It's not really any better than the D15. The noise vs cooling perf in these graphs is very slightly better at high fan speeds; and very slightly worse at low fan speeds.
If anything, I think the latter matters more (most of the time, my CPU isn't running flat out), but given the size of the margin it's all moot anyhow.
The pricing vs. support trade off is what matter here.
I just upgraded my Media Room PC (no Xbox or Playstation for me) and I went with the Shadow Rock 3 cooler. BeQuiet has a great Motherboard Compatibility app on their website that will help you pick the right cooler. This is very important as motherboards today have some very tall VRM cooling solutions.
The ATX motherboard specification is crazy old now. I can't help to think that the industry could benefit from a new spec that moves the RAM above or below the CPU socket location.
It would be great if you could review the Thermalright PS120, it's always available for less than $40 and I have a feeling that the performance will be a few degrees worse than the best heatsinks that you have reviewed. Thank you so much for putting up this content!
Price to performance is a pretty big L that you guys seem to skip on. For this price, you can buy an arctic freezer II. For 1/3 the money, you can get a PA120/PA120SE. In fact, not having price/performance comparison is pretty lacking.
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ObamaWasRight2003 - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
Looks nice and great performance but cant say I want to spend 3x the price of a thermalright phantom spirit 120 on itSamus - Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - link
They are also competing directly with Noctua at this price, which is a tough sell even if it performs better, because Noctua has unrivaled support.emn13 - Sunday, December 17, 2023 - link
It's not really any better than the D15. The noise vs cooling perf in these graphs is very slightly better at high fan speeds; and very slightly worse at low fan speeds.If anything, I think the latter matters more (most of the time, my CPU isn't running flat out), but given the size of the margin it's all moot anyhow.
The pricing vs. support trade off is what matter here.
TEAMSWITCHER - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
I just upgraded my Media Room PC (no Xbox or Playstation for me) and I went with the Shadow Rock 3 cooler. BeQuiet has a great Motherboard Compatibility app on their website that will help you pick the right cooler. This is very important as motherboards today have some very tall VRM cooling solutions.The ATX motherboard specification is crazy old now. I can't help to think that the industry could benefit from a new spec that moves the RAM above or below the CPU socket location.
Threska - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
It already is.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09GP7V2W5?th=1
Flunk - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
Not having Be Quiet's last top-end aircooler the Dark Rock Pro 4 in this review is a serious omission.E.Fyll - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
The Dark Rock Pro 5 is the latest - and I am on it.XacTactX - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
It would be great if you could review the Thermalright PS120, it's always available for less than $40 and I have a feeling that the performance will be a few degrees worse than the best heatsinks that you have reviewed. Thank you so much for putting up this content!Sunrise089 - Monday, December 4, 2023 - link
Thank you. I know coolers aren’t the sexiest product but I appreciate the review quality and simply having the content here on the site :)craznazn - Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - link
Price to performance is a pretty big L that you guys seem to skip on. For this price, you can buy an arctic freezer II. For 1/3 the money, you can get a PA120/PA120SE. In fact, not having price/performance comparison is pretty lacking.