Introduction

I would like to thank be quiet! for supplying the review sample.


The original Pure Base 500 did not have an LX variant, instead you could pick the FX version with ring based ARGB fans. The Pure Base 500 series launched almost exactly five years ago and was one of the first cases from be quiet! which jumped on the RGB bandwagon, with illuminating strips built into the front cover. Now, half a decade later, be quiet! has refreshed the series with the Pure Base 501 models. We are reviewing the Pure Base 501 LX to be exact, with its embedded Light Wing LX fans. Even though it has been a while, this version takes the same body and incorporates a slew of modernizations as well as a few surprise details. Generally available in black and white, there is also the Pure Base 501 DX, which sports a different front and fewer, larger, non-ARGB equipped fans.

Specifications