Testseek.com have collected 64 expert reviews of the Be Quiet! Dark Rock TF and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Be Quiet! Dark Rock TF.
July 2015
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The editors liked
Dual Tower Design
135mm Silent Wings Cooling Fan(s)
Six Heatpipe Design
Thick Fin Radiator
Decorative Radiator Cover
Dark Nickel Plating
220w Power Handling
Excellent Cooling Rivals Top Tier Large Towers and 240mm CLC
Very Low Noise With Smooth Fans
Low 131mm Height
Excellent In Case Appearance
Excellent Design and Build Quality
Attractive Black Nickel Finish
Black Accent Plate With Caps On Heatpipes
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Downdraft design fits dual radiators and twin 135mm fans into a mediumprofile 5.1” height
While still providing roughly 1.9” of memory clearance.
Very quiet
Good overall performance
No clearance issues
Solid performance
Ultra quiet
Good build quality
Well-packaged
Low profile option
Three year warranty
Great cooling potential
Mounting options for most Intel and AMD sockets
No interference with RAM slots
Design allows cooling of motherboard VRM components
With two 140 mm SilentWings Fans
The sound under full load is barely noticeable
The editors didn't like
Mounting system is cumbersome
Manual Very Difficult to Follow For Install
Performs worse and costs more than competing 92mm crossdraft cooler.
Installation is a bit tricky and you will likely have to remove your motherboard from your case
Expensive
Can block a DIMM slot
Mounting system needs improvement
Mounting screws can be difficult to remove if you have high VRMs that surround the CPU socket
Great cooling potential, Mounting options for most Intel and AMD sockets, No interference with RAM slots, Design allows cooling of motherboard VRM components, With two 140 mm SilentWings Fans, the sound under full load is barely noticeable
Mounting screws can be difficult to remove if you have high VRMs that surround the CPU socket,
If you are in the market for premium down draft CPU air cooler, look no further than the be quiet! Dark Rock TF...
Solid performance, Ultra quiet, Good build quality, Well-packaged, Low profile option, Three year warranty
Expensive, Can block a DIMM slot, Mounting system needs improvement
The be quiet! Dark Rock TF can be found at retail for $79.90. Solid performance Ultra quiet Good build quality Well-packaged Low profile option Three year warranty Expensive Can block a DIMM slot Mounting system needs improvement 8.5 be quiet! has a solid...
Published: 2016-08-10, Author: Gary , review by: overclock3d.net
Abstract: If you're a regular visitor to the pages of OC3D you'll no have noticed a bit of dearth of cooler reviews. The reason for this is simple, we've retired the old 2011 rig and have been busy specking up and putting together a new test rig. Not that the 2011...
Very quiet, Good overall performance, No clearance issues
Installation is a bit tricky and you will likely have to remove your motherboard from your case
With the cooler installed we had really good performance results. This cooler will be able to handle the most extreme processors and many 24/7 overclocks. What is even better is that the cooler runs extremely quiet. This is thanks to the two SilentWings f...
Published: 2015-11-14, Author: Thomas , review by: tomshardware.com
Downdraft design fits dual radiators and twin 135mm fans into a mediumprofile 5.1” height, while still providing roughly 1.9” of memory clearance.
Performs worse and costs more than competing 92mm crossdraft cooler.
The Dark Rock TF brings be quiet! quality and “big air” capacity to mid-sized case users, but with less-than-ideal thermal and acoustic performance. The Dark Rock TF will likely benefit from an appropriately-placed side-panel vent when mounted inside a...
The fact that the Dark Rock TF heatsink did not excel in these results is hardly surprising. This is the major league of coolers. This heatsink was competing with tandem fin stack heatsinks and an AIO cooler. A down-blowing heatsink is doing well if it m...
Abstract: The Be Quiet! Dark Rock TF CPU Air Cooler is the perfect option for anyone looking to build a smaller rig, but not willing to sacrifice performance and do so is style! It comes with two quiet 135mm fans, two horizontal aluminum fin stacks, six heatpipes...
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Published: 2015-07-16, Author: be , review by: neoseeker.com
I was a little skeptical of the Dark Rock TF performing as well as be quiet! indicated this new heat sink cooler model would in the press release. I wondered how could two very different sized dissipation fin arrays work together, especially when one only...
Published: 2015-07-07, Author: George , review by: hitechlegion.com
Excellent Cooling Rivals Top Tier Large Towers and 240mm CLC, Very Low Noise With Smooth Fans, Low 131mm Height, Excellent In Case Appearance, Excellent Design and Build Quality, Attractive Black Nickel Finish, Black Accent Plate With Caps On Heatpipes, G
Manual Very Difficult to Follow For Install
Be quiet! has grown in leaps and bounds in the cooling field over the last couple of years, and the Dark Rock TF may be their crowning achievement at the moment. Following the rather awkward and disappointing Shadow Rock TF, my expectations weren't all...
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Published: 2015-06-25, Author: Gary , review by: overclock3d.net
It's been a while since we reviewed a cooler, and even longer since we did a traditional tower cooler, never mind a top down cooler such as the be quiet Dark Rock TF. In fact, the last top down cooler we looked was way back in March 2012 and by coinciden...
