be quiet! Dark Base 900 PRO review

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Above, a photo of the top side (inwards view). You can see some meshes and air outtakes here. It's also a convenient spot to mount extra fans or liquid cooluing. Liquid cooling wise you have plenty of options:

  • Front: 1x ‪240/360/420 mm
  • Rear: 1x 120/140 mm
  • Bottom: 1x 140/240 mm
  • Top: ‪120/140/240/280/360/420 mm (up to 65 mm high) 

 

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You'll get eight PCI slots to play around with so in theory you can house up-to, say, three graphics cards in here. The first upper two (dual-slot) graphics cards can even be up to 310mm in length. Motherboard wise you can install quite a bit, as long as the form factor is XL ATX, ATX, Micro-ATX or mini-ITX. You secure the graphics cards or other cards with a thumbscrew. At the top side we can see one 140mm Silent Wings 3 fan, it is included and installed for you already. In the topside upper mesh you'll notice mounting holes for other fans and radiator and / or fan solutions as described in the previous chapter.
  

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Mounting an HDD is simple, you (can) mount a rubber pad to each side of the HDD and secure these with the included (small) screws. There are seven hard-disk bays split across two semi modular cages (4+3). The upper three-drive cage can be removed. The modular design is a key feature with the 900 series.
 

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Rubber inserts prevent resonating noises from the HDD. You slide the unit into the drive bay and secure them with the supplied screws. 
 

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As shown in the photos you may house 7 HDDs, but obviously you could seat SSDs (2.5") just as well. Just line up the holes and screw them in securely.

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