housing be quiet! SILENT BASE 802 WINDOW BLACK black, no PSU, EATX Review
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Description of housing be quiet! SILENT BASE 802 WINDOW BLACK black, no PSU, EATX
- Quality
- Little information in the documentation.
- - Excellent airflow with perforated panels (The temperature on the video card in comparison with the fractal design meshify c mini dropped by 13+ degrees, well, the previous case was VERY compact and the components were physically cramped there) - Convenient removable side walls with buttons - Wherever holes are needed, it is convenient to lay cables and hook them with ties. In general, the assembly in this case is quite a pleasant experience. - Included are 2 options for the front and top panels: perforated for better cooling and deaf with sound insulation. - Good easy-to-remove dust filters on the bottom and front - On the back wall there is a hub for 6 fans, you can connect both 3-pin and 4. There is a switch on the case for adjusting the operation of the hub: the auto position allows you to adjust the speed of the valves by the motherboard - for this, 1 wire goes from the hub to the motherboard, the other positions are 1 -3 regulate the voltage to all fans, due to this, 3 steps of the speed of rotation of the valves are obtained. The body valves are absolutely silent in position 1, almost silent in position 2 and you can hear the air flow in position 3. - In the case, it is unscrewed, removed and removed almost anything - It is possible to assemble an inverted assembly - the glass will be on the right side of the case, and the mat. the board will be upside down. Why is the question, but you can
- - Absolute disrespect for consumers. For such a price, there is not even an elementary cardboard box for all the bolts - they were simply thrown into a hefty box of replaceable panels, not a cloth for glass, the complete set of bolts is simply poor butt. - There is no tool for working with motherboard racks (the adapter is so small for a screwdriver)! I don’t know what the manufacturers intended, but I needed to screw in 2 racks for the micro-atx board, while there is a spare 1 rack in the kit, that is, I need to unscrew at least 1 rack from the atx boards already screwed in for landing. And how to do this without a tool for racks costing a dozen, with pliers? Thanks to fractal design, my instrument turned out to be from the previous body, but how my fifth point burned down at that moment can be legends. - The cable routing holes on the right side are quite close to the motherboard. On my board, the case USB connector is on the right (and not on the bottom like on most adequate boards), the cable from the front panel USB is rather hard, and the key itself is rather bulky, so it’s impossible to physically connect through the cable hole, I had to get one of the plugs for hard drives and run the cable from there. - Budget pure wings fans, instead of silent wings - The glass on the back of the case has a decent gap of about 3mm, there is no seal, most likely because with the inverted assembly, the right panel will go there, but it has no gap - The case is quite heavy, with accessories it becomes quite heavy, while there are no protruding parts for which it could be conveniently moved. That is, if you are a fan of constantly dragging the case from room to room or just moving it a little, this is not a very convenient task. - The front filter is fixed at the top and bottom, and in the center on both sides it bends a little and moves away from the body, therefore dust is generally sucked past the dust collector from there.
- Complete with choice of blind and mesh panels up and forward You can mirror the assembly
- The quality is fading. Worse Fractal Design
- + easy to assemble components + good ventilation, the ability to change the front and top panels (deaf with sound insulation or mesh for blowing), you can install 7 140mm fans + the presence of a hard drive activity indicator
- - quality of materials - no backlight
- In general, a convenient assembly with a couple of caveats. A rare (large) number of baskets for 3.5 HDDs today. Very good ventilation and low noise. With the right combination of fans for intake and exhaust, all dust remains on quick-detachable mesh filters. Untinted side glass. Subjectively - I like the design.
- Minor cons: A couple of unoptimized places for laying SATA cables, if there are a lot of HDDs. Indeed, there is a gap between the glass wall and the body in the back. Really heard a few clicks when heating and cooling. (Not in office mode, only when a heavy render or toy is in progress) The kit comes with only one single basket for 3.5HDD, and it’s really only possible to buy in black (I remind you that I have a white case), the company replied to one letter that it would look, but it has been looking for several months.
- Quiet, easy installation, the possibility of mirror assembly, thoughtful design, interchangeable panels, strict. Possibility of analog fan speed control. Excellent mechanism for removing panels with one button.
- The inability to install a full-fledged "deaf" top panel (only a double one is included - one part with noise reduction, and the other with a grille. If there was a solid closed panel with noise reduction, it would be even better). Price. There is no way to change the color or brightness of the power button backlight. No backlight (would be built-in switchable - it would be nice). The plastic latches on the panels that close the PSU compartment are a little straining, causing a feeling of insecurity.