BeQuiet! Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. Be Quiet! Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler4. Installation5. Testing Methodology and Performance6. Acoustical Performance7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Turning to the product itself, we immediately notice the beautiful, distinctively styled Be Quiet! 135mm SilentWings PWM fan, which offers full coverage and even overlaps the heatsink behind it. As such, the tips of the blades are moving air over almost all of the heatsink.

The heatsink itself is ominous by design, courtesy of a dark nickel-plated surface. The fins are fairly dense allowing for lots of thermal transfer – there are 44 aluminum fins in total.  The Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler also boasts 6 thick heatpipes.

One side of the cooler has no fan although one could be added later to improve the performance if desired. We like the Be Quiet! CPU ‘steel heatpipe caps' which make it stand out.

The cooler ships with a protective cover on the core, to help prevent minor damage during shipping.

This is not a direct contact base, but there are six thick heatpipes running into the block on either side, leading into the racks of aluminum fins.

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