Product Comparison: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 vs be quiet! Dark Rock 4

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be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler

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General Specifications

Brand

be quiet!

Model

Dark Rock 3

Dark Rock 4

Origin

Germany

About the Product

Dark Rock CPU coolers have long been category leaders, and now the significantly upgraded Dark Rock 3 is even more powerful. This virtually inaudible single-tower CPU cooler puts famous be quiet! Silent Wings technology in your PC where it really counts.

Dark Rock 4 offers an extreme cooling performance of 200W TDP and virtually inaudible operation. Perfect for overclocked systems and demanding workstations. Dark Rock 4 is equipped with six advanced technology 6mm copper heat pipes that maximize the heat conductance.

Key Specs

Cooling Type

Air Cooling

Max. Airflow

67.8 CFM

Number of Pipes

What customers say about "Key Specs"

be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler

This is a very solid cooler. Great cooling system.
Wonderful fan. Excellent cooling. Very efficient.
Cool and super quiet. Great CPU cooler.
This cooler is awesome, works very well.
Monster cooler, keeping my Ryzen nice and cool.

be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler

High performance, great clearances, amazing performance.
Cooling is as expected; no complaints there.
Cooler operation is quiet and cooling is excellent.
This cooler works well to keep my i7-9700k cooled.
Excellent cooler - quiet, built very well, adequate mounting system and provides excellent cooling.

Size & Weight

Height

6.29 in.

6.25 in.

Width

5.39 in.

5.35 in.

Depth

3.82 in.

3.79 in.

Weight

2.15 lbs.

2.03 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler

I was able to fit this into my new build, which included high-profile G.Skill Trident Z sticks of RAM. There was a very small amount of clearance.
Looks very nice in my case. Great size.
A standard size that was easy to install and does not take up too much space.
This is a very large cooler. It can be unwieldy.
The PWM fan spins very slowly unless an intensive game is running. Also it's very huge.

be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler

Beautiful design. Respectable size for the performance.
Very clean looking even as big as it is in an ATX mid-tower case.
I was pleasantly surprised by how easy this cooler was to install, despite its enormous size.
RAM clearance was fine and the size doesn't bother me.
It's a great fit on a full-size ATX board. Amazing size.

Features

Socket Compatibility

Intel:, 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 775, 1200, 1366, 2011-3, 2011, 2066, AMD:, AM3 +, AM3, AM2 +, AM2, FM2+, FM2, FM1, AM4

Intel:, 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 1200, 1366, 2011, 2011-3, 2066, AMD:, AM4, AM3 +, AM3, AM2 +, AM2, FM2+, FM2, FM1

Speed

1400 RPM

Cooled CPU (Max. TDP)

190 W

200 W

Noise Level

21 dBA

21.4 dBA

Number of Coolers

Bearing Type

Fluid Dynamic Bearing

Heat-Exchanger Material

Copper

Power Connector Type

4-pin

Extras

Dynamic Wave-Contour Cooling Fins, Highly advanced design, PWM

Virtually Inaudible Operation, PWM, Highly advanced design, Single-Tower Design, User-friendly Elegance

What customers say about "Features"

be quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler

Super-quiet. Super-cool. Way more quiet than liquid cooling system with pump noises.
I love how quite and cool this keeps my CPU even at OC speeds and heavy gaming.
This cooler is really good quality, it keeps the CPU cool and it's nearly silent.
Silent cooling, even at full load. Amazing cooler.
The fans aren't powerful enough at full load to push cool air completely through the fins, even with a case fan on the back end helping pull air through.

be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler

Install took an entire 5 minutes with motherboard sitting on the work bench.
The fan is quiet as you would expect.
This was super easy to install. I am not a professional builder and I do this once every ~8 years.
Quality of heatsink was excellent. Fan is very quiet.
Easy to install, black color looks awesome, keeping my i9 9900k really cool and quiet.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

3 year(s)

Certifications

Other Information

Manual

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Manufacturer

Link