The
interior
of the Silent Base 800 is clean and simple, and it features a classic
design and layout. There is space for up to three 5.25" devices, seven
3.5" and four 2.5" drives. All of them can be put on orange sledges or behind the motherboard's tray.
The installation of all drives is tool-less. Unlike many other manufacturers, be quiet! didn't
make any mistakes related to the HDD cages, as infact, they are
completely removable and you will be able to reconfigure the internal
layout to suite your needs. The motherboard tray is made of solid steel,
and it features a big cut out behind the socket,
which allows the user to install aftermarket CPU coolers without having
to remove the motherboard beforehand. The tray features nine openings with rubber grommets to create a neat cable management. Between the motherboard tray and the right
side panel there is enough space to hide
plenty of cables. The whole interior, except for the top and bottom panels,
has been equipped with soundproofing material to reduce system noise.
In order to check compatibility, we've used an ATX motherboard and
a Dark Rock 3 cooler from be quiet!. As you can see from the pictures there is
more than enough space to install even high-end components. A closer look at the specs
regarding the height of coolers reveals that models that measure up to
170 millimeter in height can be installed. In the case of graphics
cards, they can measure up to 298 milliemter in length. In order to install our massive Club 3D R9 290X GPU we had
to remov one HDD cage, but we are sure that in the 99% of the
configuration you won't have to remove any of the HDD cages.
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