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what's up guys welcome back to the channel today I'm taking a look at the silent base 800 this is actually the first case from our friends would be quiet and as the name implies the chassis is designed for silent operation a refreshing change from all those cases designed to be loud the mid tower measures 495 millimeters deep by 266 wide by 559 tall and comes in black though you do have the option of orange black or silver accents along the front side panel as well as some rubber parts inside the front exterior is made of plastic with a sexy brushed grain finish that seems to be much less prone to fingerprints than aluminum which is part of the reason why you can't tell what I was doing with it earlier three five and a quarter inch Bay's hide behind a swinging magnetic door with hinges that can be mounted on either side of the case depending on your preference here we also see the door is lined with thick dense sound dampening material for effective noise reduction pushing in the lower panel allows it to fold down like the bridge to a Magic Castle revealing more sound dampening material a removable dust filter for easy cleaning and to of be quiets out standing silent wings to fans with rubber o-rings to reduce noise and vibration to keep the fans from chronic asphyxiation ventilation holes lined both sides of the front panel from top to bottom at the top are 2 USB 2 and 2 USB 3 ports mic and headphone jacks and a large power button that requires so little force to press there should be an option in Windows for what your computer does when you sneeze additionally the power button lights up white when powered on a feature on calling white power there's also a hard drive activity light that functions as a stealthy reset button also on the top are a few ventilation slots that are so thin my grandparents started dropping coins in popping off the top cover we see duel 120 and 140 mounts with a slotted design so you can position your radiator further away from the motherboard for additional radiator clearance making push-pull configurations a possible option here it's also quite apparent that only the rear fan will have access to fresh air flow from those ventilation slots up top leaving the other fan cut off like me at the bar last week I was pleased to see large cutouts at the front and back for routing fan cables behind the motherboard tray because the only thing more upsetting than seeing cables hanging from the rafters of your case is realizing how upset it makes you both side panels are identical and feature a smaller square panel in the center that has two levels of airflow adjustment if you wish to mount a 120 millimeter fan the squares can also be sealed closed for silent operation or be move completely for optimal airflow both side panels include removable dust filters and are generously inter lined with more sound insulation in case you're doubting my confidence in the acoustic suppression of this case at one point during my review I misplaced my pillow and decided to scream into the silent bass 800 instead on the back you get a bit more ventilation for your top fans a 1:20 silent winks to fan 3 grommets for water cooling tubes 7 expansion slots and a pullout dust filter for your power supply and optional fan books we'll get a closer look at inside the two plastic snowmobile legs are flexible yet sturdy and have rubber feet on the bottom for added stability they can also be easily removed which is especially useful for putting the case on its side when building or for that leaning tower of pisa mod you've been dreaming about removing the side panel is done in the traditional sense by removing the two thumb screws and sliding it off on the inside there's nothing really new or innovative about the internal layout but it's familiar and functional just like your mom for rubber grommets line the motherboard tray for tidy cable routing and you do get a nice cutout too near the top left corner of the motherboard for your CPU connector be quiet also gives us a generous cutout for the CPU cooler as well as a pre-installed courtesy stand off for the building impaired the power supply area has cute little rubber feet to keep it quiet right beside those bottom mounts I mentioned earlier for a 120 or 140 millimeter fan with a 140 installed you get 170 millimeters of power supply clearance whereas a 120 fan will get you 185 at the front we see that the five and a quarter inch bays are toolless and we do get two removable drive cages for up to seven drives the smaller guy can be on the bottom as it usually goes but even with both cages removed there's only room for a 120 or 140 millimeter at the front as the e removable drive dock blocks any chance of clearance for larger units you heard me right guys you've been dock blocked I should also mention you can fit video cards up to 11 inches long with the top cage installed rather than having hard drive trays the case includes shock absorbing rubber strips and thumb screws that mount to the sides of your three and a half inch drives before sliding in and securing them in place with an easy slide to lock mechanism unfortunately the slots don't support two and a half inch drives but instead there's an upside-down SSD mount on the top of each drive cage a design that seems to defy gravity almost as much as it defies right angle say the cables not always lost however as there are two more SSD mounts behind the motherboard tray which still only somewhat make up for the seam limited storage support to install simply remove the mounting plates using the single thumb screw screw down your SSD and reattach the plate even with both SSDs installed here cable management in this case shouldn't be much of an issue as you do get just under an inch of space between the motherboard tray and side panel a small critique here is that the only four tie-down points run alongside the rubber grommets and it would have been nice to see a few more by the SSD mounts to help break up the cables into groups I don't know about you but the last time I tried to bunch all my cables into one bundle it formed a bulge that made me jealous from what I can tell you during my brief time with this case I have to applaud be quiet outstanding first attempt at delivering a silent case to market that brings home nearly all the convenient features were used to seeing at its price point of a hundred and forty US dollars copious amounts of sound insulation a solid internal layout and the fact that - used this case for his recent silent PC build all validated spots as a worthy contender among the many other silent cases currently available for future revisions I'd like to see more ventilation at the top dual radiator support at the front a few more tie down points and a lot more SSD mounts but that's just my opinion I'm curious to know what you guys think