Be Quiet Pure Base 500DX Review

Complete System

Fitting a system inside this case was about as easy as can be. It’s basically, well, literally the same interior as the “old” 500 case from be quiet! and that’s a good thing. It was a great case then, and they’ve simply improved it with better airflow, better I/O, and more fans. It does look great though, and you can see that the plentiful cable routing options are paying off big time.

There’s loads of room for an ATX motherboard, but as you may have seen in our YouTube build, it’ll take an E-ATX too. Plus, there’s good spacing around the motherboard so that fans don’t conflict with VRM and other components.

The airflow is excellent right out of the box thanks to the trilogy of 140mm be quiet! fans. It’s set up with one in and two out, so you’ll get a negative air pressure. I prefer to use more positive air pressure, so I’d move two fans to the front, one rear, and leave the top passive, but again, I like that I have that option and don’t need to purchase any more fans.

Towards the front, there’s loads of room here for an even longer GPU, and you’ll still have room to spare for a radiator if you desire a liquid-cooled setup.

Moving back to the outside of the case, we can see that tempered glass window is super clear, allowing you to show off every detail of your build. Good job we got that cable management done right!

However, what really stands out from the case is that stunning ARGB lighting. With the interior light bathing the case in colour, and the front strip lights matching that.

The front panel looks amazing with the lights off actually, but really gets taken to the next level with it on.

I’m not an ARGB fanatic, but as an assent, it’s superb.

Of course, you can set a range of effects, fades, transitions, rainbow, whatever too.

Personally, I’d set mind to a single colour and leave it, but that’s the joys of ARGB, you can do what you want with it really.