be quiet! Dark Rock TF 2

[HEXUS]

Something a little different to your typical air cooler.

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[Friesiansam]

A rather surprising misfire from be quiet!.

[tinbin]

Disappointing cooling performance thats a shame

[kalniel]

Great review! That's why we need this kind of thing so we don't have to find out for ourselves!

[foolishlywise]

So much so that be quiet! takes away the unwanted accolade of being the first air cooler to fail our customary overclocking test.

I was tempted to dump the custom loop I have when it came to system rebuild time next year, and was a toss-up between this and Noctua's D15S. Always liked be quiet! stuff but heh, now chromax is a thing...

[Tunnah]

So much so that be quiet! takes away the unwanted accolade of being the first air cooler to fail our customary overclocking test.

I was tempted to dump the custom loop I have when it came to system rebuild time next year, and was a toss-up between this and Noctua's D15S. Always liked be quiet! stuff but heh, now chromax is a thing...

Noctua just can't be beat. I'm still rocking a D14 I bought in 2011 and I can't imagine changing it for at least another decade. Absolutely silent, 60c idle, 65c while gaming. Only time I hear the fans spin up is instances like game loading on Civ, where the whole CPU is used at once, otherwise the fans stay at their minimum of around 300rpm

[Jay-Bruce]

I've got to admit that BeQuiet! do make some lovely kit, I ran my system on a rake of their silent wings 2 fans, and they worked well offering decent flow in total silence but had lots of grunt, albeit at higher noise levels. I just wish they'd embrace RGB as an option, although for a closed case, or a stealth build, their stuff is my go-to, their satin black looks awesome, it performs well, and lives up to their name, because they are indeed quiet. This review was interesting to see that a relatively compact air cooler could keep a stock CPU's temperatures in the same ballpark as an AIO liquid cooler, although sadly it failed the overclocking test, still interesting none the less...