Be Quiet 500DX

Haggisman · 22 May 2020 at 15:12

How are you planning to mount the AIO in the front? I have the same case and was looking at the same AIO, but wanted the rad right at the front (just behind the mesh where the stock fan is installed) and the fans inside the case, unfortunately because of the extra thick rad, it won't actually fit in that space without removing the dust filter, so the alternative would be to have the big chunky rad on the inside, which IMO would spoil the clean look of the interior :/

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

Haggisman · 22 May 2020 at 16:35

Cool, would definitely appreciate some pictures

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

Haggisman · 24 May 2020 at 01:51

Cool, is that on push-pull? Wondering how it will fit with the rad in front where the fans are

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

Destination · 24 May 2020 at 13:25

excellent, thanks

Mr G · 30 May 2020 at 15:39

Just bought this case from the rainforest, being delivered tomorrow as stock seems scarce currently. Looks generous in clearance... should fit my Kraken X63 and 5700 Gaming X in without issues.

welshdapper · 31 May 2020 at 20:35

purchased this case from overclockers last week

Haggisman · 31 May 2020 at 21:26

Nice

Destination · 1 Jun 2020 at 21:58

oh that is very pretty, what fans are you using?
6 in all?

welshdapper · 2 Jun 2020 at 00:03

Corsair iCUE QL120 6 in total paired with the commander pro

Mr G · 3 Jun 2020 at 10:09

Recently finished a build in this case, not bad a little cramped for room. However be warned that the front USB header can be a nightmare to remove should you wish to later. I was confronted with this issue yesterday… this led to me prising it from the motherboard using a flat head screwdriver, usually a small tug and these un-clip with ease but not this one! I've seen a lot of feedback on this that it can get stuck and without care can damage the header on the motherboard or worse pull it clean off breaking the pins.

M1k3H · 3 Jun 2020 at 22:19

Will be building a new PC soon and have my sights set on this case. Seems to be the perfect case for my needs of a midi tower case, with good airflow and not too noisy, plus quite like the looks of it.

Haggisman · 3 Jun 2020 at 22:28

I swapped the fans in mine for some shadow wings (to match the white

) and its now basically silent at idle - only thing that really makes a noise is the GPU when I fire up a game

Ree · 3 Jun 2020 at 22:34

tempted to get this or the phanteks p400a but this is looking more likely as it's nicer imo.

VeNT · 10 Jun 2020 at 18:58

Did my move yesterday:

I wish I could turn off the RGB on the MSI motherboard.

My only question is this:

the ARGB cable has 2+1 pin holes, but the ARGB header on my mobo has 4. this normal?

Haggisman · 10 Jun 2020 at 19:04

The Tomahawk doesn't have ARGB - 4 pin is normal RGB (i.e. all one colour).