be quiet! DARK ROCK PRO 3 Silentwings CPU Cooler 250W TDP - BK019

Pros: -Sexy. It looks so good with the brushed aluminum and dark metal pipes. -Powerful airflow -Great temps on my CPU -DEAD SILENT except for the swishing of air if you shove your ear as close to it as possible without shocking it or yourself from static -Completely lives up to its name. It is "quiet!". It is dark. It is A ROCK. It is Pro. Those are "3" descriptions. The fans might as well be silent wings, and it is a cpu cooler. -Seriously, this thing looks so cool it makes me want to buy a second one just to display on my desk.

Cons: -A little cumbersome to mount, the instructions are a little confusing as others said, but it's not that hard, you just have to get creative. You're building a comp, not eating a cheese stick. -The size of Rosie O'Donnell. Son of a motherless goat this cooler is huge! When I transport my rig between LA and Sacramento I walk so carefully so that I don't cause too much stress on the mounting of my motherboard. Get low profile RAM, this thing barely has clearance for that, but it does with my Corsair Vengeance DDR4. Also get a case big enough to fit this. I have a Corsair 780T which is the size of Antarctica anyway. WORTH IT

Overall Review: - I've owned and used mine for 6 and a half months now -I have an ASRock X99 Extreme4 LGA 2011-v3. One thing I didn't know until I bought it was the mounting of this motherboard onto 2011-v3 does not use the included backplate, since this mobo already has a backplate that you screw into. It made me so nervous not having the included backplate because this thing is so heavy, but I secured it well to the mobo and I'm 6 and a half months strong with this CPU cooler now. -Get 3. One for your CPU, one to display on your desk for looks, and one to keep in your car in case you need to break the window for a quick escape in an emergency. This thing is big and heavy but extremely silent and reliable. -Did I mention I love this thing?

Pros: Dead silent when cooling my overclocked i7-5820K. Nice Looking. German Engineering. Superb Customer Service.

Cons: German instructions. Even when translated into English, German instructions never make sense to me. Three Youtube videos later and I knew how to do the job on an 2011_v3 socket.

Overall Review: I bought this and then forget about the project for a while. When I got back to it, I could not find the mounting kit. I sent Be Quiet! a message on their web site, admitting that I lost the mounting kit. I inquired about payment for a replacement kit. A week and change later, the parts arrive from Germany, free of charge!

Pros: Great look All black Quiet Cools really well

Cons: No cons

Overall Review: A lot of people say it's hard to install. But I found a vid on YouTube that made it so easy to install. The trick is to put the bolts on to the mounting bracket. Put on the bracket on the cooler first. Mount the back plate on to the mobo. Put the screws thru the back plate. Mount cooler and screw from the backplate. Hopefully I explained it right. If not look for HiTechLegion's vid for easy install.

Pros: -Solid build quality and cooling capability. -Fans are perfect for this heatsink in terms of performance. -For a dual-tower, dual-fan setup good memory clearance. -Mounting bracket only took 8 days to ship from Germany to the middle of the US. Not too bad...

Cons: Memory with tall heatsinks may require certain adjustments, so plan accordingly. Needed to order a separate bracket for AM4 sockets.

Overall Review: I have a Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 heatsink and the Dark Rock Pro measures up really well in terms of cooling performance with it. This cooler may not be able to match it, but it is not eating the D-15's dust either. It is by far the best looking cooler I have ever owned. The mounting of it isn't that hard if you take a different approach than that of the one presented in the manual. Look up vids on youTUBE to check out how easy it can be. And it can be done by one person no problem. As for memory clearance, I have a pair of G-Skill FlareX's on a Gigabyte GA ab350 Gaming 3 mobo and have no problems with clearance from it. Stay away from the memory that looks like a Vegas show dancer and you will be fine. All around a great cooler.

Pros: - CPU cooler runs very quiet. - Keeps my Ryzen 1800x CPU temps at a very reasonable temperature even when overclocked. - Very aesthetically pleasing. - They included a curved wrench to assist in the mounting process - Works wonders in bad air flow designed cases. - Allows for adjustment of the attached fan to work with high profile RAM kits. - Packaging was well done.

