be quiet! Dark Base 701 Build - Step by Step Guide

A full step by step guide to building a PC in the be quiet! Dark Base 701 White. This guide assumes no previous knowledge and is perfect for a first time PC builder. Links to parts used in the build are below.

00:00 Intro
00:12 Preparing the Case
08:56 CPU Installation
09:34 M.2 SSD Installation
10:09 RAM Installation
10:27 CPU Cooler Backplate Installation
10:48 Motherboard Installation
11:06 Case Cable Installation
12:00 Power Supply Installation
13:06 CPU Cooler Installation
15:28 Graphics Card Installation
15:50 Cable Management
16:10 Complete Build Footage
16:46 Setting up the PC
16:59 Thermals
17:23 Case Review

Parts used in the build (Amazon links are Affiliates Links)

• be quiet! Dark Base 701 White
• ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-E GAMING WIFI II
• Intel Core i9 14900K
• ASUS ROG RYUO III 360 ARGB CPU Cooler
• Kingston FURY Renegade RGB White XMP 32GB 7200MT/s DDR5 CL38 DIMM Desktop Gaming Memory (Kit of 2)
• Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
• Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 Snow Edition 1050W
• ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 4080
• Gelid Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Paste

Affiliate links
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Music
Past Life Limbo - Dylan Sitts

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[Nick-pxtq]

Incomprehensible! He speaks so quickly and hurries through everything without explaining any of it. It's far from clear to me who the audience is meant to be for this - People like me who've never built a PC before just won't understand most of what he's saying, but I imagine that for anyone who has built one before this is all blindingly obvious.

PWM? AIO? ARGB? WTF?

[stevens]

I built in a be quiet! case with one of your older videos. Still can't believe how solid be quiet! equipment is. Difficult to convey the build quality of it through video but wow, I've handled dozens of different cases from various brands and be quiet! is up there at the top.

[toonnut]

Great video thanks the only thing I'd like to have seen is the motherboard installed in the inverted position just to see what it looked like visually 👍 and I'm confused why they had the hard drive positions all over the place. It would be impossible to use a single power cable to power the hard drives. So we'd need to use several different cables instead of one but apart from that the case looks great 👍

[arpadkincses]

nice case and good solution for reverse build. if i didn't have yet a lian li L3, it would be a good choice for me. The video is excelent, as always

[drenaudc]

I wonder if you would consider a build in the be quiet! LIGHT BASE 900 FX White ABS / Steel / Tempered Glass ATX Full Tower Case. I am a big fan of yours and I am considering this case for my AMD 5 build. I also followed your Lian Li 216 pretty closely for main system, a AMD 4. Anyway ty for your time>

[georgesteer]

Awesome review. Is there a way to fabricate a GPU support bracket for this case? Thank you, George.

[nathanv]

@ChristopherFlannigan what is the automated screwdriver that you use in your videos? Amazon affiliate link?

[Warlord]

I cant push the ssd rubber pads in the case. Driving me nuts. Holes are too tiny. Any tips for that, please?!

[Ladioz]

Nice build for sure, but BeQuiet genuinely need to figure an easier way to remove the front panel. Something simple like Corsair 4000D airflow's front panel...

[jeanbalthazar]

Hi there. Thanks for the video. I just have built a PC with this case, and one thing still baffles me: a prolonged push on the front panel fan speed button (>3sec) is supposed to switch to Power Management mode, but I just can't get it to work. I tested the fan header with a single PWM fan connected to it, and it works fine. The front panel fan button is working as well, since it allows me to switch through the three preset speeds. But pushing 3sec+ doesn't have any effect. The fan speed isn't read in the BIOS, but I guess that can be normal, since only 2 wires are connected. Have you tested this functionality? Thanks.

[thomasenright]

Would you be able to use RTX 4080 GPU with old power supply that does not have the 12v in it?

[ivanpavlovski]

Can someone explain why manufacturers ditching the reset button on pc cases? Only because of that I don˙t want to buy this or any other case without reset button.

[justeddm]

Such a case review should start with someone coming out of the case 😅.. the size is just 😇

[Zerback]

Bro where end those PCs that you build? You have thousands

[milordas]

Noise is nothing if not compared to other cases

[taomahNEGEV]

Great built but the 701 is extremely overpriced.