The be quiet! Light Base 600 LX is certainly not the most affordable dual-chamber of its size on the market. You do pay for the flexibility it provides and the uniquely embedded LED element among the other features. Considering the DX clocks in at $35 less, it is beneficial to grab the LX as purchasing four Light Wing LX fans would cost you more than the difference between the two. In terms of pure value, the price performance doesn't feel as good in comparison to the Light Base 900 LX. That larger chassis sells for $45 more, but includes the higher-end Light Wings 2 fans among other engineering upgrades.

We noted that the previous DX variants of enclosures at least includes some form of active, non-ARGB cooling which is no longer the case. And the inconsistent model of ARGB fans between the 600 and 900 LX variants feels like another cost-cutting method where the savings don't really end up at the consumes end. The be quiet! Light Base 600 LX in general is a simpler case, so one could have expected be quiet! to be more competitive in its MSRP or more consistent while keeping the pricing structure.

Speaking of the simplifications inside the chassis, none of them feel like you have to compromise unnecessarily. This means that you still get a very functional build experience, quality feel and clean final result. But there is one quite blatant exception: the HDD capabilities. While we already criticized the lack of a second HDD cage in the 900 series, be quiet! pushes it too far by simplifying the one on the Light Base 600 LX to not even require a cage for the singular 3.5" drive it can hold. But, instead of extending that simplicity to allow for a second one, it is designed to require you to still have to buy a be quiet! HDD Cage 2 to get that storage. This is not for the benefit of the costumer and clearly going too far to cash in vs. just giving the user a simple second storage possibility. Another apparent cost-cutting aspect is the fact that all the small bits are no longer pre-installed, which just adds to the build time and complexity. On top of that, be quiet! omitted small things like Velcro strips.

Luckily, there is still all that special exterior design that makes the Light Base series so unique with its LED strips around all three sides. While it has a lower density of LEDs for the surface area at 77 vs 172 LEDs, it still manages to look beautiful on all three sides. be quiet! also is perfectly consistent in the interior layout as well as exterior placement flexibility.

There is a lot to like about the be quiet! Light Base 600 LX, like the pair of PCBs for 12 ARGB and PWM elements, BTF support, or clean cable routing options alongside the embedded dust filters. On top of that there are plenty of feature rich details like the rotatable expansion slots and included GPU support that could come in handy. But with all the cost-cutting, the saving grace ends up being the embedded LEDs and choice of three setups to set itself apart enough to make you look past the shortcomings and less bang for your buck vs. the 900 series.