Be Quiet 500DX

Rob43 · 17 May 2020 at 13:22

Put this together the other day. Coming from a corsair 600T, this thing is pretty small. Great to build in, cable management is good, fair amount of room for keeping things tidy.Mounting points for 6 SSDS or 4 x ssd & 2 x 3.5 HDD.
The 3 x silent wings 2 140mm fans are doing a good job. Pretty good airflow & very quiet.
The rgb is nicely done on the front & in the top rear of the case. Button on top controls this, but can be in sync with your mobo at the press of a button. Off if you prefer also.

Just waiting on an Arctic Liquid freezer II 280 for the front

Rob43 · 17 May 2020 at 14:26

The drive bay is removable,bottom left. so more space if just using SSDs. Ignore the ancient SSDs on the back pmsl

Rob43 · 18 May 2020 at 18:35

I'll get some pics up when the arctic liquid freezer gets here. Hopefully this week sometime

Rob43 · 19 May 2020 at 22:12

Sure will, its not arrived yet bud. Get some testing done when it does. Not sure how tight it will be up top. We shall see.

Rob

Rob43 · 20 May 2020 at 01:52

Very nice clean build there bud

Rob

Rob43 · 21 May 2020 at 15:39

Destination said:
if you wouldn't mind could you try it front versus top mounting just for a temperature comparison

I was thinking of similar with some sort of 280aio but top mounted for exhaust

Not sure when the arctic will arrive, had it on preorder from ocuk, but hasn't came in yet & no ETA

Rob

Rob43 · 22 May 2020 at 15:47

I'm planning on front mounting it, think it will look okay. We will see when it gets here

Rob

Rob43 · 22 May 2020 at 17:52

Will sort some out bud

Rob

Rob43 · 23 May 2020 at 16:57

So, the arctic liquid freezer isn't here yet, so the stock cooler was not doing the job very well at all. So took my old corsair h80 & bingo fits AM4. Not bad for an 8 year old AIO.
Sort of gives you an idea of how the rad will look at the front. I don't think it looks too bad.Will look better with a 240/280. Looks like it's pretty tight up top for mounting.

Rob43 · 23 May 2020 at 16:58

Rob43 · 24 May 2020 at 02:43

Yeah, push/pull on the rad. I'll be running it with the fans on intake & have the rad inside.

Rob

Rob43 · 12 Jun 2020 at 17:50

Here you go folks. The Arctic 280 got here at last. Front mounted, fans on intake. Just got installed

Rob43 · 12 Jun 2020 at 17:51

Rob43 · 12 Jun 2020 at 17:56

I've kept 2x silent wings up top & 1x rear
Was a breeze to fit, happy with it. Now to see what performance is like.

Rob43 · 12 Jun 2020 at 17:57

Haggisman said:
Nice, looks really good

Does the front filter still fit on with those fan screws?

Yep, fits no problem

Rob43 · 13 Jun 2020 at 23:46

Destination said:
excellent, looks good!

I know you were looking at top mounting, but no chance, unless you have a Matx board, it's not happening with my tomahawk max. It's really tidy looking front mounted tbh

Rob43 · 7 Sep 2020 at 16:15

Now that looks a tight squeeze. Nice job though

Rob43 · 14 Oct 2020 at 12:28

Sébastien Pothée said:
Has anyone top mounted an Arctic freezer 2 on it ? Like the 240 ?

Remember the arctic rad is a bit thicker than some other AIO coolers, so better measuring what space you have

Rob43 · 19 Oct 2021 at 20:54

omagiosan said:
There is a really good deal of the A-RGB Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 360mm and I'm thinking to pull the trigger but I don't think I will be able to use the HDD with it

Get the arctic liquid freezer ii 280, performs better than the 360 & it fits no problem

Rob

Rob43 · 19 Oct 2021 at 23:37

Have a look through this thread. plenty of pics with different set ups. I'm running a 280 in the front & using the HDD cage with no issues at all.

Link to the review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaSEGe6ML0

Rob