be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 | TDP 270W CPU Cooler | Air Cooler | Intel LGA 1851 1700 1200 1150 1151 1155 | AM5 AM4 | BK036

Pros: - Fantastic performance, keeps Ryzen 7 2700X at around 37c idle and around 60c load
- Allows the 2700X to hit the peak XFR2 numbers @ 4.3Ghz without any thermal throttling
- Super quiet (duh its in the name), but no for real its crazy how quiet it is
- Stock fans are some of the best fans in the industry, the fact that its bundled with this cooler make it a great value
- Just enough clearance over my G.Skill TridentZ ram sticks on my MSI X470 Gaming Carbon Pro
- The heatsink is massive, but I think that's a plus, helps keep the temps down and fans spinning at lower RPMs
- Installation is quite easy if you plan ahead correctly (more on that in the 'Other' section)
- Top 1 or 2 air cooler in the market, neck and neck with its Austrian brethren (but this looks so much better!)
- Better performance than the majority of AIOs out there and on par with the best while being over $50 cheaper
- Not to kick off an air cooler vs. AIO CLC debate, but seriously this is one of the best choices out there due to its performance and 0 maintenance required
- Less important stuff; it looks super sleek and great inside the case with a window and its packaged and presented really well, nice attention to detail

Cons: - The fan clips will chip away the black coating from the fins, but its just a minor visual annoyance rather than a performance related issue

Overall Review: Installation Tip; make sure you plan your installation correctly ahead of time by taking out the motherboard out from its case. This heatsink is massive so installing it while your motherboard is in a case will make it much much more difficult. If you've seen any reviews online that say the installation is hard, its because you can tell that they were trying to install it within a case (especially evident in YouTube reviews). Technically speaking, their installations were in fact difficult, but that's not the fault of the cooler. Nowadays the vast majority of air coolers and AIO CLCs can be installed without having to take the motherboard out. This is just a unique situation for this particular heatsink that needs a bit of planning. But once you do it outside of the case, it is in fact super easy. If be quiet! sees this review, I would like to suggest that they mention taking out the motherboard from its case as 'advice' in the instruction booklet.

Its great that they include the proper screwdriver to install the heatsink!

Pros: None

Cons: None

Overall Review: When trying to mount the cooler, one side wouldn't latch. After countless attempts at trying to refit it and figure out what was wrong, I noticed that the mounting bracket was missing thread and was not tapped.
I can't speak of the quality of the cooler itself, but at the very least there are QA problems.
I tried to reach out to Be Quiet support but they only work M-F during business hours. As it was Saturday, I decided to go to a local store to pick up another cooler, as I needed my PC asap and could not wait for this to get resolved.