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I really need you Camus yep need new cables yes you do custom braided cables just got more custom with the keel mod configurator first select either the full power supply cables or custom extensions your choice of cables leaving either mod flex or mod mesh with the latter one using nylon sleeving which is more vibrant in color but a little bit more stiff with mod flex being very flexible but less vibrancy cable mod supports eight power supply brands then you find your model then add all the cables you'd need for your build with custom links as well and I decided to stick with the basics and here's the best part configure the color per cable so your color scheme is on point link in the description to create your own cable mod custom cables goodbye all cable hello new cable hello everyone I'm Dmitry with her rockin axe welcome to another video review so my excitement level for the new be quiet enclosure behind it was a pretty new level since they're silent base series gave nothing interesting frame wise and a feel they've gone back to the drawing board to release something truly unique this is the dark base 900 so to start off we have two variants the dark bass 900 and the pro version with the $50 price Delta between the two which gets you one tempered glass side panel which is almost like a standard for premium cases now and it's very happy to see that here then this is the first time ever that we see a wireless charger dock or a Qi charger built into the enclosure this is so awesome place your compatible smartphone on top of the case to begin wireless charging and then the final difference is a small add-on to the control fan hub plus two solid LED strips that connect to the hub as well and we'll cover them later now in the general scheme of things the price point is not competitive at all and I kind of see why since there exists no direct competition for the dark bass 900 at the moment orange silver and black are the color options with distinct accents on the exterior and on the inside as well and the case form wise to me feels modern yet still carries sort of a bit quiet aesthetic but I wish more companies would choose sandblasted aluminum surface / brushed aluminum as that gets slapped with fingerprints super quickly and it's so annoying to clean the power button is illuminated with the same color accent as your version of the case decided our 4 USB ports audio and the recent button and hidden behind the panel is an LED switch to cycle between five colors this is for the pro version only they are super easy to install and plug into the hub this slider beside it is the fan speed control that is available on all models orientation of this front panel can be switched to open from the other side it has thick noise dampening layer on the inside and the entire panel is really heavy that it doesn't really stay closed if you swing the case around I know I'm showing you almost like an extreme example but just be mindful of that the dust filter is dense but since you can mount a triple 140 or 120mm fans at the front the top portion will be unfiltered the dual 140 millimeter fans included here are silent wings 3 their quality fans and right below is a filter spanning the entire bottom of the case no need to reach from the back everything accessible and the front now the interesting part about the frame is it's fully enclosed so at the bottom with tall feet lifting in case off the surface while being carpet friendly since ventilation is on the sides the top of the case is also fully enclosed with small ventilation openings near the back but it's high enough to let the side ventilation do the trick as well so here you can mount for 120 member fans or 3 140 millimeter fans and up to a 420 millimeter radiator same thing in the front and I the only thing that I would complain about here are the centered mounting positions but that is the only option while also supporting an inverted motherboard layout we'll get to that in a little bit 140 número fan is included at the rear with 8 PCI slots and this interesting division at the bottom with 3 panels and you'll be surprised to see what they're for later the opposite side panel is solid not a fan of the text here but the screws are attached so you don't lose them and you can mount to 120 member fans which have their own dust filter by spacing out the exterior plate while blocking the noise now fans can only be installed with this panel when this panel is on the main motherboard side otherwise there is no clearance behind the motherboard tray now before I show you what's so special about the layout here is the interior it's a pretty basic ATX layout notice the bright orange rubber pieces and an open motherboard tray below and above there are seven individual drive cages that are fully metal they're spaced out from each other and also have full ventilation through this is perhaps not the most efficient use of all this material but the modular aspect lets you keep and remove whatever you need and each caddy is secured with three thumb screws at the back with no bending visible it can fit doulas as these or a single hard drive and the thumb screws to stay out of the way except for that top SSD if a 90-degree SATA data cable is used so now on to the most special characteristics of this case the modular interior frame now important screws on the motherboard tray sit inside these rubber grommets that prevent vibrations and also make them easily to find so they're nicely visible for you you can remove the drive cage wall the dual optical Bay and the main hardware board to invert the system but first the motherboard tray has three positions top medium and low to allow extra high clearance for