PURE BASE 500
WHITE
Outstanding price-performance ratio
be quiet! Pure Base 500 White combines customizable and silence features with a compact and sophisticated design. It is the perfect case for all who value compactness and highly functional features.
- Exchangeable top cover for silent or high-performance systems
- Two preinstalled Pure Wings 2 140mm fans
- Insulation mats on the front, sides and the regular top cover
- Water cooling ready for radiators of up to 360mm
- Generous space for high-end graphics cards and large coolers
- Various options to install up to five SSDs in total
- PSU shroud and smart cable routing options provide a neat interior
- Easy PSU installation from the back of the case
REGULAR TOP COVER
Perfect for silent air-cooled systems
The regular top cover perfectly rounds off the design of the Pure Base 500. An insulation mat attached underneath ensures a silent operation. It is the perfect choice for air-cooled systems and regular, silent PC configurations. Strong magnets make sure the top covers fits firmly.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE TOP COVER
Maximum airflow for water-cooled configurations
For all who strive for maximum performance and especially with water-cooled systems, the extremely air-permeable top cover is the right choice. It is made of light meshed fabrics, ensuring the highest airflow possible.
TWO PREINSTALLED PURE WINGS 2
Whisper-quiet operation
Two preinstalled Pure Wings 2 fans with airflow-optimized fan blades that ensure perfect airflow and cooling. Despite the compact case design the front and rear fans are both 140mm models, resulting in very quiet operation. Up to three 140mm fans can be installed in addition.
NOISE DAMPENING
Achieving great silence and stability
The front, sides and regular top cover are equipped with insulation mats that result in great stability and improved noise dampening capabilities. The dust filters on the front and bottom are easy to remove for cleaning.
SOPHISTICATED DESIGN
Generous space for high-end hardware
The Pure Base 500 provides generous dimensions to install high-end graphics cards and large coolers of up to 190mm in height. Fans or a radiator up to 360mm can be installed easily at the front and the top area also provides space for more fans or a radiator up to 240mm.
FUNCTIONAL CABLE ROUTING
Offering a neat interior
Pure Base 500 offers various possibilities for installing up to five SSDs in total. To hide any unwanted cables, the case offers excellent cable routing options.
FUNCTIONAL PSU SHROUD
Offering a neat interior
The PSU shroud perfectly covers the cables and PSU. It also contains a double HDD cage with decoupled mountings that reduce vibrations and help maximize the silence. The cage can also be repositioned to install a radiator of up to 360mm at the front. The power supply unit can be easily installed from behind, mounted on the PSU bracket provided.
Pros: I am coming from a Fractal Design Meshify C - Dark TG -I ABSOLUTELY love the style of this case. Even though I bought the black case, the powder coating looks fantastic, and has a slight metallic look to it. -The case is wider to accommodate a rear 140mm fan. -Also about 5cm deeper to give more room for radiators and high end GPU's -Top air filter looks really cool. The bottom air filter covers the entire length of the bottom of the case, and pulls out easily from the front.
Cons: -Front air filters are a little tricky to get off -Not enough airflow out of the box with the 2 case fans, but that to be expected at this price point. -Wish Newegg would let you post pics
Overall Review: I put a 280mm AIO radiator/2x fans up front for air intake (higher 900-1100 RPM range). I added another Pure Wings 2 140mm fan, for a total of 3 140mm exhaust fans in a lower 700 RPM mode (1x rear, 2x top). I also removed the 3.25 HDD cage to open up air flow more so fresh air can be pulled in from the bottom of the case. Air intake is not as open as the Meshify C, but more than enough for the fans I use. It easily has more unrestricted flow than any of the HZXT H5xx cases. If you are going to be running x3 high RPM 140mm fans, then you might have chocked airflow, but otherwise it's worked really well for me.