At final, be quiet! is renewing its vary of high-end aircooling ventirads. To accomplish that, the corporate is highlighting two references with the Dark Rock Elite and Dark Rock Pro 5. If you’re accustomed to the model, you’ll have an thought which product we’re coping with. Anyway, we’ve obtained each fashions, so we’ll see what concrete distinction there may be between them, right here we go!
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The Dark Rock Pro sequence of heatsinks represents the top-of-the-range vary from be quiet! To obtain this, the corporate opts for a double-tower design for its followers, backed up by top-of-the-range followers. Ultimately, the distinction between the Dark Rock Elite and Dark Rock Pro 5 lies within the air flow and TDPs managed by these two fashions.
In each circumstances, our German heatsinks boast top-level efficiency. This is made doable by way of a complete of seven copper warmth pipes and a black coating containing ceramic particles.
Otherwise, our two heatsinks profit from a nickel-plated copper base. This makes them appropriate with liquid metallic. As a reminder, such a TIM(Thermal Interface Material) is completely not beneficial in case your heatsink makes use of an aluminum base. On the opposite hand, it performs a lot better than conventional paste, serving to to achieve levels on the processor.
To simply handle fan pace, there’s a selector positioned below the higher fan cowl. Depending on its place, the selector means that you can enhance silence or temperature. The most pace of the mills might be set to 2000 rpm or 1500 rpm.
In each circumstances, air flow guarantees to be high-performance, since we’re coping with Silent Wings-type grinders. There is a slight distinction within the selection of followers. The Dark Rock Elite makes use of two 135 mm Silent Wings, whereas the Pro 5 advantages from a 120 mm mannequin on the entrance and a second 135 mm fan within the heart. As the Dark Rock Elite makes use of a double 135 mm, the fan can be rail-mounted to make sure good RAM compatibility.
As for costs, the be quiet! heatsinks are set to be extremely priced, with the Dark Rock Pro 5 already priced at €99.90 and the Dark Rock Elite at €114.90. It stays to be seen whether or not these costs can be met in stores. In the meantime, they’re apparent rivals to the Assassin IV and MA824 Stealth.