thicker radiators or push-pull setups at the top position and this is where those ventilated pieces are used to fill in now the open area of the back of the case it's a pretty brilliant design now you may be looking at this short area behind the power supply wondering what effect it has on the interior and so the power supply is installed on a bracket that is spaced out from the back so the motherboard can fit into that space there and we have three length positions available for the power supply with the motherboard tray in its lowest spot we lose to bottom PCI slots this is great for micro ATX boards but even with full ATX setups spacing between the power supply and the motherboard is enough to route your i/o and USB cables for example the main advantage here is that height flexibility without compromising on anything on the interior aside from losing access to those two PCI slots and also the second advantage is the option for an inverted system so you rotate and flip the motherboard tray and the same goes for the hard drive wall and here's where I stumbled into a little bit of a problem now since this side originally for the pro version holds the glass panel there's a sticker that prevents that metal to glass contact and behind it are all the necessary holes for proper mounting and this kind of sucks because this sticker is not totally reusable and no additional pads are included if you were to mount the window on the other side so all you do is remove the longer pegs that hold the glass in this position and screw them on to the other side to be able to mount the glass on the other side it just sucks that you have no additional pads and so this is what the finished inverted layout looks like when the GPUs at the top and the CPU area at the bottom now having the power supply stay at the bottom is awesome to allow full utilization of that top fan area for cooling so since the motherboard is flipped we need to move the our supply on the opposite side but notice even with our short 160 millimeter unit it's almost spilling over into that fan area and this is because the pass-through cable is right behind the power supply and we cannot move it back even more but a simple rotation of that modular piece at the bottom to the right side frees up all that extra clearance so I can move the unit back some more and have total access to those bottom fan slots this is a brilliant idea however the mounting holes for those fans are threaded keep that in mind with no direct access from the bottom unless you remove that part of the case which you'll need to do for radiator installation so moving on mounting the motherboard outside of the case was nice a little bit refreshing but reinstallation of this entire part into the case was challenging because of the weight it needed to you know align screws on both sides so I wouldn't necessarily recommend it unless you're inverting the system and finally I put all my hardware inside decided to stick to a standard layout because I don't really like upside down text and here are a few things that you notice immediately because the top and bottom portions are open due to the high flexibility cables are more visible meaning extra care is required when cleaning things up especially around the power supply area which you could clean up more and I apologize for the mess but when the back panel is on it helps to hide that mess but you know what would be great here a shroud a power supply shroud is definitely missing here which would be sweet one strange inclusion I found here was this single grommet for the hard drive area not sure how would you use that properly but use it your content and my drives are installed on the bottom portion for easier cable management which is definitely a strong suit for the dark base nine-hundred looking in the back there's plenty of width here lots of cutouts and cable tie hoops all around plus a whole bunch of velcro straps that are included plus we have an extra SSD bracket beside the hub that on the pro version supports eight fans with a pwm connector so back to the interior I feel it's a little bit too exposed if the interior is no fully populated especially with those opening rectangles above the drives and the clearly visible cables around the power supply and atop the motherboard it's like a weird mixed feeling between me wanting to either use all the drive slots or taking them out completely one thing you could do is place a reservoir above the drives that would fill in that spot and I feel this case has a lot of potential for water cooling since we have this new height flexibility and inverted amount abort option and the last thing on the agenda is being a be quiet enclosure a sound test and so as you heard the machine is incredibly quiet and I had to boost the sensitivity on the microphone and in post-production so you get a reference between on and off of the case but remember that quiet comes through a balance between hardware and case not case only and so the dark bass 900 is a true two-in-one enclosure with original features and a desire to stand out and we're giving it the higher conducts damn innovative award now having said that it's not perfect the user manual has plenty of errors which are unacceptable be quiet is aware of that especially when you have to deal with you know how to rotate the stuff and I had some frustrating moments there but as an overall assembly process I'm a pretty happy camper this is that next level of interior flexibility and this is exactly what needed to be done to set an example and so that concludes this review I'm Dimitri with higher connects I hope you enjoyed it let us know what you think about the new dark bass 900 from be quiet stay loud will hear you in the next video