be quiet!Pure Base 600 ATX Midi Tower PC Case| 2 Pre-Installed Pure Wings Fans | Black | BG021

This is a review for the be quiet! Pure Base 501 Black ATX Case (Non Air-flow version, solid front).I wanted a subtle looking case without lights that was roomy and quiet for my PC build. I used this case with an ASRock X870E Nova WiFi ATX Motherboard, XFX 9070XT GPU, AMD 9950X3D CPU with Noctua NH-D15 fans and a 1,200W EVGA Power Supply. Everything fit perfectly.My PC sits about 3' from me on the floor. Unless I am playing a game, I want my PC to be virtually silent. This case has 2 super quiet 140mm fans pre-installed. With the Noctua CPU fans and a slightly adjusted GPU fan curve my PC is mostly silent unless I am playing a game. The case provides ample airflow and I never have heat issues, even when the room reaches 75° on the hotter days. The CPU and GPU never reach their max TDP which is all I really care about these days.The case provides an excellent array of cable management options and routes allowing you to run and tuck nearly every cable so it looks neat and tidy and keeps airflow unrestricted. The backside has several cable tie locations so you can keep everything neat and secured. If you have 2.5" SSD hard drives, they mount out of sight on the back panel with a well thought-out cable path.The front panel comes with USB 3.2 Gen. 2 ports which was rather difficult to find (at the time) for the price and quality of this case. I also really like the 45° angle of the front panel and the solid feeling larger power button. The USB ports feel snug and not flimsy so they should last a long time as I use them almost daily.If you're looking for a no non-sense, quiet case for your next PC build and you don't care about lights this is an excellent case. The quality and features are top notch and it feels like it'll hold up for several years’ worth of component upgrades.

This case is spacious, thoughtfully designed, and designed to keep cool air flowing in from almost all directions. As the name implies, it is also extremely quiet (actually silent), but third party fans or coolers may add a bit of noise. It is simple, which in my opinion is exactly what the main unit should be - no flashing rainbow LEDs that distract from your monitor. Excellent case for the money.

One of the better cases I've worked with. I needed to build a workstation for virtualization testing, and I didn't want some glow in the dark neon case with windows - I just wanted an easy to work on, solid case with good cable management that could keep things cool without making a ton of noise. I didn't have experience with this brand, but I'm very pleased so far. The case fans are quiet, the cables can all be routed and tucked nicely behind the board mount and the side panels have heavy foam insulation. I was able to mount a liquid cooler radiator very easily and it keeps my older Xeon processor very cool. Barely even hear it running under my desk, which is exactly what I wanted.

I have always been a fan of Fractal cases for their quality and used them exclusively for my own builds. I am a very sound conscious person so my last case that this Be Quiet has now replaced was the Define 7 Mini. I think it's a great case, but it was a hot box for sure and caused me concern for my components life span. So I bought this Be Quiet 501 Airflow which had a lot of great Youtube reviews. One in particular is Matt Lee, he does the airflow smoke tests after a build, and this was impressive.Yesterday I finally swapped out my Fractal case for this Be Quiet and OMG, the difference in sound and temps alone were huge. Even though the Fractal case was a silent case, the fans kept ramping up because of the heat. No exaggeration I dropped 8 to 10c and my fans barely ramp up under gaming load, including my GPU which will shut the fans off when not needed. I am shocked at how performant this case is for what I have in it.My system is a Ryzen 7 5800x, RX 6700XT 12GB, 750W PSU, 2-Nvme's, 2 - 2.5" SSD's, a Mugen 5 Cooler with 2-Fans (push/pull), and wifi card. The case insluded 2-140mm fans, I added a second front fan. Sadly, I do hear a faint tick out of the original front included fan and will be replacing it.My only other very minor two issues are the rear space could have been just slightly more for cable management. Even so, it was very easy to do, and I love, love, love the single front IO header connector and the single USB 3 connector to run all the ports. And I would have liked to see a second front fan included in the same cost as it was only $12 retail.Those aside, I would with out hesitation highly recommend this case and even invest in another I ever found need for one. I love Be Quiet. The case is good value for what you receive.