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Testseek.co.uk have collected 130 expert reviews of the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU cooler and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU cooler.
Award: Editor’s Choice April 2018
April 2018
 
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The editors liked

  • Excellent cooling performance
  • Sleek all-black aesthetic
  • Practically silent most of the time
  • Vastly improved installation
  • Solid build quality throughout
  • Black
  • Stealthy design
  • Easy to install
  • Excellent cooling ability
  • Insanely quiet
  • German build quality
  • Free screwdriver
  • Incredibly capable
  • Whisper quiet
  • Looks great
  • Price
  • Great cooling ability
  • Excellent build quality and design
  • Silent operation at all speeds
  • Supports most CPU sockets
  • Good-looking
  • New installation method is a big improvement
  • Very quiet
  • Solid performance
  • Great cooling performance when overclocking
  • Low audible noise even when overclocking and at full load
  • Clean all-black aesthetic
  • Perfectly suited to professional applications

The editors didn't like

  • Only a small amount of bundled paste
  • Might foul your memory modules
  • Will foul taller memory modules
  • Ceramic coating scraped off very easily
  • RAM clearance is a big issue
  • Completely blocking a DIMM slot on our board
  • Ceramic coating scraped off too easily
  • High price
  • Cooling potential slightly lower than prior version's
  • Large and heavy
  • No Threadripper support
  • Is bettered by some cheaper air coolers
  • Installation is still a little fiddly
  • Price at the dearer end for air coolers

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  Published: 2020-03-30, Author: Nauman , review by: enostech.com

  • The be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 is a premium dual-tower cooling solution from the manufacturer. The cooler is focused on providing cooling potential up to 2...

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  Published: 2018-10-05, Author: Silas , review by: kitguru.net

  • Great cooling performance when overclocking, Low audible noise even when overclocking and at full load, Clean all-black aesthetic, perfectly suited to professional applications
  • Installation is still a little fiddly, Price at the dearer end for air coolers
  • Overall the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4's cooling performance is solid, whilst also being the quietest cooler tested and when BeQuiet state that Dark Rock Pro 4 is “excellent for overclocked systems and demanding workstations”, they aren't lying.It's clearl...

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  Published: 2018-04-10, Author: Parm , review by: HEXUS.net

  • Excellent cooling performance, Sleek all-black aesthetic, Practically silent most of the time, Vastly improved installation, Solid build quality throughout
  • Only a small amount of bundled paste, Might foul your memory modules
  • be quiet!'s Dark Rock Pro 3 was an excellent cooler with one annoying proviso in that it was painful to install. It has taken a while for that to be rectified, but Dark Rock Pro 4 is a case of better late than never.Adopting the familiar dual-tower fo...

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  Published: 2018-04-10, review by: vortez.net

  • Black, stealthy design, Easy to install, Excellent cooling ability, Insanely quiet, German build quality, Free screwdriver
  • Will foul taller memory modules, Ceramic coating scraped off very easily
  • be quiet! are a brand known for exactly that, being quiet. We can happily tell you that they've delivered on that front with the quietest results we've seen so far, hitting an incredibly quiet 34dB @ full load. Temperature doesn't take a hit while attaini...

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  Published: 2018-04-10, review by: vortez.net

  • Incredibly capable, Whisper quiet, Looks great, Price, Easy to install, Free screwdriver
  • RAM clearance is a big issue, completely blocking a DIMM slot on our board, Ceramic coating scraped off too easily
  • be quiet! live up to their name once again, offering a CPU cooler with excellent ability and gorgeous design. The be quiet! Dark Rock 4 managed a virtually silent 29 dB in our acoustic testing while the CPU was idle, and only rose to 35 dB while being str...

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  Published: 2018-04-10, Author: Garrett , review by: tomshardware.co.uk

  • Great cooling ability, Excellent build quality and design, Silent operation at all speeds, Supports most CPU sockets
  • High price, Cooling potential slightly lower than prior version's, Large and heavy, No Threadripper support
  • Comparison ProductsOur cooling comparisons are built upon data collected from standard testing methods in prior CPU-cooler reviews. We will be looking at the results from the be quiet! Dark Rock 4 Pro, along with the Dark Rock 3 Pro, the Cooler Master Mas...

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  Published: 2018-04-10, Author: Dominic , review by: kitguru.net

  • Good-looking, New installation method is a big improvement, Very quiet, Solid performance
  • Is bettered by some cheaper air coolers
  • All in all, there is very little to dislike about the new be quiet! Dark Rock 4.The biggest improvement over its predecessor is undoubtedly the new installation method. Gone is the fiddly process where the cooler is secured from behind the motherboard, an...

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  Published: 2019-11-18, Author: Ari , review by: techbuyersguru.com

  • Abstract:  Introduction Here at TBG, we have a thing for coolers. In fact, at this point, we've tested more coolers than any other PC component, with nearly well over 40 under our belt. That means we have a very good sense of what the best models are, and what makes...

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  Published: 2019-08-16, Author: Sebastian , review by: pcper.com

  • Abstract:  The Dark Rock lineup from be quiet! is a complete one in the high-performance air cooling category, with coolers ranging from the compact Dark Rock Slim up to the large dual-tower Dark Rock Pro 4.The family also includes a lower-profile option in the Da...

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  Published: 2018-05-24, review by: hardocp.com

  • Abstract:  be quiet! is back again after a less than impressive showing with the Dark Rock 4 CPU cooler. This time be quiet! is bringing out the big guns with the Dark Rock Pro 4. Bringing with it seven 6mm copper heatpipes, and a pair of 135mm Silent Wings 3 fans...

 
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