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- Strange fan speed issue
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Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2
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Expert reviews and ratings
By Maximum PC
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70
Although the gearhead legions appear to be moving in droves to liquid cooling , there's still plenty of value in large air-coolers . You don't need to remap your case airflow to accommodate them, and there's no chance of them peeing all over the inside...
By techPowerUp!
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96
From the be quiet! website: #1 for power supplies in Germany be quiet! products are convincing, which is proven by the company reaching and defending the leadership position in Germany's PSU market since 2006. Their position has also been validated by...
By ThinkComputers
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70
So do we jettison this dark cooler to the voids of deep space and pretend we never heard of it, or is this cooler worth running in your own rig? To start with it has first class aesthetics and build quality. It comes in packaging that protect it well...
By Pureoverclock
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90
A great performing cooler at decent overclock settings with the sleek aesthetic appeal that is set to please. Discuss in the...
By HardwareHeaven
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90
There were two initial thoughts upon unboxing the cooler, firstly it is huge. Certainly bigger than the majority of air coolers but also it was quite surprising to see fans pre-installed on the heatsink. This rarely happens as most competitors...
By Bit-tech.net
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82
At over £60, Be Quiet's Dark Rock Pro 2 is undoubtedly a pricey item. In terms of value, it has some stiff competition too. The Arctic Freezer i30 costs under £30 - less than half the asking price of the Dark Rock Pro 2, outperforms it in some tests...
By LanOC Reviews
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As a system builder, the ease of install on a product with this much bulk alone is enough for the Dark Rock Pro 2 to garner praise. Couple that with the sheer amount of performance the seven heatpipe design is able to muster at such a quiet operating...
By HardOCP
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Today we are reviewing the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 (Model BK107) CPU air cooler.be quiet! is a not a name that is heard around these parts very often, but don't let its absence from our reviews fool you. It is a top tier manufacturer of power supplies...
By Overclockers Club
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Looking at the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2, it presents an imposing stance with its massive dual tower design and black out color scheme. Just from a looks standpoint the Dark Rock Pro 2 is as good looking a CPU cooler as you will find on the market. The...
By uk.hardware.info
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The cooling performance of the Be Quiet Dark Rock 2 was disappointingly poor, but we really like the design and the fact that it's such a silent cooler. And silence isn't a bad reason at all to choose a cooler. If you don't overclock and have a Socket...
By hardCOREware
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Dark Rock Pro 2 Review – We have reviewed some monstrous CPU coolers over the last several months – behemoths giving up a lot of volume real estate and weight, in exchange for silent cooling performance. Our favourite thus far has been the Noctua NH-D14...
By TechReaction.net
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X2? The Dark Rock Pro 2 shows its value in design, quality, aesthetic appeal and function. It keeps core temperatures down and does not create annoying fan and air noise like many single tower coolers. Unfortunately availability is at a price premium...
By overclockers.com
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The Dark Rock Pro 2 is a large dual-tower heatsink in the same class as the NH-D14, Silver Arrow, Genesis, and PH-TC14PE. In my tests, it outperforms all the top-down coolers as expected, but it falls behind the Genesis by ~3 °C on average....
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