BeQuiet!, which I probably don’t need to introduce here, launched the top-of-the-line Dark Rock Elite cooler early this year. Along with it, the Dark Rock Pro 5 was also released, but it has remained somewhat hidden in the shadow of its elite sibling, which I would like to correct today. I firmly believe that the fifth gen of the Dark Rock Pro will successfully build on the previous versions, which have always been renowned for their uncompromising cooling performance and quiet operation.
Results – 42 dBA
Why is there a missing value in the cooler chart? Either because the cooler could no longer handle the load in the specified mode, or because the fan could not be slowed down to the required level, typically the mode with the lowest noise level. Then there are cases for which we did not test the cooler at 125 W at all (and the graphs only show the results of the higher thermal load, 210 W). This refers to “optional” cooler configurations with a modified fan setup that is different from the factory one (for example, having one fan instead of two, or having completely different fans mounted on the heatsink of the cooler).
