r/bequietofficial

A few years ago (2020), I built a PC with a Core i9-9900 processor in a Silent Base 801 case, with three additional 14cm Pure Wings 2 fans and a Dark Rock 4 CPU cooler. I was thrilled with the setup until I sold it. Since then, I've gone through countless cases, coolers, and fans from various brands, always good quality ones like Fractal, Noctua, or Thermalright. For the past few months, I've had to deal with a setup that runs quite hot: a Fractal Pop Silent case, a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120EVO cooler, and three Thermalright TL-K12 fans. No matter how much I adjusted the fan curve and PBO values ​​of my 9800X3D, I couldn't get it below 60°C at idle, and the fan noise was quite annoying. So, when I'd had enough, I went back to BeQuiet!, bought a Silent Base 802, eight 14cm Pure Wings 3 PWM fans, a Dark Rock Elite CPU cooler, and, since I found a good deal, I also upgraded my power supply to a 1200W Dark Power 14 (In 0db mode). i'm in love and comfortable with my setup again. I have the case fans set to level 1 (500 RPM) and the Dark Rock Elite in silent mode. Now I have an idle temperature of around 48°C, while gaming and pushing it a bit, it doesn't go above 65-70°C, and in stress tests, it doesn't exceed 84-85°C. All this with the solid/silent panels; I haven't used the mesh ones. For security reasons i have setup thermal limit to 90ºC in bios, with MSI Enhanced Mode 3 PBO settings.

After all this tinkering, I just wanted to reiterate that one of the best options has always been silent bequiet cases (in my opinion, they should be as quiet as possible), which offer excellent airflow, plenty of space, and exceptional quality, as well as fans and heat sinks.

While I’ve been a Noctua and Asus fanboy for as long as I remember, it wasn’t until I saw the Lightbase 900 that I really began to appreciate the bequiet! brand. At the time I was building a new system and I already had a case purchased (Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2), but I kept the Lightbase 900 on my shortlist for my next case.

Fast forward, just over a year later Noctua releases their own AIO and Asus released a special edition ROG Crosshair 2006 motherboard which just so happened to resolve a pcie5 bifurcation limitation I had with my X870E Hero board which limited the GPU slot to x8 when using two x4 pcie5 hard drives. I was also vibing with the potential Noctua, bequiet! and copper/black aesthetic of the board.

Functional improvements have included lower CPU, GPU and memory temps, much quieter operation and the x16 bandwidth on the pcie GPU slot with multiple 4x pcie 5 hard drives. I also dig the look.

Build list:

Asus ROG 2006 motherboard
GSKILL TridentZ F5-6000J2636G32GX2-TZ5NR (the GOAT) 64GB DDR5 @6200cl26
AMD Ryzen 9950x3d
Asus ROG Astral 5090
Crucial T705 2TB
Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB
Seagate Firecuda 530 4TB
Seasonic TX-1600 Noctua Edition PSU
Noctua NL-LC1-42
Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 x10
Thermalright memory cooler

After years of owning my omen 30l (rtx 3060ti ryzen 7 5700g), i decided to upgrade my fan setup, only to be left with disappointment!

I decided to add 2 x be quiet silent wings 4 and an arctics p9. Additionally, I reapplied thermal paste.

When booting for the first time, I found that the idle temps were the same as before… 65 degrees. The fan speed had significantly dropped as well - when i attempted to put the fans on “quiet mode” (on the omen app) the bottom fan stopped working.(potentially a voltage issue?).

If anyone knows, is there a way to increase the fan speed/ alter the curve via any softwares- I have done some research but i am not sure as i know omen are notorious restricting pretty much everything . Thank you 🙏

https://psutierlist.org/

I just got the Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 1000W PSU and came across this tier list which says that the 12 is a downgrade from the 12M. My question is, how so? Is it just because it's not modular, or are there also quality differences?

I have a Light Loop 360 AIO and Power Zone 2 PSU in my build. I've been hearing this crackling sound for a while now. I am not sure of what it could be. It's coming from the middle/back of my case. Sometimes it's loud and sometimes it quiets down. Thanks for the help!

This is my first time with be quiet since 2022 when i had shadow wings fans. These are the silent wings 4. The airflow and silence is impressive, I don't really like their case design but i have used 8 or 9 brands and these to me are peak

Cheers.

While i enjoy my case, i find the available RGB colours to be way too bright for my poor little eyes and i wanna switch em out.

No software i tried can find either the case fans nor the case stripes, i tried Armory Crate and SignalRGB and neither were able to help. I suck at PC's and didnt build the thing myself, the guy who did it like a year ago mentioned something about a connector cable missing to access and control the fan speed and RBG of pretty much anything except my CPU watercooler.

Once again, i suck at this, so maybe there is someone who can point out whats missing where, or if i'm just plain stupid.