DeepCool CL500 High-Airflow Mid-Tower PC Case Review
Peter Donnell / 4 years ago
Complete System
The DeepCool CL500 is a lovely case to work with, and there really is a lot of space to play around with on the interior. It’s designed for ATX motherboards, however, because there are no awkward shapes and lumps in there, I was able to fit an E-ATX motherboard with ease. It did cover the main cable routing grommets, but there are vertical pass-throughs above and below the motherboard that accommodated everything with ease.
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There’s a handy vertical GPU power cable in the shroud, allowing a shorter cable run for the graphics card. Of course, you have room for a multi-GPU configuration if you desire, and there’s enough width that you could likely fit those chunky new 3000 series cards.
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There’s a handy GPU support bracket here to help with GPU droop. It could do with being a tiny bit longer so I can lift the front corner of the card, not the rear, but honestly, it still gets the job done.
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CPU cooler clearance is excellent, and the best and brightest in the Noctua range fit with ease. There’s still room to spare to and I suspect even a D15S would fit in here. You also have that rear 120mm fan pulling heat out of the system.
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There’s still good access to the CPU power cables too, I struggle to access them in many cases, but not today!
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Plus, you still get good clearance overall from the top of the case, where you could fit slim radiators easily enough.
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The passive airflow in this case is awesome, even with no fans, there’s a good pull through from the hardware fans. Of course, if you really want to, you could put some high airflow fans, but don’t expect to reach a positive pressure with such high airflow.
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Overall, it’s a gorgeous looking case for those who want a clean and simple case to work with. You get a huge amount of airflow but remember it’ll come at the cost of noise suppression, so pick components carefully.
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