I like that both beQuiet! and Fractal Design are still releasing great cases with solid panels. I’m already over the novelty of looking at my build and it’s christmas tree mode. Now I want performance, functionality and stealth looks.
I know it"S old but I was really confused about you legend in the video to the video itself. Then I realized the description doesn"t fit either. seems you added the wrong video segments and description to that video
I have a build in this case and i really like the quality of the case and i 100% agree with the psu shroud. I been thinking about modding mine to mount a 360 rad in there.
6:04 you can also mount additional 120/140 on the PSU cover if you uninstall HDD cage and remove the cover above it. EDIT: Ok, nevermind, you mentioned it in the later part. And I don't think it feels wrong or ugly, and it helps a bit with GPU temps I think.
For me the biggest con of this case is the very thin gap between psu shroud and motherboard tray, It's Just not wide enough to route some more chunky cables through it, like USB 3.0 cable. Also one little thing you missed, the side part of PSU shroud is also removable, the one with big Be Quiet!s branding. Helps when dealing with modular PSU cables.
Nice case and nice to have the extras included in a reasonable price. But who is ever going to buy and install 50 SSDs! That is just silly. If you can afford that then you buy a custom case.
sadly all 3 included fans and the connectors on the fan controller are 3pin DC controlled and not 4pin PWM (they really are saving pennies on this one) so you cant set your fan curve as low as you could with PWM fans when your PC is idling
I am also using this case, and I would like to ask how to set the fan to get the best airflow. The original fan was a little weak. Should it be replaced with Arctic bionix f140?
Question: The fans are not pwm, but the case incluse a pcb which has a support up to 6 fans with pwm control. So there's something that I don't get. PWM fans need 4 pins for their motor to regulate the speed basing on the pwm signal. But they do not include pwm fans, and a pwm pcb? Then, they're gonna control the fans as DC fans through voltage and not through pwm, therefore pwm advertising is pure gimmick... What do you think STS?
PWM fans don't need 4 pins to spin. You can also run a PWM fan a 3-pin voltage controlled header. Depending on who or what is controlling the header you can also control a PWM fan with voltage control (aka 3-pin). The same thing wise-vera. The forth pin of a PWM port is just pulse, take it away (given that the controller can jump into DC mode) and you can run a 3-pin fan on a 4-pin header because the other 3 pins do exactly the same thing. And the whole DC vs PWM topic is a bit more complicated than that. Generally (not always), you can control a PWM fan more precisely than a 3-pin fan. + You there are instances where a DC fan will create weird noises once its spinning slow enough. This probably occurs cause the motor can't handle that low voltages. For myself, I just prefer PWM generally. I see no need to keep 3-pin fans alive and we could all just hard-switch the standard that can be controlled the best
Just quickly on the last point: yeah, PWM advertising is kind of a gimmick... it's a way of controlling your fan. And assuming that you have two very high quality fans, one PWM and the other one not, you will not feel any difference.
I like that both beQuiet! and Fractal Design are still releasing great cases with solid panels.
I’m already over the novelty of looking at my build and it’s christmas tree mode. Now I want performance, functionality and stealth looks.
I like the fan Controller 👍 This is a great idea
I know it"S old but I was really confused about you legend in the video to the video itself. Then I realized the description doesn"t fit either. seems you added the wrong video segments and description to that video
I have a build in this case and i really like the quality of the case and i 100% agree with the psu shroud. I been thinking about modding mine to mount a 360 rad in there.
6:04 you can also mount additional 120/140 on the PSU cover if you uninstall HDD cage and remove the cover above it. EDIT: Ok, nevermind, you mentioned it in the later part. And I don't think it feels wrong or ugly, and it helps a bit with GPU temps I think.
For me the biggest con of this case is the very thin gap between psu shroud and motherboard tray, It's Just not wide enough to route some more chunky cables through it, like USB 3.0 cable.
Also one little thing you missed, the side part of PSU shroud is also removable, the one with big Be Quiet!s branding. Helps when dealing with modular PSU cables.
Great review - thank you!
will be nice to see some temp and noise test with this nice case
Nice case and nice to have the extras included in a reasonable price. But who is ever going to buy and install 50 SSDs! That is just silly. If you can afford that then you buy a custom case.
11:35 What size of that three???
sadly all 3 included fans and the connectors on the fan controller are 3pin DC controlled and not 4pin PWM (they really are saving pennies on this one) so you cant set your fan curve as low as you could with PWM fans when your PC is idling
I have mine set on 500 rpm using bios curve. The hotter it gets inside the higher rpm on the fans
If it supports 3 140mm fans at the top then why doesn't it also support a 420mm rad at the top?
How can I mount on this case (BGW40) the NZXT Z73 with 3 extra Fans on the other side of the radiator ?!
Do you recommend this case over the 900?
But is it quieter than the 900 rev.2 ?
I am also using this case, and I would like to ask how to set the fan to get the best airflow. The original fan was a little weak. Should it be replaced with Arctic bionix f140?
Question: The fans are not pwm, but the case incluse a pcb which has a support up to 6 fans with pwm control. So there's something that I don't get. PWM fans need 4 pins for their motor to regulate the speed basing on the pwm signal. But they do not include pwm fans, and a pwm pcb? Then, they're gonna control the fans as DC fans through voltage and not through pwm, therefore pwm advertising is pure gimmick... What do you think STS?
PWM fans don't need 4 pins to spin. You can also run a PWM fan a 3-pin voltage controlled header. Depending on who or what is controlling the header you can also control a PWM fan with voltage control (aka 3-pin).
The same thing wise-vera. The forth pin of a PWM port is just pulse, take it away (given that the controller can jump into DC mode) and you can run a 3-pin fan on a 4-pin header because the other 3 pins do exactly the same thing.
And the whole DC vs PWM topic is a bit more complicated than that. Generally (not always), you can control a PWM fan more precisely than a 3-pin fan. + You there are instances where a DC fan will create weird noises once its spinning slow enough. This probably occurs cause the motor can't handle that low voltages.
For myself, I just prefer PWM generally. I see no need to keep 3-pin fans alive and we could all just hard-switch the standard that can be controlled the best
Just quickly on the last point: yeah, PWM advertising is kind of a gimmick... it's a way of controlling your fan. And assuming that you have two very high quality fans, one PWM and the other one not, you will not feel any difference.