Review Be Quiet Light Base 600 LX Case Review: Innovative design, lackluster thermal performance

[Admin]

Configurable in three layouts, Be Quiet’s Light Base 600 stands apart from the competition. We paired it with Intel’s i7-14700K and Radeon’s RX 7900 GRE to test its thermal performance.

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[Neilbob]

I hope Be Quiet are going to be reprimanded for raiding their local aquarium.

 

[sailorjeff]

I have the Light Base 900. The cooling options are much better and it offers excellent thermal characteristics. There are some issues with the case though. Again, the filters are a pain to clean. I ended up removing them. Most of the screws holding the glass panels on stripped out and I had to drill and re-tap with bigger screws. Wires going from front panel to the motherboard go across and block airflow from the side panel where I have my GPU AIO exhaust. The biggest issue is the plastic feet that you can reposition from side to side to re-orient the case break off very easily due to a bad design. When I contacted Be Quiet regarding this issue they gave me a hard time when I tried to get replacement parts. For a part that probably cost maybe 5 cents at most to make, they wanted me to pay to return the case for a complete replacement. After I spent so much time configuring the case with my hardware this was not going to happen. They never would replace the broken feet (2 of them). I had a friend 3D print me some replacement parts that were much better. For such an expensive case Be Quiet should offer better support. Good case overall except for a few design flaws and horrible customer service.

 

[thisisaname]

A pretty case with poor thermals is still a bad case 🙁