The Most Modular Case Yet! - DARK BASE 900 Pro
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,427 words · ~7 min read
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I'll be honest in the past I wasn't exactly all that enthused by be quiet!
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cases they were kind of boring and simplistic in my opinion I'm not saying
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they weren't good and if they were your thing I mean hey you do you man I'm here
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to review not judge and this may be the most modular case that I've ever seen
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like seriously everything moves but I'll
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get into that later I guess judging is kind of part of the reviewing process
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but let's not worry about that just roll the intro
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int skull Canyon knck features a sixth generation core i7 processor and
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Thunderbolt 3 learn more at the link in the video description down below okay so
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as with all of my case reviews let's start with the front and it's brushed
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aluminum door which opens by simply pressing the top leftand corner so I
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suggest doing that with some sort of cloth or even sticking an adhesive pad
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on the corner so you don't stain it with your finger oils it's brushed aluminum
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that is a problem it is quite frustrating to deal with as with all
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brushed aluminum but it does look great
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as David has said they should almost call it be careful instead of be quiet! I
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thought that was kind of funny but and that's why I'm wearing these gloves it makes handling the case much more easy
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on the reverse side of the door there is also some noise dampening materials
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which does kind of fit the be quiet! name a little better revealed by the door and
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starting at the top is a fan speed controller switch and an LED switch
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featured only on the pro model two 5 and
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1/4in Bays so you can install Optical drives to use as drink holders an easily
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removable fan filter for your front fans
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and a giant pull tab to remove a the fan
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filter for the entirety of the bottom of the case including the power supply away
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at the back also note that you need to remove this large fan filter in order to
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take off the front of the case or you'll end up in a funny situation the top
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features a chi charging area the pro model and in terms of I/O you've got two
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USB 2.0 two USB 3.0 ports headphone and
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microphone jacks a large set power button and a small reset button along
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with a drive activity led the bottom is a continuation of the brushed aluminum
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and features some large feet to pick the case up off the ground which at first
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seems a little weird because there's no venting on the bottom but it is intended
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to get the side mounted venting up out of the carpet so that the bottom of the
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case can breathe that that way the left side panel is the now surprisingly
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common one giant piece of tempered glass and is buffered from some scratches by
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mounting on rubber wrapped thread points the right side panel is basically one
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large blank surface of plastic that features some awesomely captive thumb
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screws but there is a removable panel that features a fan filter and two 120
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mm fan mounting points just in case you really love buying fans and that brings
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us to the inside the back of the motherboard tray features feur a
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satisfactory amount of cable management zap strap Loops a single 2 and 1/2 in
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Drive Mount which is too narrow for comfort as fitting in a few different
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ssds was legitimately problematic for some of them the pro version of the fan
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and LED controller which features four three pin fan connectors and four four
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pin fan connectors along with two LED strip connectors to go along with the
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two included rigid LED strips and then
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everything else moves oh my God even the
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previously men side panels can swap which side they're on the motherboard
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can flip over to the other side of the case or even be raised or lowered the
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hard drive cage which features up to seven Drive slots Each of which can hold
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one full-size hard drive or two ssds if
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you are so inclined and yeah it can even change what side it's on too even the at
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first weird looking internal Power Supply Mount makes more sense once you
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realize it can slide back and forth hell
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yeah uh H anyways almost nothing on the
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inside of the case is in a permanent position this would allow you to have
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your computer on the other side of your desk or have the front pointed away from
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you but still have the internals shown in through all of their Glory through
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that tempered glass side panel two gripes that I do have though are one due
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to the excessive amount of thumb screws on the back of the hard drive stack
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you'll have a hard time properly using a right angle SATA cable here and due to
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the cable management hole positioning and standoff height for the motherboard
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they're not great to use there either which might cause some problems and
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installing the power supply is a pane four screws for the side panels four
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screws for the power supply itself and then an additional eight screws for the
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side mounts for the power supply and if you're doing a PSU Swap and have a tall
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screwdriver potentially another two for your graphics card or even more if you
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have other various addin cards this totals to 32 screw operations compared
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to the standard 16 seems like not a big
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deal but it's kind of annoying moving on once you decide where it all goes out of
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what I think is a total of six logical positions you can then get to cooling it
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it comes with three silent Wings three 140 mm fans but you can expand on that
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with a up to 360 or 420 mm rad in the
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top and front of the case a 120 or 140
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mm rad in the back and a 140 or 280 rad
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in the bottom and the fan mounts to boot you've got basically whatever options
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you may want which may be a little Overkill considering modern computer
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components don't even really generate that much heat but you do you man a note
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here as well is that in order to remove the top of the case you will need to as
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it says on page 49 of the manual Frist remove the front panel wherever they
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could they included more of that noise dampening foam Quality Construction from
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a German computer hardware company insanely modular computer to the nth
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degree ability to house pretty much whatever you want especially on the
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cooling side of things and speed controls and lighting features to match
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a bit of an advanced case that will take some time in planning and maybe a little
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bit of frustration but I say it's a step in the right direction although I do
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think a power supply basement of some sort may have won over a few more Hearts
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as seeing all of those cables just laying there feels a little like the old
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days although you might have gotten some more mileage out of it with some black sleeved cables all right guys thanks for
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watching like it if you liked it dislike if you disliked it and you're were like whoa that was a lot of sarcasm in one
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video don't worry about it I don't really know why that happened it just
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did me actually it looks beautiful once
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you're done it is just a little bit frustrating to build in anyways if
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you're wondering what to do next you can go to the Forum and discuss this case or
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various other thing with a plethora of other internet people you can check not
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this product or others on Amazon and you can buy a t-shirt which isn't this one
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this one's kind of cute and stuff but we don't sell it so that's probably fine
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check out this video up here which is something else from be quiet! which will
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mean that it's probably an old
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video I'm going to just leave now