Review on 🌬️ Silent Cooling Power: Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler with 250W TDP, BK022 by Adam Wojtczuk ᠌

Name: 🌬️ Silent Cooling Power: Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler with 250W TDP, BK022
Item: 🌬️ Silent Cooling Power: Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler with 250W TDP, BK022
Rating: 5

May 03, 2023

The perfect purchase for me, exactly what I was looking for!

Mounted on an AMD Ryzen 9 3900X processor. When the processor is loaded at 98%, the temperature is 69 degrees, and you can only hear how the cooler drives the air.
What is noteworthy is that a Phillips screwdriver is included in the kit. The previous cooler - Deepcool Red Hat - was included in the package, but for some reason it is not available.
Separately, I want to note the possibility of installing a 3rd fan - there are mounts in the kit. But to get the effect from this setting, it is advisable to connect the 3rd fan (it turns out to be the exhaust fan of the final flow) to any _sys-fan connector on the motherboard in order to set its speed in the BIOS to 10-15% higher than that of supply and intermediate fans (by the way, they are both connected to the CPU_fan connector).

Pros

Powerful, quiet, efficient. Maybe, and not the main thing - beautiful. You know how the locksmiths of the old professional school said: ". A beautiful piece of iron - they will work beautifully ." Works - great .

Cons

On the MSI PRESTIGE X570 CREATION motherboard, the DIMM slots are completely under the cooler without the slightest possibility of even access, let alone replacement. But this is a "retribution" for the overall height of the cooler. I don't know how it is for the other MPs, but for the specified total weight of the cooler does not threaten its deformation. The board is of a "server" type, rather "rigid". It is still preferable to mount the cooler before installing the MP into the case. It may be possible in another way, but it didn't work for me. And yes: threaded fasteners (2 screws) - it is still better to install TWO screwdrivers at the same time, having previously placed the screws over the holes.