case Can't decide between Two Silent Cases

[GrassyAss]

Recently i bought a new cpu heatsink and i neglected to look at how tall it was and ended up with a 166mm tall heatsink.

funny enough my case only supports up to 160mm and i'm not going to leave my side panel open.

 

I've been thinking between the fractal design r5 and the bequiet silent base 600

the silent base has more reviews of being the more silent one

and the r5 is known to be customizeable which comes in handy.

 

my current gpu is 280mm long so the gpu won't be a problem.

 

if anyone could give me tips or know any other cases for absolute silence i would be happy to look at those.

 

i'm european so ordering from newegg will be hard or not even an option. my budget is 100-110 euro's which is about 110-120 dollars.

[ThinkWithPortals]

3 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

 

Both are excellent cases. Get whichever looks better to you or is cheaper.

[Shd0w2]

Both are great, likely the Be Quiet is quieter because I believe it comes with their fans, which are optimized for silence, of course.

[GrassyAss]

11 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Both are excellent cases. Get whichever looks better to you or is cheaper.

Bequiet is around 95 euros with the orange accent one idk why the full black is 5 euros higher but the r5 is about 105 so the price isn't that much. the bequiet one comes with their own fans installed 1x 120mm and 2x 140mm if i'm right. also the define r5 is a tad lower in height

[GrassyAss]

7 minutes ago, Shd0w2 said:

Both are great, likely the Be Quiet is quieter because I believe it comes with their fans, which are optimized for silence, of course.

The only thing that bugs me is the rubber hdd stripes. the r5 simply screw and slide em in. the bequiet one is limited to 3 drive and idk where to get more of those stripes

[Shd0w2]

3 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

The only thing that bugs me is the rubber hdd stripes. the r5 simply screw and slide em in. the bequiet one is limited to 3 drive and idk where to get more of those stripes

Likely from their site in accessories or something

 

[GrassyAss]

3 minutes ago, Shd0w2 said:

Likely from their site in accessories or something

 

i'm currently browsing their site, idk if it's me but it doesn't look like you can buy anything from their site

[intelCore]

7 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

The only thing that bugs me is the rubber hdd stripes. the r5 simply screw and slide em in. the bequiet one is limited to 3 drive and idk where to get more of those stripes

I just rebuilt my rig into a Define R5 coming from a HAF 922 and holy crap I didn't know how quiet things can get. This thing mostly cable managed itself. I needed 2 cable ties the rest was done with the velcros included. This thing looks so much cleaner it's heaven to build in and whoever considers getting it I can just recommend.

 

Addition: Temperatures are higher than they were in the HAF 922 (obviously) but since I'm still rocking a GTX 460 that was kind of expected with that tiny fan. Expect it to be better with a 1060 from MSI (hopefully) that I'm planning to get later this year.

[GrassyAss]

7 minutes ago, Shd0w2 said:

Likely from their site in accessories or something

 

i've also looked on a couple of retail store and none of them sell the hdd stripes.

[GrassyAss]

3 minutes ago, intelCore said:

I just rebuilt my rig into a Define R5 coming from a HAF 922 and holy crap I didn't know how quiet things can get. This thing mostly cable managed itself. I needed 2 cable ties the rest was done with the velcros included. This thing looks so much cleaner it's heaven to build in and whoever considers getting it I can just recommend.

find out that bequiet's hdd stripes are hard to get i'm leaning towards the r5 now aswell. it does look sleek and nice.

[Shd0w2]

3 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

i've also looked on a couple of retail store and none of them sell the hdd stripes.

They should sell replacement parts, if they don't you might want to contact their support and ask about the hdd stripes and if they can send you some more.

[intelCore]

4 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

find out that bequiet's hdd stripes are hard to get i'm leaning towards the r5 now aswell. it does look sleek and nice.

I'd get the R5 just because the bottom dust filter is accessible through the front and also covers the whole bottom.

[GrassyAss]

19 minutes ago, Shd0w2 said:

They should sell replacement parts, if they don't you might want to contact their support and ask about the hdd stripes and if they can send you some more.

idk why but bequiet won't let me make a forum account and ask a moderator.

the only thing left to do is probably email them myself.

[Shd0w2]

3 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

idk why but bequiet won't let me make a forum account and ask a moderator.

the only thing left to do is probably email them myself.

There should be a support section to make a support ticket.

[GrassyAss]

5 minutes ago, Shd0w2 said:

There should be a support section to make a support ticket.

can't find any and as soon as i try entering the forum everything turns into german for no reason.

[GrassyAss]

this just pulls me more into the fractal design side, although i do like the silentbase

[intelCore]

3 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

this just pulls me more into the fractal design side, although i do like the silentbase

What pros do you actually see for the Silentbase?

[GrassyAss]

3 minutes ago, intelCore said:

What pros do you actually see for the Silentbase?

Silence and the included fans

Some say that the silentbase is more quiet than the r5 but that's just a fraction of a decibel

[intelCore]

23 minutes ago, GrassyAss said:

Silence and the included fans

Some say that the silentbase is more quiet than the r5 but that's just a fraction of a decibel

Would that be enough of a reason for you to go with the Silentbase?

[GrassyAss]

Just now, intelCore said:

Would that be enough of a reason for you to go with the Silentbase?

well, not really since it's a hassle to gather the rubber stripes. 

[intelCore]

1 minute ago, GrassyAss said:

well, not really since it's a hassle to gather the rubber stripes. 

Have you seen the Hardware Canucks review of both cases?

[rjfaber91]

1 hour ago, GrassyAss said:

I've been thinking between the fractal design r5 and the bequiet silent base 600

 

if anyone could give me tips or know any other cases for absolute silence i would be happy to look at those.

Well, the price segment you're looking at has sooo many great cases... Enthoo Pro, Mastercase 5, Define R5, etc. If you want to go for silence though, I really would go for the Silent Base 600, which also has the added advantage of being somewhat more unique, as it seems that these days everyone and their dog has a Define R5.  

[GrassyAss]

7 minutes ago, intelCore said:

Have you seen the Hardware Canucks review of both cases?

ofcourse, he's one of my favourite reviewers. 

[GrassyAss]

1 minute ago, rjfaber91 said:

Well, the price segment you're looking at has sooo many great cases... Enthoo Pro, Mastercase 5, Define R5, etc. If you want to go for silence though, I really would go for the Silent Base 600, which also has the added advantage of being somewhat more unique, as it seems that these days everyone and their dog has a Define R5.  

i just can't choose lmao

[intelCore]

1 minute ago, GrassyAss said:

ofcourse, he's one of my favourite reviewers. 

That is very interesting for me to see!