
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.

have used this cooler on a number of builds. Easy to install and performs well. Excellent value at its price point.

This cooler is big, but for a reason ... It works! Easy setup .... excellent manual included Keeps CPU incredibly cool when gaming is hot Well engineered, well constructed Active fan aids heat draw, and eliminating Excellent thermal paste works great

Looks good for my blackout build. cools great, SUPER quite at FULL RPM.

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?

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


Great cooling potential. Does what I need it to do. The side fan is adjustable height wise. See photo demo. Adjustable speed switch for the center fan. Performance and quiet.


-Great for somebody on a budget. -Cheap and looks great. - Great thermals over a stock AMD cooler

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

Keeping my CPU at a stable temp

Keeps my cpu overclocked and cool

Excellent Air Cooler A+ build quality Versatile, supports LGA 1700, AM4, AM5 My i5 never goes past 64c full load.

Drop my computer temperature from idling at 90C(bad stock CPU fan) to idling at around 40C after installation. it also includes a tube of thermal paste in it.

-Powerful cooling, better than a lot of liquid coolers. -Fairly quiet for the size. -Good instructions for installation, never felt lost. -Felt quite durable when handling.



I bought the Be Quiet! Pure Rock LP Air Cooler to replace the stock Intel air cooler for my old i3-12100. One change I made is to wipe off the pre-applied thermal paste and instead, used some Corsair thermal paste. The primary reason I bought the Be Quiet! HSF is to lower the CPU temps while playing STALKER 2. With the old Intel HSF, maximum temperatures were hitting mid to upper 80's C. After replacing with the Be Quiet!, maximum temperatures during STALKER 2 gameplay dropped to mid 60's. So far, it's hit 70C once. During non-gaming use (YT, surfing, etc), CPU temps hovered at 36C. Not bad. I'd buy it again.

Easy to install Looks great Pretty quiet RGB is Easy