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be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow against Corsair 3500X ARGB White

Corsair 3500X ARGB White leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: 80

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: 84

    4 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: 80

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: 76.4

    5%to the left

  • Typical price

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: $100

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: $110

    $10to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Card length

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: 369 mm

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: 400 mm

    8%to the right

  • Cooler height

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: 168 mm

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: 170 mm

    1%to the right

  • Largest radiator

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: 360 mm

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: 360 mm

    level

  • Fans included

    be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow: 3

    Corsair 3500X ARGB White: 3

    level

The verdict

  • The Corsair 3500X ARGB White scores 5% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The be quiet! Pure Base 501 Airflow typically costs $10 less.

Specifications

Specbe quiet! Pure Base 501 AirflowCorsair 3500X ARGB White
Boards it takesATX, MATX, ITXATX, MATX, ITX
Card length369 mm400 mm (better)
Cooler height168 mm170 mm (better)
Largest radiator360 mm360 mm
Fans included33
Volume44 L (better)49 L
Brandbe quiet!Corsair
Released20242024
Typical price$100 (better)$110

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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