Product Comparison: Corsair A500 vs be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4

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Corsair A500 High Performance Dual Fan CPU Cooler

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General Specifications

Brand

Corsair

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Model

A500

Dark Rock Pro 4

Origin

China

Germany

About the Product

The CORSAIR A500 boasts quad direct-contact copper heat pipes to draw heat away from your CPU, dual magnetic levitation bearing fans for provide superb customizable airflow and pre-applied CORSAIR XTM50 thermal material for optimal heat transfer.

Dark Rock Pro 4 offers immense cooling performance of 250W TDP and virtually inaudible operation. Excellent for overclocked systems and demanding workstations. The two Silent Wings PWM fans feature advanced fluid-dynamic bearings, smooth six-pole motors and airflow-optimized fan blades.

Key Specs

Cooling Type

Air Cooling

Max. Airflow

75 CFM

119 CFM

Number of Pipes

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Corsair A500 High Performance Dual Fan CPU Cooler

I have had a chance to use this for about a week and I love it. It's quiet and runs cool.
The quality material they used is top-of-the-line. It cools my 8700K well.
It's great looking and cools great.
I use this to cool a i9 9900K and it works pretty well.
The built very well with excellent fit-and-finish, and the cooling performance was and is excellent.

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler

Quiet operation and good cooling performance.
The Dark Rock Pro 4 is a massive cooler and it does a wonderful job cooling intel’s i9 9900k.
I installed an intel i9-9900k and its definitely keeping it cool.
I love this cooler. It's delightfully quiet, looks great, and performs as well as you'd hope it would given the price tag.
Superior cooling performance. Highly recommend.

Size & Weight

Height

6.65 in.

6.41 in.

Width

5.67 in.

5.35 in.

Depth

6.73 in.

5.74 in.

Weight

3.22 lbs.

2.49 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Corsair A500 High Performance Dual Fan CPU Cooler

Installation was a breeze because size was great.
It installed great. Good size for my case.
The install is super easy. Great performance for it size.
The size is quite compact and does not overlap memory slots.
Size fits perfectly into the case and does not take up too much space.

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler

Looks good for the size. Very quiet fans.
This is a monster size air cooler. Doesn't have any issue about size or weight.
Make sure to have enough space for your ram and the case itself. It's huge size.
The install and size are the only cons.
The size of this CPU cooler can interfere with RAM and it makes it kind of difficult to work with when working inside the case.

Features

Socket Compatibility

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

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

Speed

2400 RPM

1500 RPM

Cooled CPU (Max. TDP)

250 W

Noise Level

36 dBA

24.3 dBA

Number of Coolers

Bearing Type

Magnetic Levitation Bearing

Fluid Dynamic Bearing

Heat-Exchanger Material

Copper

Power Connector Type

4-pin

Extras

Intuitive Slide-And-Lock Fan Mount System, Direct Contact Heatpipes, Corsair holdfast retention system

Silent Wings PWM fans, Virtually Inaudible Operation, Immense Cooling Power, Highly advanced design, Double-Tower Layout, User-friendly Elegance

What customers say about "Features"

Corsair A500 High Performance Dual Fan CPU Cooler

The installation was easy if you're on an Intel platform.
The unit performs well, was easy to install, and is very quiet.
I really like how it looks on the computer. Is easy to install and Quality seems to be top notch.
Installation was simple onto my Ryzen 2700x.
It is very difficult to change the brackets for the proper CPU. Comes installed for Intel.

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler

This cooler is made of very sturdy and quality material.
Its fans help to cool the rest of the components to boot. It is large. It is very quiet under load.
Keeps things cool with low noise output.
This keeps my cpu very cool and very happy. Installation was fairly painless.
The mounting brackets fit into the cooling fins a little too tightly.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

5 year(s)

3 year(s)

Certifications

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

MSRP

99.99 $

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