The interior
The interior of the be quiet! Silent Base 802 has the same structure and layout as the interior of the Dark Base 700 and Dark Base 900, with slight changes. A great feature of this case is that its internal structure is modular. This means that the Silent Base 802 can have its internal layout inverted.
The lower part of the case is covered by a set of removable plastic panels. The side is a single wide panel which can be removed by pressing on its middle upper side. While the top side is covered by four panels which clip into place.
On the right side of the motherboard tray, there are five plastic covers that snap into place. These cover the slots used to install additional 3.5” storage cages. The idea behind this is to only use the storage cage number you need and leave the rest of the space open for a better airflow.
The back side of the motherboard tray has approximately 27mm of space between the motherboard tray and the side panel. There is a good amount of tie down points for cable management.
At the front and lower part of the case, underneath the power supply shroud, there is a pre-installed HDD cage. This offers up to two 3.5” storage spaces or up to two 2.5” storage spaces. The cage and the bracket that holds it in place can be easily removed as they are attached with thumbscrews.
Behind the motherboard tray, there are three 2.5” storage trays installed. One is located on the right lower side, while the other two are found on a separate tray that covers the opening for the backplate. All these storage trays are easy to remove as they are held in place by thumbscrews.
The be quiet! Silent Base 802 has an integrated fan hub and 2-phase fan controller. This fan hub is installed on the back of the motherboard tray. The hub as a total of six 4 pin fan headers but no RGB headers. Fortunately, this fan hub has its power distribution separated into two rails, each rail handles three fans.
The top side of the Silent Base 802 has a sliding metal plate which will hold both fans and radiators. This metal drawer is easy to remove as it’s held attached to the chassis by two screws. The usage of a drawer for the installation of fans and radiators is a feature that I hope will be a common sight in the future, as it makes the installation process of AIO coolers very easy.
The cables of the I/O panel are long and completely black.
