be quiet! Silent Base 802 Case Review: Extremely Good Mechanical Design

The be quiet! Silent Base 802 case includes both mesh & solid panels, making it an interesting offering for ultra silence or high airflow. Our benchmark & review compares vs the best cases.
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In this review, we're looking at the be quiet! Silent Base 802 for build quality, thermal performance, and acoustic (volume) performance. The SB 802 is a higher-end be quiet! case, one step below the company's flagship "Dark Base" lineup, and therefore competes most directly with other recent launches from Fractal (Meshify 2 XL) and Lian Li (O11 XL), although certainly there are many other competitors. The case has interchangeable mesh and solid panels, with additional attention to detail paid to noise damping on the side panel and front and top panels. The mesh version is obviously more focused on airflow. This testing looks at the solid vs. mesh performance, but also looks at noise-normalized thermals between the two.

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Fractal Meshify 2 XL on Amazon: https://geni.us/pQp4dEm
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Lian Li Lancool 215 on Amazon: https://geni.us/iIaEuX
Cooler Master TD500 on Amazon: https://geni.us/IV0lB
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Phanteks P400A on Amazon: https://geni.us/e3bBj

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - be quiet! Silent Base 802 Review
03:58 - Build Quality, Design, Features, & Engineering
13:04 - Silent Base 802 Thermal & Noise Testing
13:32 - Silent Base 802 CPU Thermal Benchmarks
15:40 - GPU Thermal Benchmarks
16:51 - 3DMark Thermal Benchmarks
17:16 - Blender CPU & GPU Thermal Benchmarks
17:59 - Standardized Fans on be quiet! Silent Base 802
19:05 - Noise Levels & Noise Normalized Thermals
21:16 - Conclusion

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Host, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Editorial, Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman