
Extremely cold CPU. Only hear it when under load 100% cpu usage.

The heatsink is great, it keeps my 12600k at solid temps. Obviously because it is so great at cooling the heatsink is pretty big so make sure to double check your case dimensions because it might not fit in a micro atx case. I personally have a full atx case.


Be Quiet Dark Rock 5 PRO is the BEST air cooling solution for INTEL socket 1700 and AMDs as well!!!!! IT is huge, I broke down 5 computers trying to find a case it fit in! Some of which I am parting out, and others that need to be re-assembled! I had two cases that it would fit in, and one has an 8inch fan in the side, that I didn't want to take out to make room for this huge heatsink, so that left me with an NZXT case which only fit in because the fan was lower than the heatsink! The Dark Rock 5 has a TDP of 210, which I returned for the Dark Rock 5 PRO with a TDP of 270. I am running a i9-14900k, & a i7-14700k, they both idle around 29c. Under stress test mid 50s to mid 60s. One test it "popped up" to 71-73c for very brief seconds! I get NO THROTTLING from high temp or lack of power! Currently running i9 @ 5ghz ALL CORE! The i7 4.8ghz ALL CORE, but pretty sure I can take it up to 5ghz & stay at the same temps, with a little tweaking of the AC/DC Load-Line! GERMAN ENGINEERING what more needs to be said! Most people are saying you HAVE to use a water cooler on these hot i7s & i9s, but these Dark Rocks ROCK!!!! I did use liquid metal. Those that say you have to worry about RAM clearance, I have no clue! I am running 4 sticks of Corsair Vengeance, and I have the fan as low as it will goo, and I can still fit a piece of cardboard from a notebook between the fan & RAM sticks. Keep in mind the fan is designed where it can be raised a bit. SO put the RAM clearance out of your mind! OH, and the clip on fan are no trouble at all! AND the center fan comes out easy, don't know why some of the folks make comment about that. I seated & unseated it quite a few times! For me the "CPU fan header" was the pain in my?

It's look cool with other case with RGB fans! can easily cool the high temp CPU but it was pretty good one It's came with thermal paste very neat!

No compromises air cooling

Runs beautifully for my budget build has zero problems gaming wise ( I mainly play rust which is a cpu heavy game)

The easiest cooler to assemble and install Fifteen minutes max. Brought down the Ryzen 5 5500 from stock cooler 70 degrees Centigrade down to 44 degrees Centigrade Motherboard was 42 degrees Centigrade with stock cooler. With the ThermalRight Asasssin v 120 2. The unbelievable motherboard temp was 25 degrees Centigrade. This is from Amati case

EXCELLENT AIR COOLER ITS A BIT LARGE TAKES PART ON TOP OF THE RAMS BUT THE COOLING ITS AWESOME INCLUDES 2 FANS AND A VERY LARGE AIRSINK AND ALSO HAS PREAPPLIED THERMAL PASTE RIGHT OUT THE BOX.

-Price -Easy to install (AMD 4/5) -Nearly as good as Noctua (1-2 degrees less) -Quiet

Good price to performance. Low temps and a bit overkill for my Ryzen 9 3900.

Two 120mm aRGB fans

reduced cost, but not reduced quality Significant improvements in thermals and noise across the board

- Easiest installation of any air HSF cooler I've done in a while - It cools my current AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU better than expected. CPU is running quite frosty right now - RGB is done tastefully and looks quite good.

Big cooling Thick fan Quiet operation and effective fan speed op 100% recommended even in the hotter Intel chips.

Surprisingly powerful

Stop looking at anything else and buy this. Worth every cent. Easy to follow instructions for all chip sets.

Works with Ausu Prime Z890-P full ATX board and Intel Ultra 7 265K processor. Very cheap. Very quiet fan. Very effective in cooling the CPU. Comes with 1 120mm fan, and extra metal clip to install another 120mm fan on the other side of the heat sink, if needed. Very large heat sink.

- It keeps the processor at a good temperature

Keeps my cpu overclocked and cool