be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5

Cool, quiet, hyper effective. The design is nifty and fits together flawlessly. It's easy to disassemble and clean. My 9800x3d sits in the 60-70 temp range during high intensity gaming. However, there are more factors at work than just the cooler.

Maxx · 2026-02-14 · via amazon

The Dark Rock Pro 5 was used for two builds based on the Gigabyte B850 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 motherboard. One build went in a new Corsair Frame 4000D ATX Mid Tower case, the other in a Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 case from 2007. The CPU in both builds is the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, a 120W part for which this 270W cooler has plenty of capacity. A middle fan sits between two radiators, covered by a plate bearing the be quiet! logo that is held in place with magnets. Underneath the cover plate is a Q/P switch that allows the cooler to run in Quiet or Performance mode. The fan wiring allows the two fans to be daisy chained and connected to a single CPU_FAN header that is typically located just above the CPU socket on the motherboard. Hardware is included with the cooler that supports Intel 1851, 1700, 1200, 1150, 1151 and 1155 sockets, and AMD AM4 and AM5 sockets. The directions were clear and installation was very easy. The cooler seems to have enough capacity relative to a 120W CPU that the fans tends to stay at low RPM and are inaudible, and it really looks great on a black motherboard in a black case. The Dark Rock Pro 5 is a high quality, well designed and manufactured CPU cooler that should run for a long time.

KGB · 2025-12-30 · via amazon

It keeps my i7 12700k very cool at idle and gaming. Full load temps peak at 75c and very stable ( image 2 is idle ) It’s a beefy cooler so make sure your case CPU Cooler height is at least 180mm It’s truly fascinating how much air it can move whilst staying so quiet Personally I think it looks nicer than the equivalent Noctuas 5 out of 5 stars. Much quieter than my old aio, as I leave my PC on 24/7 I want both reliability and low noise floor.

Tristan Coleman · 2026-04-05 · via amazon

This is a beefy CPU cooler coming in at 168mm tall. The installation process is easy and simple, a screwdriver is supplied in the box along with thermal paste. Mounting this on my Gigabyte B850M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E ICE was not an issue at all. The mounting kit is one of the best I have used. Once installed, it quiet and provides great airflow in my A3-case. The Dark Rock Pro 5 will fit into a Lian Li A3 case with no problems as seen in the pictures. Overall, I am very satisfied with the cooling and performace of the CPU cooler. I'm using it on a AMD 9800x3d CPU and it easily keeps it under 62C on average gaming. I don't rely on stress test because they do not represent real word usage. When I am idle my CPU hovers between 29 - 35C. Playing GPU intensive games with my 9070XT dumping some heat out pushes the CPU to around 68C to 72C in long game play sessions.

David J · 2025-11-19 · via amazon

Quite possibly one of the most effective mid-range CPU coolers I've ever used. This would probably serve you better than a Noctua Tower cooler, which tend to be almost double the price. It keeps my Core Ultra 9 285k nice and cool during Shader Caching in games and stays at around 60c while gaming. It's more effective than I thought it would be and it isn't too difficult to install. However, I used the thermal grizzly kryonaut Thermal solution rather than the included thermal paste so that may have something to do with the temps I got. Your results will vary if you used the included paste. Be warned though, the O-rings for this cooler tend to disappear... and cause you to search for hours it in your room. Do NOT let those O-rings out of your sight! It was like finding a needle in a haystack! Outside of that pet peeve, installation was a breeze and not too shabby.

Carlos Canales · 2026-04-29 · via amazon

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