Be Quiet Dark Rock 4 Slim

As with the Dark Stone PRO C1, the first matter that strikes yous nearly the Advanced C1 is the build quality and end, which is superb. Even the end of the heatpipes accept piffling blackness caps on them and the cooling fan includes rubber mounts to cut down any vibration.

Plumbing equipment the Advanced C1 is an adventure to notice out how many new swear words you can come upwards with in the time it takes to stick on your motherboard. Absolutely it'due south not quite as bad equally the PRO C1, mainly because it doesn't counterbalance anywhere near as much, simply it's still a pain.

You lot have to hold on to both the cooler and the motherboard as you try and brand sure that the mounting screws stay in the right holes as you manoeuvre the cooler into place.

Although the Avant-garde C1 weighs in at just over a kilo, it's still quite meaty for a cooler equipped with six heatpipes. Each of the 6mm diameter pipes passes through the nickel-plated copper contact plate before passing through the nickelplated cooling fin array.

Performance wise the Advanced C1 is okay, just nosotros but couldn't shake the feeling that with a build quality like the Advanced C1 has, its operation should be a lot better.

TechRadar Labs

CPU standard clock (2600K @iii.4GHz)

CPU Idle load performance
Degrees Centigrade: Lower is better

Be Tranquility Dark Rock Advanced C1: 24
Cooler Master GeminII M4: 25
Cooler Principal Hyper TX3 EVO: 22
Gelid GX-7: 22
Enermax ETS-T40-TA: 21

CPU full load performance
Degrees Centigrade: Lower is improve

Exist Repose Dark Rock Advanced C1: 52
Libation Master GeminII M4: 61
Cooler Chief Hyper TX3 EVO: 63
Gelid GX-7: 55
Enermax ETS-T40-TA: 50

CPU Overclocked (2600K @ 4.6GHz)

CPU Idle load performance
Degrees Centigrade: Lower is better

Be Serenity Dark Rock Avant-garde C1: 25
Libation Principal GeminII M4: 26
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO: 24
Gelid GX-7: 22
Enermax ETS-T40-TA: 22

CPU total load functioning
Degrees Centigrade: Lower is improve

Exist Quiet Nighttime Rock Avant-garde C1: 72
Cooler Master GeminII M4: 83
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO: 85
Gelid GX-seven: 78
Enermax ETS-T40-TA: 70

The one thing that does impress however is but how quiet the cooler is even when the CPU is being overclocked. The safe-mounted 120mm SilentWings fan certainly lives up to its proper noun, it may not exist truly silent merely it'southward dam close.

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