Wednesday, January 10th 2024
be quiet! at 2024 CES: White Editions of Dark Base 701 and Dark Base Pro 901, Fans, and More
The theme at be quiet! this CES is all about RGB lighting and white color variants. This is a big aesthetic departure from be quiet! which tends to have understated, mostly black product styling, with minimal use of RGB. Ah well, as long as it's all quiet. Among the cases, we saw all-white editions of the Dark Base 701, and Dark Base Pro 901 cases. The Dark Base 701 white retains its essential design and functionality, but now gets two addressable RGB silicone diffusers along the sides of the front panel. The interiors are all white, as are the included fans. The Dark Base Pro 901 white lacks any such RGB lighting elements, it's more of just a whitewash.
As we said, be quiet! is betting big on RGB and white color scheme this year, and has unveiled white variants of its Silent Wings 4, Light Wings, and Pure Wings 3 fan series, across all available sizes. These see white take over the frames and impellers. be quiet! collaborated with SignalRGB, the experts in elaborate RGB lighting, to create an art piece—a wall of 192 Light Wings White fans, all controlled through a single machine. The fans work like a mosaic to create actual images when viewed from a distance. Very creative!Another thing that caught our attention was the be quiet! created cable that converts a 12VHPWR from your PSU's backplate, to a 12V-2x6 connector that's oriented at a 90° angle. This cable is capable of 600 W, although power delivery will depend entirely on what the PSU backplane for the 12VHPWR is able to put out. 12V-2x6 is poised to replace 12VHPWR as the more mechanically sturdy high-Wattage add-on card power delivery standard.
As we said, be quiet! is betting big on RGB and white color scheme this year, and has unveiled white variants of its Silent Wings 4, Light Wings, and Pure Wings 3 fan series, across all available sizes. These see white take over the frames and impellers. be quiet! collaborated with SignalRGB, the experts in elaborate RGB lighting, to create an art piece—a wall of 192 Light Wings White fans, all controlled through a single machine. The fans work like a mosaic to create actual images when viewed from a distance. Very creative!Another thing that caught our attention was the be quiet! created cable that converts a 12VHPWR from your PSU's backplate, to a 12V-2x6 connector that's oriented at a 90° angle. This cable is capable of 600 W, although power delivery will depend entirely on what the PSU backplane for the 12VHPWR is able to put out. 12V-2x6 is poised to replace 12VHPWR as the more mechanically sturdy high-Wattage add-on card power delivery standard.