BeQuiet! Dark Base Pro 900 Orange rev. 2, Full Tower ATX, 3 pre-installed Silent Wings 3 fans, tempered glass window, RGB LED illumination BGW14

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Photo 2 is a closer look at photo 1 with a bit more detail, and shows how close the bottom radiator fan is to the shroud. It touches it. Three pre-installed SilentWings® 3 140mm PWM fans featuring a smooth-running 6-pole motor, fluid-dynamic bearing and funnel-shaped air inlets Here are the end pieces from the rear or the case. The solid piece comes from above the exhaust fan. The large piece is the PSU carrier face down, showing its bottom screw-holes. Every contribution makes a difference and we thank you for your support. Inside the Belly of the Beast

In addition to adjusting the height of the motherboard tray, you can take it out, flip it around, and install it on the other side of the case. This results in an inverted orientation that allows you to show off your build from the right side instead of the left. If this default configuration doesn’t suit your needs, the Dark Base Pro 900’s motherboard tray and hard-drive cage can be removed from the case entirely and flipped to create an inverted interior layout, again with three different spots between the top and bottom-most mounting points. be quiet! also says you can use the tray as a test bench if need be, but more elegant options exist if you’re running such a bench full-time and not just as a trial run to ensure your new build is functioning. Given the complexity this design entails, it’s definitely worth opening up be quiet!’s lengthy manual and figuring out the full range of the Dark Base 900’s capabilities before embarking on a build. The next picture shows you a fake filter. This is inexcusable! The be quiet engineers have already used the best dust filters you can get shielding the front and bottom fans. Why would they use such an egregious “filter” here (all it really does is impede airflow)? Why? I recommend that if you use side fans remove these pieces of perforated plastic, go bare if you must, or use pieces of stretched nylon hose. With “filters” like these, why would you even bother with fans? Another dust filter can be pulled from the bottom of the case, but unless you install fans down there, it's not likely to accumulate much grime.How many fans will the top of this case fit? The first picture shows three 140 mm fans, the second four 120 mm fans.

Part of the heft is owed to the large side window held in place by four thumbscrews. It's made of tempered glass instead of cheaper (and lighter) plastic or acrylic found on cases like the Thermaltake Core P5. There is a slight tint that adds to the overall dark theme of the case, though it's not so dark as to hide a messy cabling job, as you can see here. The motherboard tray supports a wide range of motherboard sizes that including small form factor boards like Mini-ITX/M-ATX all the way up larger once such as E-ATX/XL-ATX. The Dark Base Pro also has plenty of cable routing cutout around the motherboard with two at the top and bottom as well as three grommets on the right side of the tray.The middle spacer has a kingpin in it to allow for easier motherboard navigation. A case reviewer learns to appreciate those nice little touches. The rubberized fan frame is equipped with funnel-shaped air inlets producing extremely high air pressure Let’s look at those HDD cages in action. One problem we have seen with HDD cages is their placement too near the side of a case – you cannot use straight cables; you must use angled cables. Another problem is that in some cases you cannot use angled USB cables for one reason or another. In the first picture, we see that a hard drive is located far enough inboard that the USB cable can make the turn, allowing one to use straight cables with the hard drive. Next, we can see that the HD is mounted close enough to the edge of its cage that you can use angled USB cables. So now we see that this case allows us to use all our USB cables, straight or angled. An HDD cage weighs 209 grams (7.3 oz. or about a half-pound). Here we have one of the side panel’s subpanels. You can see the adjustable lands that hold the panel at a variable distance.

So, the question...does the AF LF 420 fit in a Front mount position ? The answer is yes, with some provisos. I have pictures below showing it in position. We’ll start off by mounting a motherboard on the tray. Then we’ll mount the motherboard tray in the case. I put in a couple of HDD cages too show you how it looks. You can see them to the right of the MB. At the front of the case, we see the two installed Silent Wing 3 140mm high-speed fans which have a maximum operating speed of 1600 RPM. Even at max speed, the noise level is quite low at 28.1 dB, which is lowered even further with the sound damping material on the front door. As you can see, even the non-Pro version of this case is expensive; but both versions earn their keep. They are fine cases that can accommodate the best heatsinks and didn’t forget about water cooling. The glass side and the LED’s show off your system to perfection.

How about a 180 mm fan? The case was advertised to hold them. But alas, I have given mine away so I cannot show you. How about 200 mm fans? Here is one. See the slots in the top? That tells you that rads should fit up there too.