Cons: - Does not ship with the AM4 bracket, so you should request your bracket from the "be quiet!" site before ordering this product(at time of purchase 6/25/17). - The mounting process, this is a big cooler, as anyone who is looking into this cooler will most likely know. It was almost impossible to install this cooler without the assistance of my lovely wife's smaller hands to tighten the mount on the PCB side of the board with everything installed. I would recommend either installing this cooler into a system that has not been put together yet or just unplug all connecting wires then pulling the motherboard out the case to install the cooler.

Overall Review: Even with the few minor cons that I mentioned, I am still giving this product five stars. I would still HIGHLY recommend this product for any system(that has the size to accommodate it). I plan to buy this product for any system that I put together moving forward because of how well designed and functional this product is. I am very pleased with this purchase!

Pros: Fits LGA-1151 no issues HUGE!!! Black SILENT My CPU thinks it has moved to the Antarctica!!

Cons: HUGE!!! Screwdriver required for install. Four fine-thread machine screws need to be turned in at nearly equal rates to prevent mis-alignment and cross-threading.

Overall Review: Ok, I saw the reviews saying this thing was big, covered up memory slots, blocked PCIe slots, etc., and then I saw a picture of it and all that information went and filed itself somewhere while I made the purchase. When I got it home, that's when it really sank in that this thing is humongous! I'm surprised it wasn't built by some Texan obsessed with proving that everything really is bigger in Texas (no offense to Texans :) ). Seriously, it's like they took two hyper 212 coolers, expanded them to fit 135mm fans, and then welded them together - it's really, really big. Yeah, it covers 2.5 of my 4 memory slots on my full ATX board, but there's room for the memory as long as you put the memory in first. Someone posed the question about whether or not it fits LGA-1151 and the BeQuiet! rep said it does not. that information is NOT CORRECT. LGA-1151 and LGA-1150 seem to use the same mounting holes and the same size heat sink on the chip. I fitted this cooler to my Skylake 6700K with no issues. The BeQuiet forums also identify LGA-1150 and LGA-1151 coolers as being interchangeable. Contrary to others, I found the instructions to be clear and well thought out, but I did need to look at the pictures a couple of times. They could have been more clear about orientation of the backplate, but that was pretty obvious. The instructions that I received clearly identified which pieces went where and the order in which things should be installed. The only significant issue I encountered was when performing the final installation step and screwing the cooler to the board. The four screws need to be turned in at an equal rate while the cooler is supported by your other hand. If you turn them in unevenly, the cooler will tilt toward the screw that is farthest in and the screw that is farthest out can easily get cross-threaded when you begin turning it. I do recommend using a case that has a hole in the MOBO tray to allow access to the cooler backplate - otherwise you have to install the cooler before you mount the MOBO, and then plugging cables on the top edge of the board will be challenging. Also, make sure your memory is installed correctly (don't mess it up like I did) before you mount the cooler, because once it's mounted, you will have to remove it if you need to move memory sticks.

Pros: I bought this, because after looking at a chart comparing noise levels at both idle and load of different CPU coolers, this one seemed like it had the best ratio. The noise levels are astounding, even at load this thing isn't hardly audible. And at idle, and everything in between its dead silent. And not only that, but I use it on my i7 6700k, which is overclocked to 4.4Ghz and the OC doesn't bother this thing one bit. So performance wise, this thing is no slouch.

Cons: After reflection, the installation is fairly straightforward. But the instructions are basically non existent. I was confused even after watching a youtube video. But once I figured it out, it was easy, and I suspect it will be a breeze when I eventually by this cooler again, because I am very very happy with it.

Pros: My i5 6600k idles at under 30 Celsius and hasn't reached 90 under high load (ultra settings gaming with GTX 1070). Works well, is dead silent, looks great.

Cons: It's big, but surprisingly my G.Skill TritonZ DIMMs have just enough clearance without removing the heat shields (about 44mm I believe). Install process was a little frustrating. I have an LGA1151, and trying to keep the screws in the center hole of the bracket arms was a challenge. Once the screws feel just about secure, any more torque will squeeze/slide it into the other hole. It felt loose when attempting to keep that from happening, and when securing it to the motherboard the nuts on the back of those screws would feel loose and spin instead of allowing the mounting screws to tighten. Very strange that the holes aren't fully separated but rather separated by open grooves that allows a screw to travel between them if there's too much pressure (and as I said, any less pressure makes it feel loose). I eventually got each corner secure enough except for one. It felt secure enough despite still spinning when turning any further. Ultimately, my temps are fine and it is working as it should. Worth the install trouble.