- Works great for low price
Easy install, thing is huge but not excessively heavy, in quiet mode it is just that, Quiet. keeps my Ryzen 9 nice and cool also.
- quiet - color - cooling - super secure mount
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!
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
60c CPU temperature in a 94F environment for 3 hours!
Great, it has a 270 watt tdp and it looks cool
Excellent Air Cooler A+ build quality Versatile, supports LGA 1700, AM4, AM5 My i5 never goes past 64c full load.
-Price -Easy to install (AMD 4/5) -Nearly as good as Noctua (1-2 degrees less) -Quiet
Outstanding quiet efficient cooling. Bought the second fan wanting maximum cooling and ended up not needing it anyway for a ryzen 7 7800x3d. I have it mounted in a very well ventilated full ATX case and I see maximum 78*C on stress tests and gaming for 8+ hours at a time. I wanted to stay away from AIO coolers or water and this thing is amazing. It's really not loud the case fans are louder anyway
Cooler fits into a Lian Li A3 with no height issue. Its been years now that I've used a air cooler - for the past 5 pc builds throughout the years building gaming PC's I've used a AIO from different brands. I'll tell you now I'm shocked to say air coolers have gotten better. I forgot the benifits of a air cooler over a AIO setup. The fan noise is more bearable over the humming sound you get from fans pushing through a radiator. The operaing temps with 100% cpu usage seems to not throttle my build in any way. I am now convince to jump back into air cooler wagon. As long you do your research about the tdp of the cpu you have - finding a air cooler to handle it would be idea over getting a AIO as a cooling solution.
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I had read comments that the fan came damaged - mine was in perfect condition. It arrived early even though it came from overseas. Super quiet too :) Took me some time to find a fan to fit my motherboard as I'm not very techy, so quite happy i have my pc back in working order :D
Works well keeps Ryzen 7950x3D between 45-60 on load. Fans can switch sides or be removed
Great Cooling for a great price Did not wanted to go water cooling, my ryzen 9950X keeps under 80_C under work load, I am happy with it.
- Aesthetically a thumbs up on my Small Form Factor Case - Fits on the SFF Case with old pc components (4 yrs old) - Highest Temp I got 69° with all the processes running extremely high at room temperature 79° (2/9/2022) - lowest Temp was 30° on idle and averages 46° to 60° while working (still working from home. check the photos of my home setup.)
Quiet without Low-noise adapter. Looks like an engine Easy installation Customizable fan positions Keeps the CPU in a cold happy bliss Comes with many parts, including spares