It’s been a very long time since we’ve seen a brand new horizontal desktop PC case exterior the world of HTPCs, however be quiet! has simply resurrected the idea with its new glass gaming PC case. Like an outdated 486 PC from the Nineties, the brand new be quiet! Gentle Base 600 has a horizontal format, and it seems to be rather a lot higher than the off-white desktop instances of the darkish ages too.
We noticed this new be quiet! case whereas we had been wandering the Computex present flooring. Sadly, it seems to be too tall to have the ability to comfortably mount your monitor on high of it just like the basic horizontal case designs, however doing so would wreck your view of the inside anyway. It has a really completely different design from any of the chassis on our greatest PC case information, although, and I’d like to see the horizontal kind issue take off once more.
The brand new Gentle Base 600 flips the motherboard tray in order that it sits stage along with your desk, with all of the growth slots lined up vertically. It additionally has a dual-chamber design, which is why it’s so tall, because the PSU and cables are all hidden beneath the motherboard tray.
That gave it sufficient room to put in a full-size be quiet! Darkish Energy 13 PSU within the demo system, although, which additionally reveals there’s sufficient clearance above the motherboard to suit a be quiet! Darkish Rock Elite CPU cooler on high of the Intel Core i5 14600K CPU.
There’s loads of cooling out there within the demo rig too, with the case sporting no fewer than seven 120mm be quiet! Gentle Wings LX RGB followers. In the meantime, the three RGB strips throughout the entrance make it stand out, and the ports on the entrance panel are wise centered, somewhat than sitting on the edge.
As a proof of idea, it clearly works, however I’d like to see the place else you can take this kind issue. In the event you may scale back the peak by making it a non-dual-chamber design, utilizing an AIO cooler, and becoming a PCIe riser for the graphics card, you can realistically put your monitor on high of it and save your self all of the area occupied by a regular PC tower case.
As somebody who fondly remembers the times of CGA graphics, I additionally love the concept of horizontal desktop PC instances coming again to the fore. It solely wants a few front-facing drive bays, a turbo button, and a clock velocity show to finish the look. Let’s not carry again that horrible off-white coloration scheme although.
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