Back in 2017 Leo took at look at the Dark Base 700 from Be Quiet! Leo liked the case with its sleek styling and impressively quiet design but thought it was a little on the pricey side. During CES a new version of the case, the ‘Limited edition White Dark Base 700' was announced. With only 3000 units available there hasn't been much movement on the price with the case retailing for £166.99. I was sent one of the 3000 cases and was happy to use it to create an all white build and document the whole process on video.
TIMESTAMPS
0:10 Introduction and overview
6:06 Inserting the new LL120 fans
11:00 Connecting the Corsair RGB controller
13:38 Inserting the Captain AIO Cooler
18:12 Putting in the SSD
21:10 Inserting the CPU
24:26 RAM into the Motherboard
27:12 Attaching the bracket for the AIO
28:38 Don't forget the IO shield!
29:50 Screwing the motherboard into place
31:50 Thermal paste
32:14 Placing the AIO cooler block onto the CPU
34:15 Inserting the PSU
37:16 Connecting the 24pin and 8pin
39:05 Connecting up the SSD
40:45 Connecting up Front IO
42:38 Connect the AIO RGB & Fan controller
45:11 Installing the GPU
46:35 Be Quiet Limited edition badge
48:53 It boots!!
49:58 Cable managing the front of the case
51:14 Cable combs
54:34 Cable management half way there
55:26 Briony battles the rest of the cables
58:15 So many cable ties!
59:25 Fighting to get the side panel back on
1.00:10 Tempered glass panel makes an appearance
1.01:51 Final result!
Here’s a list of all the components used in this build:
- CPU: Intel i5 9600K Here
- CPU Cooler: Gamerstorm Captain 360 EX RGB White cooler Here
- Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A Here
- RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2666MHz DDR4 Memory Here
- GPU: KFA2 GTX 1070Ti EX-SNPR White Graphics card Here
- Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB Here
- PSU: Corsair RM750x Power supply Here
- Fans: Corsair White LL120 RGB Fans Here
The Be Quiet! Dark Base 700 in white can be found at OCUK Here
Kitguru says: Thank you to all the companies involved for sponsoring products for this build! We love hearing from our readers so what do you think of the finished result? Would you like to see more manufacturers doing a white version of their popular cases?