Review on Quiet BK002 Shadow Rock Cooler by Adam Wawrzyski ᠌

Name: Quiet BK002 Shadow Rock Cooler
Item: Quiet BK002 Shadow Rock Cooler
Rating: 5

July 04, 2023

I can't stop being happy with the purchase, a very good deal!

Regularly gets up on AM4 (although requiring effort to press against the processor), but the socket is not listed in the specifications (product design year 2022). Almost all retail outlets indicate that it is equipped with a 4-pin MOLEX power connector, but in fact 4-pin PWM. Apparently the set of supplies has been ated in recent years. In the photo, the standard fan has been replaced with an analogue in size - 12 cm, but from the top Be quiet! Silent wings 3 bolt-on fits "like a native" on the included brackets. The reason for the replacement is the uniformity of the assembly design. There are no questions about the quality of the Pure Wings 2 pants. Its efficiency and quietness are similar to a more expensive fan.
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Updated 3 years ago

Rating has not been changed

By adding some photos to my review, I aim to provide a more visual and thorough understanding of the product.
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Pros

Fits great on MSI MEG UNIFY x570 on Ryzen 5. Compact, efficient TDP 130W against the standard 65W of the processor are remarkably consistent in terms of heat dissipation sufficiency. Only the air in the heatsink fins is audible, and it is much less audible than the flow from case fans (also Be quiet! ). Supercharges 3 out of 4 memory modules at the same time (Hyper X Fury heatsinks are just right, but higher ones (by 2-3 mm) can already create a problem in this position of the radiator. However, it can be rotated 180 degrees to to avoid this, but the airflow will be focused on the near-socket space. The temperature of the processor at medium loads is 48-55C, at high loads it is 65-75C. It works mainly according to the PWM settings of the board at 800-900rpm. Revolutions over 1350 (90%) are not set, limit 1450-1500. I didn’t see below 45C in idle time, but maybe these are the features of the processor boost on my board

Cons

on AM4, you need to tighten the clamping bar very strongly, since this is the only way to achieve the absence of "floating" of the radiator on the thermal paste already applied by the manufacturer to its contact pad. The tightening torque is very high, since the steel backplate under the socket allows you to tighten the bolts to the stop.