lots of room for everything I want. Easy to build in. Strong metal, nothing cheap about it. But BeQuiet! does like to improve and I suppose all the improvements are worthwhile. I do like the simpler fan brackets.
I agree on a lot there, but not about the easy to build in part. The 900rev 2 was definitely a monster considering when it came out. But compared to even a Silent Base, the build process is a night and day thing. The Dark Base 901 is a lot like the original 900 rev2, just a lot easier to built in. And of course the fan brackets. The fan brackets are just awesome.
The only thing the 900rev 2 have not so many space on the backside and i have a corsair AX100i PSU.For the rest the 900rev 2 is beautiful case.But i go for the Dark Base Pro 901.
I'm about to build a pc like this. The case is the same but in addition to having a 360mm radiator I have one more for the GPU with 260mm. I am having doubts where to install both. Should I put the CPU radiator at the front and the GPU radiator at the top or vice versa? Or the CPU radiator on top and the GPU on the side, taking advantage of the two existing fans on the front? suggestions are accepted. And one more question. How to put the fans and argb controls contoled by the case and bios simultaneously? Nice video. 👌
I have the original dark base pro 900 and watching this makes me want to switch 🤩 I'm just wondering if I would be able to fit my existing custom radiator configuration and if by chance I could even add another one 👀 I have two Hardware Labs Balck Ice radiators, a 420 mm in the front (452 x 146 x 29.6) and a 360 mm in the top (398 x 126 x 54.0). If the Dark Base 901 can take those two AND an additional slim 360 at the back it would be my new dream case 😍 edit : just watched the kitguru review, they have a 360 at the top and it looks soooo small. maybe this case can take a 420 at the top, a slim 420 at the front and a slim 360 at the back 😍😍
I just got this case and the only issues I have found is by installing 420mm radiator in the front of the case the water tubes from the bottom makes it imposible to put the cover on and because I chose inverted design when I tried making the tubes go from the top it would not reach the CPU. And the last gripe is the rubber pads on the bottom are glued with cheap glue and have slid off I miss the Corsair quality where the rubber feet are held in by a screw.
I got rid of my Phanteks P600s because my Silent Wings 4 140mms created turbulence noise behind the front fan bracket. Now I'm the market for a new case and this Dark base Pro 901 ticks most of the boxes. Do you know if the spacers with the Dark Base Pro 901 prevent the turbulence issue?
It's not a 100% sure thing, I had a look at the Phanteks P600 and how the fans are mounted there. Using the spacers, you'll create a significantly bigger gap, so it might actually help compared to where you're coming from. In total there are 3x sets, two pre-installed and one spare in the box of goodies
Cons from my POV : lack of second 5,25 '' bay for 3.5 inch HDD hot swap tray due this unnecessary charger , 420 mm AIO won't fit on the top No PSU window for display like Asus-Thor or Giagabyte P1200 no hinges for side glass wide darkened frames in side glass
Just ordered a 901, and only just realised you only get two hard drive cages with this, wheras 900 you got 7, wth?!!! I need to stack hard drives in there, thats why I wanted a large case. Oh and you have to buy them extra, and of course they are not being sold in the UK?!
This case is almost perfect. Why almost? Because of the side panels. For this kind of money, we should be able to choose between tempered glass and solid. Or at least put hinges and a handle, like the older and cheaper MSI Sekira 500. For anyone who owns it: is the 5.25" still usable after mounting 3 x 140 mm fans in the front?
Couple of catches if you use the 5.25" bay for a DVD/Bluray drive 1. You would be limited to 2 x 140mm. So, the answer to your question is, no as pointed about by @DVTHEFOX. 2. More to consider - You will have to move any HDDs (if you have them) to the fan section on the side. This also prevents using fans on that side (unless you custom mod). So, there's a tradeoff. I would've really liked for them to make a single side panel that could take a mix of fans and HDDs, according to preference, with some adapter/converter. For example, they could make a HDD cage that mounts to 120mm fan mount. With a case so modular, this would've been the last change I would've recommended.
@@bjyoungblood As for me i am considering on keeping the DVD and put an HDD at the top bay from the side, then put 3 fans at the top for a lot of exhaust, and if i decide up then i could just buy an external DVD/BR recorder and put the HDD at the bottom and a 3rd fan at the front I don't think i'd need 3 more fans on the side if there's 3 intake ones etc
@8:57 10 fans, 3 in the front 3 on top 1 in back.......isn't 10. I assume the others are the 2 or 3 on the side vent and possible the one mount under the front of psu shroud @12:40 But why? Even if you don't use optical drives (I do) it gives you a universal bay to put just about anything you could want from a pump and temp controller to a media card reader to any other specialized equipment...hell, put in a fancy pants lcd and have nyan cat greet those who dare look inside
A 4K ripping machine if I ever saw one. I love this case.
