
-Cheap (got it on sale for 16 bucks!) -Effective if you dont want to overclock or have one of the chips that run hot. Aesthetics are nice


Its a good company not some knock off Fly by night Cant beat it for the price and performance. Way better than any OME by far! RGB lighting Keeps CPU nice and cool!

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

ARGB Fans Incredible price to performance Easy to install Good aesthetics

This is well designed. On quiet mode I can barely hear and keeps my 7950c CPU (170W) below 50C while running Borderlands 4. Nothing right now will really challenge load. On performance mode it will be a bit louder but still good. It is rated for 270W, so maybe in 5+ years when CPU is more utilized, my temp might get high enough I need to go to performance, but doubt it. The fan blocks the ram slots, so if you ever have issues, like motherboard troubleshooting or new ram install, it is much easier than expected. The fan is held on by 2 clips. Dont be afraid, the come off easy. Take clips off, move fan out of way, install your ram. I figured this out as the power cord for the fan was hiding from me after I installed onto board.

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?

I enjoyed how easy it was to install

Easy to install Quiet Looks great


Purchase and tech support was great. Fan comes with a thermal paste applied and everything needed. Easy to assemble. Unfortunately my ram cards were too tall so the fan could clear over them and had to return.

Great design, superb build quality, excellent performance and thankfully no lights! The installation was a breeze and fit & compatibility is awesome with lots of clearance everywhere. I got this cooler after I threw in the towel on the AMD Wraith Prism cooler that came with my Ryzen 2700X because it was, by far, the noisiest component of the whole PC. I was initially leaning towards the Scythe Mugen 5 v2 but it has proven impossible to get in Canada for a reasonable price.

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

I use MSI 's Mystic Light to sync the color with other fans. Keeps my Ryzen 7 9800X3D temp at 39 to 42(C) idling The DDR5 memory sits little high, I was able to moving 1 fan half inch above the heatsink. I ran 3dMark Demo 's Steel Nomad, the temperature peak at 51.3 (c) for a second, Averge temperature was 44(C)

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


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

- Very powerful cooling air flow; - 2nd fan moves above RAM modules; - Stays almost silent under average load; - Easy to install; - Very nice looking.