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Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Review

No matter how high-end any gaming PC setup may be, without a good cooler, it won’t run to its full potential, perhaps even get permanent heat damage. A top-tier cooler is essential for any high-end PC setup, and here in our Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 review, we will give you just that: a high-end cooler that can handle the heat of any top-of-the-line PC setup.

Given that, let us take a further look into one of the best air coolers in the market today: the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4. Let us begin.

Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Packaging

Let’s take a look at one of the first things one can see at first glance: the packaging. Is it visually well-designed? Is it functional? Let’s find out.

The packaging for this air cooler is filled to the brim with information. The top and front of the box serve as the main faces of the packaging.

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At the front is the well-illustrated image for the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 air cooler. The packaging has a simpler, more minimalist design that looks sleek and professional.

Opening the box you will find the cooler as well as another cardboard box at the side containing all the accessories and chords you need. There is also a manual and safety information, supported in different languages, of course.

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The main body of the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 air cooler is wrapped in bulky styrofoam for adequate protection against potential damage from moving in transit or shipping.

At the side of one of these foams includes Phillips screwdriver. Their logo is also displayed at the handle. This is included for the ease of installation.

Overall, given the number of contents, it has a tightly-fit, well-optimised packaging. Now let’s move on to our design and functionality section of this Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 review.

Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Review – Design and Functionality

Let’s take a look at all the good design decisions that Be Quiet has made. We’ll also take an overall look at the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4’s functionality and how it improves high-end PC PC setups

The Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is designed to cool down the internals of your CPU like its processor. But more than just any air cooler out there, it does this excellently, all while maintaining fan noise levels to an all-time low.

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Owing to its fine design, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 can run at max fan speed while maintaining a relatively low sound profile.

Any CPU will throttle under high temperatures, and an important airflow is just as important as getting the best internals for any PC. The Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 ensures that you don’t have to worry about the heat from getting the best-performing parts.

Not only that, but you can also overclock these parts to run at even higher speeds and the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 can still keep it at a relatively cool temperature.

Run your highest-end games and your most CPU intensive tasks without having to worry about throttling or potential damage. Thanks to the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 air cooler. Keep everything at low decibels too.

Given the sleek black finish and the towering build, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 looks great and is the complete package.

Key Features of the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4

This part of our Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 review talks about the key defining features of this air cooler. Why is Be Quiet Dark Rock 4 one of the best air coolers out there in the market? What makes it work from the inside and what makes it stand out among the competition?

Excellent Cooling

First and foremost, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is good at what it does: air cooling. Even at max load and amidst the most CPU heavy, GPU intensive tasks, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 has kept all of the internals’ temperature under control. Thanks to the amount of copper tubing and heat sinks present, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 also dissipates heat rather well.

Virtually Inaudible Noise Levels

Some fans can perform more or less at the same level as Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4. But to do it as quietly as the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4? No other cooler can top it. Owing to its innovative fan design, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 can stay quiet throughout all duration of PC usage thanks to its superb noise reduction.

Staying true to its namesake, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 runs very smoothly and quietly at idle, and even at full speed or full load. Great for gaming PCs that are set up inside the bedroom. Any white noise will drown out the quiet sound of the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 air cooler.

Robust and Reliable Build

By air cooler standards, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is huge. But thanks to its aluminium materials and well-engineered, solid foundations, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 stays in place.

And despite the size, the giant air cooler holds on to any setup’s motherboard securely and without pressuring the load into a few points of contact. This ensures that the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 won’t bend the motherboard with little movement of the whole unit.

Accessibility and Compatibility 

As alluded before, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4’s packaging includes different types of foundations, from Intel, AMD and generic ones. This ensures that the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is compatible with virtually any setup and can be mounted as such.

This means that any PC setup has access to Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4’s superb cooling capabilities and top-of-the-line noise reduction.

Specifications

master Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Review

Moving on with our Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 review, let’s check under the hood and see the numbers. Let’s also see the specific moving parts behind the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4’s outstanding performance.

First of all, for an air cooler, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is huge, towering at 159.4 mm in height. It spans 96.3 mm in length and 136 mm in width.

Secondly, the air cooler Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is a heavy beast, weighing in around 0.92 kg.

The TDP (Thermal design power) of the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is 200 W.

Additionally, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is compatible with the following sockets:

AMD:  FM2(+), FM1, AM4, AM3(+), and the AM2(+).

Intel:   1200, 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011(-3) Square ILM, and the 2066.

Next, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 includes a single Silent Wings fan, measuring 135mm.

Last but not the least, the overall noise level for the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is a mere 10.5, 15.6, and 21.4 decibels, at 50%, 75% and 100% fan speed respectively.

Let’s now move to the section of our Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 review, where we’ll share our hands-on experience!

Hands-on with the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4

Now, let’s discuss our first and overall impressions with using the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4.

Right off the bat, we noticed how large and heavy the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is. Owing to its single tower layout, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is relatively tall. This ensures excellent heat dissipation.

However, we had some concerns regarding some setups where the cooler might bump into the walls of the computer case. Make sure to keep in this in mind and leave at least a few centimetres of leeway.

You will want to ensure that you have some low-profile RAM so it will fit below the fan easily.

All of these issues are minor, and people who would get something this high-end would keep these in mind anyway.

Other than that, the cooler performs superbly. With an i9-9900K the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 was able to keep the temperatures nice and cool at all times, even when under load. This is a true top-of-the-line air cooler.

This was the quietest air cooler out there, period. And given how excellently it performs, this was a surprise for us. The Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 did stay true to its name.

Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Review Summary

To sum it all up, the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is a high-performing, top-tier air cooler while boasting the quietest noise profile of all air coolers. It is a fine beast that outperforms many air coolers in both temperature regulation and noise reduction. The Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 is sure to be a stylish and excellent addition to any high-end gaming PC setups.

Thank you for reading through our Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 review. We hope you enjoyed it and found it helpful. If you want to take a further look and buy the Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4, it can be found through their website here.