Been using this case for a month and this case is everything I need for a long long time. Not only I took advantage of almost every space for the fans, but also added good 'ol CD-ROM in an odd bracket space for it.
This case is a game changer. Unfortunately can't use wireless phone charging space, since I use A54.
Glad to hear you're happy with your choice!
Can you put 3 140mm fans at the FRONT while the DVD drive is inserted below?
Nah, not a chance I kept those two 140mm fans in the front. @@DVTHEFOX
Yes, u can
13:20 sad little optical drive 🥺 is this how floppy drives felt in the 2000s, I wonder. 😁
Or the room-sized Hard Drive after the 60s
such a popular case.... it's got a lot of fans.............
Here in Germany, the case is often on sale for 249 € incl. shipping.
If you consider that 3 premium fans worth 75 € are pre-installed, the price is perfectly fine for me. But I wouldn't want to pay 329 € either.
Thanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great vid, thanks for the great review!
I wish i had gotten this case instead of the be-quiet dark base pro rev2 one. I'm glad be quiet is making full-tower case though
i want shadow base review…. when will you upload that xD
Not available yet
Not as in, I can't upload it, as in I don't have it ^^
8:11 the "fantasy" joke had me rolling XD love your hilarious stuff
Glad you like our content!
I just finished my build with this case, not too happy... Yes, it's well built, heavy, with lots of room for custom building and water cooling, but for over 330.00 dollars I expected a little more, nothing too spectacular here. Well, maybe the wireless phone charger that will never be used due to the location of the pc.
The fans are not wireless! There is some wiring you need to do. I wish be quiet had its own fan and RGB hub. I do not want my temps or fan speed to be controlled by the case. I ended up buying a CORSAIR iCUE COMMANDER CORE XT Smart RGB Lighting Fan Speed Controller. Works great for controlling fan speed curves, but is not compatible with the RGB light wiring from be quiet without some modding ;).
I found that I can fit a total of 11 fans within this case.
3-140mm on the top
3-140mm in the front
1-140mm in the back
1-140mm on the bottom
3-120mm inside the case - not used in my build
With a little modding, you can fit a 420mm radiator on the top. You will lose the fan bracket but you can get it to fit. They could have easily added the ability to do this.
The GPU stand will scratch the heck out of your case be careful, they should have used some protection on the magnets, I used tape. The stand will also hit some fans on your GPU, just be mindful of where the bottom support lands. I opted not to use this and went with another alternative from EZDIY-FAB PCIe 4.0 GPU Mount Bracket Graphic Card Holder Multi-Angle Adjustment.
Removable motherboard trays are always a win. PLEASE check the standoffs before securing your motherboard to the chassis. I found two standoffs that were not drilled and tapped and had to remove the board and replace the standoffs.
The removable PCI bracket is great, however, I would have liked to see the ability to remove the PCI bracket without removing the motherboard. This would be a pain in case you wanted to change the look of your graphics card and nothing else.
I have been a big fan of be quiet and was excited to get this case. but that excitement went away rather quickly. Nothing spectacular about this case. Nothing jumps out to me saying this is a quality case other than the price. The instructions were lacking. I want detailed instructions, I want to know what every wire, screw, and accessory is and where it goes.
Slightly disappointed in this case. RMA coming.
Thanks for sharing your own experience with it!
Your thoughts on the GPU stand are absolutely right, and I completely agree. My unit (as of now) did not (yet) suffer from any scratches, and to be honest, I have no clue why. In another video you can see how brutally I was using it due to the octopus not really fitting in that well. But no, no scratches yet.
But just a question here, why the RMA service? Nothing in your comment suggested that something was broken? Correct me if I'm wrong here but I believed RMA is exclusively for wrongly send or defective products? Not a no-ask return policy?
@@STSYT Just not happy with it. Not what I was expecting. Nothing physically wrong with it. A return merchandise authorization (RMA) has already been issued as a means to track the merchandise. You are allotted a certain amount of days for a return. as long as you follow the sellers guidelines.
You had better buy the aquaero LT or the 6 Pro from Aquacomputer.The best and the most powerfull fanhub you can get.I use everything from Aquacomputer i have use it already for 6 year had never a problem with it.2x D5 pomps on one headher i use 4 D5 poms and 10 fans.
And if you take the OCTO with it you can connect in total use 26 fans or more (daischan) also a low cpu usage.Corsair Commander sucks
thanks for your video. I have everything you have here. I also dont want to invert the layout.
