Complete System
The DeepCool CL500 is a lovely case to work with, and there really is a lot of space to play around with on the interior. It’s designed for ATX motherboards, however, because there are no awkward shapes and lumps in there, I was able to fit an E-ATX motherboard with ease. It did cover the main cable routing grommets, but there are vertical pass-throughs above and below the motherboard that accommodated everything with ease.
There’s a handy vertical GPU power cable in the shroud, allowing a shorter cable run for the graphics card. Of course, you have room for a multi-GPU configuration if you desire, and there’s enough width that you could likely fit those chunky new 3000 series cards.
There’s a handy GPU support bracket here to help with GPU droop. It could do with being a tiny bit longer so I can lift the front corner of the card, not the rear, but honestly, it still gets the job done.
CPU cooler clearance is excellent, and the best and brightest in the Noctua range fit with ease. There’s still room to spare to and I suspect even a D15S would fit in here. You also have that rear 120mm fan pulling heat out of the system.
There’s still good access to the CPU power cables too, I struggle to access them in many cases, but not today!
Plus, you still get good clearance overall from the top of the case, where you could fit slim radiators easily enough.
The passive airflow in this case is awesome, even with no fans, there’s a good pull through from the hardware fans. Of course, if you really want to, you could put some high airflow fans, but don’t expect to reach a positive pressure with such high airflow.
Overall, it’s a gorgeous looking case for those who want a clean and simple case to work with. You get a huge amount of airflow but remember it’ll come at the cost of noise suppression, so pick components carefully.
