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The Dark Rock 4 cooler is packaged well, cushioned and bundled safely in the traditional black/white/orange be quiet! design box. As you can see, bundled is a Silent Wings fan (135mm), these are fairly low RPM, but above anything, really silent. LEt me clearly repeat, this is the Dark Rock 4, and not the Dark Rock 4 PRO.
Once unboxed you'll spot the cooling unit consisting of the heatsink assembly, fan, and brackets + back plate that supports a very wide range of AMD and Intel processors.
Pretty much anything Intel is supported and AMD up to and including AM4 Ryzen, (but not SP3 Threadripper.) Intel: LGA 775 / 115x / 1366 / 2011(-3) Square ILM / 2066 AMD: AM2(+) / AM3(+) / AM4 / FM1 / FM2(+). A little thermal paste is included well. This cooler is rated at 200W.
Above, the cooler placed on its back, we can see the base plate. It uses six copper based heat pipes arranged in a U-shaped design with the fan located at the opposing side in at the top. The fins effectively disperse heat away from the CPU via composite heat pipes. The fin stack itself is moved back slightly in order to bring the fan closer to the center of the cooler,= and helping with RAM compatibility. The entire product as you can see is painted black, and that certainly brings in a great aesthetic feel and look.