You chose to put the CPU AIO in the top. But you could have put the AIO in the side - maybe as an exhaust - cause there was no dust filter included for the side fans. dont you think that wouldve been better for overall temperatures? of course with 4x fans out at top & rear, and 4x fans in at top and bottom
it is beautiful. Building a custom loop in it must be fun :)
New researchers have improved optics capacity, to 120gb Blu-ray to 100,000 gb, so~ optical units are not dead yet, this is just the beginning.
I use the 5.25" bay for a 4 SSDs dock by ICY DOCK and yes, this is gold!!
This case is my favorite case i have ever had.
It’s definitely in the Channel top-5.
If we ever do a top-x list, this one got a spot
I still use my 900 Pro as a gaming/htpc/data repository (it holds 3 m.2 SSDs, 4 mechanical hard drives, an RTX 4090, etc. completely comfortably) and it's pretty great, if a bit fiddly to work in as noted in this video. I have no need to upgrade to the 901, but it looks pretty great! If I was in the market for a replacement this would be it.
Great video as always :) I would like to know your opinion on be quiet silent loop 360 vs arctic liquid II 360 :) im still unusure what to use on build...i want to keep it quiet as possible :D im planing going on 7800x3d cuz of am5 future upgreades and xtx 7900 or rtx 4080 not sure about gpu still :) i wont touch 4090 only cuz of burning adapters and i am afraid :D
Before we started doing the tests using different workloads, I would have been Team Arctic, but know I know that the silent loop 360 (using regular fans), turns out to be better once you push the load high enough.
For you GPU, unsure, there are quite a lot of comparisons out there, just look at the results for the games you're playing :)
the 7900xtx is better if you dont care about raytracing compared to the 4080 but its alreade one month, what did you buy?
@@robinspanier7017 got 7900 xtx black merc xfx and its great :) playing on 2k so im good for new games to come
I have the 900rev 2 and think it's the cat's meow!
I put all the fans as intakes and put one in the basement, I have 4 bays filled and replaced the CD portion with a 4 bay SSD and hotswap HDD.
Lots of room for everything I want.
Easy to build in.
Strong metal, nothing cheap about it.
But BeQuiet! does like to improve and I suppose all the improvements are worthwhile. I do like the simpler fan brackets.
I agree on a lot there, but not about the easy to build in part. The 900rev 2 was definitely a monster considering when it came out. But compared to even a Silent Base, the build process is a night and day thing.
The Dark Base 901 is a lot like the original 900 rev2, just a lot easier to built in.
And of course the fan brackets.
The fan brackets are just awesome.
The only thing the 900rev 2 have not so many space on the backside and i have a corsair AX100i PSU.For the rest the 900rev 2 is beautiful case.But i go for the Dark Base Pro 901.
A very detailed, helpful review.
Is it better to get this one or the Shadow Base 800 FX with nicer looks and the ability to mount a 420 on top?
I'm about to build a pc like this. The case is the same but in addition to having a 360mm radiator I have one more for the GPU with 260mm. I am having doubts where to install both. Should I put the CPU radiator at the front and the GPU radiator at the top or vice versa? Or the CPU radiator on top and the GPU on the side, taking advantage of the two existing fans on the front? suggestions are accepted. And one more question. How to put the fans and argb controls contoled by the case and bios simultaneously? Nice video. 👌
I have the original dark base pro 900 and watching this makes me want to switch 🤩
I'm just wondering if I would be able to fit my existing custom radiator configuration and if by chance I could even add another one 👀
I have two Hardware Labs Balck Ice radiators, a 420 mm in the front (452 x 146 x 29.6) and a 360 mm in the top (398 x 126 x 54.0). If the Dark Base 901 can take those two AND an additional slim 360 at the back it would be my new dream case 😍
edit : just watched the kitguru review, they have a 360 at the top and it looks soooo small.
maybe this case can take a 420 at the top, a slim 420 at the front and a slim 360 at the back 😍😍
Your plan should work, but you can slap some relatively thick ones in there, no need to go slim
@@STSYT amazing news ! Thanks for the answer 👍
If money is no issue, would you recommend having both front and side fans on this case?
I just got this case and the only issues I have found is by installing 420mm radiator in the front of the case the water tubes from the bottom makes it imposible to put the cover on and because I chose inverted design when I tried making the tubes go from the top it would not reach the CPU. And the last gripe is the rubber pads on the bottom are glued with cheap glue and have slid off I miss the Corsair quality where the rubber feet are held in by a screw.
