Be Quiet! Dark Rock TF review

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On this page we will start off with the cooler. The cooler is packaged well, cushioned and bundled safely in the box in the standard dark themed Be Quiet box design.

 

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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. 
 

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A little thermal paste is included with the package as well. The Dark Rock TF LP has been developed with a focus on a perfect ratio of power to noise level. It can cope with a TDP of up to 220 watts.

 

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The cooler will be combined with two new Silent Wings fans fan, a 135-millimetre PWM-version which has airflow-optimised fan blades. It produces a maximum noise level of no more than 26.7 decibels according to the manufacturer.


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The cooler has six 6mm heat pipes with aluminum caps. The Dark Rock TF is what is called a "Top Flow" air direction cooler, or top-down). It has six nickel-plated copper pipes with a two-tiered aluminum fin design. 
 

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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 the middle. The CPU block is not direct contact, but does appear solid and well-machined with its smooth coldplate.

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