be quiet! Pure Base 500 review

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As always we begin with packaging. It's a simple yet informative thing to show as when you purchase a chassis, you probably do not want any defects or scratches on it. The product is packaged in cardboard.
  

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Once you take the unit out of the cardboard box you'll notice two layers of polystyrene protecting the unit which, on its end, is covered in a plastic bag. So there it is, the chassis weighs roughly 8 kg.
   

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The first impression, it looks good, I like the new gunmetal color option. The design is kept simple yet in line with what you expect in the year 2019, no bright lights and/or screamy logos - subtlety is a key factor. The design is easy on the eyes. That is a nice visual element right there. You can choose from gunmetal, black or white theme/style color as well. The vents come fitted with a dust filter and the actual panels have acoustic dampening materials applied.
 

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When we flip the unit around we can see the side panel and back a little better. These are closed panels with sound dampening material applied to them. The panels can be removed with two thumbscrews. The size of the chassis is 450 x 231 x 463 mm (HxWxD). Two low RPM Pure Wings 2 900 fans are already included for the front (1 x be quiet! Pure Wings 2 |140mm 900rpm) and rear (1 x be quiet! Pure Wings 2 | 120mm 900 RPM). 
 

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At the front side at the top right, we see the power on switch two USB 3.x and IC/Headphone connector. lacking is a fan controller.


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At the front (black) and top, we see a vent. Good for top side exhaust ventilation, the nice thing is that it can be removed and replaced with an included mesh filter.  If you want to place a radiator there, it is possible to create more airflow (but at the cost of sound dampening). Below the top mesh, you can house a 120/240 radiator at the top, and albeit dense, a 360 at the front.

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