bequiet! Dark Rock 3 190W TDP
Overview
Hardware: Cooling, PeripheralsWHAT WE LIKED:
Strong cooling performance,Low noise output,PWM fan,Well built, Rich appearance, 135mm SilentWings adjustable fan to avoid RAM interference, warrentyWHAT WE DISLIKED:
Difficult mounting proceedure, PriceIntroduction:
One name that comes to mind when you are talking about superior air cooling performance is bequiet!. As you may already know, bequiet! has now become one of the industry leaders with their Dark Rock series of high performance air coolers. Well bequiet! is at it again, entering the ring with a new middleweight contender called the Dark Rock 3. It is a single stack profile in a push configuration which is geared for those higher end rigs and gaming cases that offer very little space around the CPU area.
Today we will be taking an up close and personal look at another addition to the bequiet! family of coolers. The Dark rock 3 is a single tower mid-size cooler that includes the same technologies we have seen in bequiet!’s larger builds with their wave contour fin designs. The Dark rock 3 sports a 190w TDP and smaller profile, done in the same dark nickel plating. Six high performance heat pipes are embedded within the block, along with bequiet!’s signature black aluminum top. All this is packed together in a smaller footprint. Read on and let us see how this middleweight contender stacks up against the competition. Can it pack a punch like its heavy weight bigger brother? We’ll find out!
Our Thanks go out to bequiet! for providing us with our review sample.
About bequiet:
bequiet! Is a premium brand manufacturer of power supplies and cooling solutions for your desktop PC.
The Number 1 for power supplies in Germany
bequiet! Products are convincing which is proved by reaching and defending the market leadership in PSU business in Germany since 2006 *. This is validated and accompanied by numerous awards for both power supplies and cooling solutions.
Repeated winner: Manufacturer of the year
bequiet! is awarded for eight times in a row as “Manufacturer of the Year” in the power supply category by the readers of the well-known German hardware magazine PC Games Hardware. In the category “fans”, be quiet! Earns the first rank for four consecutive times and belongs to the Top 3 CPU cooler brands for more than three years in a row. The community of Hardware luxx also voted be quiet!, “Manufacturer of the Year” in the PSU category for three consecutive years.
Dark Rock 3 Specifications
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