be quiet! has quietly made a name for itself in the CPU air cooling business over the years and now demands a very solid following of fans and users. It may surprise you to know, that be quiet!'s claim to fame is...wait for it...being quiet. That however is not usually our main concern when it comes to cooling, which is...wait for it...cooling.

It has been four years since a cooler from German based be quiet! was on one of our test systems. be quiet! Has long been known for their range of premium air coolers, and today we will be testing the brand new Dark Rock 4. The Dark Rock 4's 135mm Silent Wings fan, airflow-optimized fins, and six copper heat pipes will be going against our highly overclocked Ryzen test system. It claims "Extreme cooling power," today we will test that claim.