I hope they make a version that isn't as big as a NYC apartment
This either says a lot about the case or NYC apartments. I'm not sure which one it is though
Would you say it's an upgrade over the Coolermaster HAF700 Evo? I hope not but I do love BQ in general.
Never had any HAF case until now, don't wanna make any assumptions here
How does it compare to COOLER MASTER Cosmos C700P? When it comes to silence especially?
I got rid of my Phanteks P600s because my Silent Wings 4 140mms created turbulence noise behind the front fan bracket. Now I'm the market for a new case and this Dark base Pro 901 ticks most of the boxes. Do you know if the spacers with the Dark Base Pro 901 prevent the turbulence issue?
Yeah, but they are only included for those 2 fans in the front. I took the liberty to remove them and mounted my radiator in there.
It's not a 100% sure thing, I had a look at the Phanteks P600 and how the fans are mounted there. Using the spacers, you'll create a significantly bigger gap, so it might actually help compared to where you're coming from.
In total there are 3x sets, two pre-installed and one spare in the box of goodies
Cons from my POV : lack of second 5,25 '' bay for 3.5 inch HDD hot swap tray
due this unnecessary charger , 420 mm AIO won't fit on the top
No PSU window for display like Asus-Thor or Giagabyte P1200
no hinges for side glass
wide darkened frames in side glass
Hey Be Quiet! Time to do a mitx case :D.
be quiet! Tiny Base 301
No reset button?
DVD who ?
I don't particularly miss the old ripped dvd times
Just ordered a 901, and only just realised you only get two hard drive cages with this, wheras 900 you got 7, wth?!!! I need to stack hard drives in there, thats why I wanted a large case. Oh and you have to buy them extra, and of course they are not being sold in the UK?!
What did ya ended up doing?
@@DVTHEFOX had to buy them separately. about $25 each I think
Where would you install a 420mm AIO? Can you it on the side?
Front.
According to other comments, the top might do it too with some force.
The side is for 120s only
@@STSYT thanks!
@@STSYT what is the coolest case I can use a 420 AIO in where I do not have to compromise in your opinion?
Looking at it as an alternative for the garbage 900
I wouldn’t advise you to work in the Product-Line Management field.
Or in PR.
Maybe dbrand is something for you
@@STSYT that stupid PSU shroud...
Where is the reset button? How to reset PC?
There isn't. You must hold the power button a few secs...
This case is almost perfect. Why almost? Because of the side panels. For this kind of money, we should be able to choose between tempered glass and solid. Or at least put hinges and a handle, like the older and cheaper MSI Sekira 500.
For anyone who owns it: is the 5.25" still usable after mounting 3 x 140 mm fans in the front?
No because it covers the slot
Couple of catches if you use the 5.25" bay for a DVD/Bluray drive
1. You would be limited to 2 x 140mm. So, the answer to your question is, no as pointed about by @DVTHEFOX.
2. More to consider - You will have to move any HDDs (if you have them) to the fan section on the side. This also prevents using fans on that side (unless you custom mod). So, there's a tradeoff. I would've really liked for them to make a single side panel that could take a mix of fans and HDDs, according to preference, with some adapter/converter. For example, they could make a HDD cage that mounts to 120mm fan mount. With a case so modular, this would've been the last change I would've recommended.
@@bjyoungblood As for me i am considering on keeping the DVD and put an HDD at the top bay from the side, then put 3 fans at the top for a lot of exhaust, and if i decide up then i could just buy an external DVD/BR recorder and put the HDD at the bottom and a 3rd fan at the front
I don't think i'd need 3 more fans on the side if there's 3 intake ones etc
@8:57
10 fans, 3 in the front 3 on top 1 in back.......isn't 10. I assume the others are the 2 or 3 on the side vent and possible the one mount under the front of psu shroud
@12:40
But why? Even if you don't use optical drives (I do) it gives you a universal bay to put just about anything you could want from a pump and temp controller to a media card reader to any other specialized equipment...hell, put in a fancy pants lcd and have nyan cat greet those who dare look inside
Cool ideas at play here, but around 400 USD is insane. Not worth it.
It's quite pricy in general, yes. But damn 400usd is quite the chunk. Here it's more like 280€
13:20 if I want to install an ODD and 3x sw4 140mm in the front , it doesn't fit? Or do you mean losing 420 radiator support only
The former
A case with a disk drive slot, i will condider it
Interesting to see that this can be someone's priority
I really would like this in white. Do you have any experience in spray painting a case? Would that be a pain to do?
"Like" if you want to know the story about how mobile glass was cracked (Is it display´s crystal or case´s glass).