Published: September 5, 2023 | Source: be quiet | Author: Mark Campbell

be quiet! Shadow Base 800 FX PC Case Review

Conclusion – A big case for HUGE hardware

Once again, be quiet! have come to market with a solid case design with their new Shadow Base 800 FX, and thanks to the Shadow Base 800 series’ various options, the series has the ability to support a wide range of price points and a variety of aesthetic preferences. All of these cases support EATX motherboards, all of these cases support large liquid cooling setups, and all of these cases support the same I/O capabilities.

With its added RGB lightning support, the FX Black model of the Shadow Base 800 that we are reviewing today is aimed more at the “gamer” crowd than this case’s more simplistic counterparts, but the case still retains the understated aesthetic that would make this case well suited to an office environment, assuming that you don’t have this case’s lights on RGB rainbow mode.

The sheer size of the Shadow Base 800 FX makes this case ideal for almost any conceivable hardware setup, and if you get your measurements right, this case can support two 420mm liquid cooling radiators. This case is large enough to accommodate a lot of large components, and has been made with large liquid cooling solutions in mind. Want a monstrous workstation with a large Threadripper CPU or Sapphire Rapids Xeon processor? This case is a solid choice for you.

The best thing that I can say about the Shadow Base 800 FX is that the design is simple and easy to use. There is plenty of space for cable management, the case supports tool-free SSD or HDD installation, and it is easy for users to route cables to the back of this case to give your system a clean aesthetic. The case is robust, its included fans provide ample cooling, and if you want to install your GPU vertically, you can easily rotate this case’s PCIe slots, though you will need to buy a PCIe riser card.

For the Shadow Base 800 FX, we are giving be quiet! our OC3D Approved Award. This case gets all of the fundamentals right, and any case from the Shadow Base 800 series would be a great choice if you are building a PC with large form factor components. AMD needs to hurry up and launch their next-generation Threadripper processors, as I’d love to see this case filled with beefy workstation grade hardware. That said, there is also a lot of large gaming hardware these days, especially within the high-end GPU market.