BeQuiet! Pure Base 500DX: Hit the orange bullseye

Elegant acquaintance

You have probably heard of BeQuiet!, whose components are one of the best in the high-end category. The reworked novelty (Pure Base 500DX) of the year-old case (Pure Base 500) was introduced two months ago and finally got to our editorial office for testing. The main improvement over the previous version is very efficient cooling thanks to additional fans in the equipment and added perforation.

Conclusion

Test results show that you don’t have to spend a large amount of money for a high-end case to reach for the best cooling solutions that exist. A big surprise for me was the results of cooling the graphics card. Where the twice as expensive Sekira ends, the 500DX keeps going and has definitely exceeded expectations. Other values are at a great level, too.

I like products from BeQuiet! and I will not lie to you that I was looking forward to this case. Still, I was a little disappointed with some things. The connectivity of the top panel, to which I can only connect one device with USB-A at a time, was the biggest let-down. It is also a great pity that the designers did not focus a little more on power supplies that have thick ATX power cables. Fortunately, there are more positive qualities to know than negative ones. For avid gamers, the case will please with great cooling which is the biggest plus and the main reason why I would recommend the Pure Base 500DX. The same applies to users who work on their machines and need quality cooling for high computing power. And finally, its decent lighting with a typical orange color will certainly not embarrass any gaming or work corner.

English translation and edit by Lukáš Terényi

• Contents
• Elegant acquaintance
• Flexible interior
• Testing methodology
• Tests of cooling the CPU and GPU
• Tests of cooling the motherboard
• Tests of cooling the SSD and zahrievanie the air heating under top of case
• Conclusion