
Cant beat the overall package and price point.

- Solid construction - Many socket mount types - Colorful addressable LEDs and output a Rainbow when not connected to anything - Very reasonable cost

Temps dropped by 30° on my R5 3600 Easy install Includes pre applied thermal paste Mounting method makes upgrading CPUs much much easier with the secondary bracket design.

Great, it has a 270 watt tdp and it looks cool

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?

Excellent design Works GREAT! EASY INSTALL.

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

My Ryzen 5800XT runs at 32c at idle and never hits 60c while gaming. Easy to install.

Feels like its built well fans are quite and definitely keeps everything cool


ARGB Fans Incredible price to performance Easy to install Good aesthetics

It's huge. Cools well. Comes with hardware for AMD and Intel chips to mount it to the motherboard. Already has thermal paste applied to the cooler.

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.


- great price on special - good quality - good looking - 5 cooling pipes - slim design - amazing packaging


Two 120mm aRGB fans

- Silent - Look good - Fast shipping (less than 48 hrs)

Easy to install Looks great Pretty quiet RGB is Easy

The cooler comes with easy to change CPU socket adapters. The fan is easy to attach/detach. It uses the same fan as the MSI AIO Radiators. (Good Fan)