Comments on: be quiet! Launching Dark Rock Elite and Dark Rock Pro 5 Air Coolers https://pcper.com/2023/10/be-quiet-launching-dark-rock-elite-and-dark-rock-pro-5-air-coolers/ A Leader in PC Hardware Reviews and News Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sebastian Peak https://pcper.com/2023/10/be-quiet-launching-dark-rock-elite-and-dark-rock-pro-5-air-coolers/comment-page-1/#comment-245291 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:34:54 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=280020#comment-245291 In reply to razor512.

Corsair tried the high-RPM air cooler idea with the A500, and it wasn’t well-received.

]]> By: razor512 https://pcper.com/2023/10/be-quiet-launching-dark-rock-elite-and-dark-rock-pro-5-air-coolers/comment-page-1/#comment-245252 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 01:34:56 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=280020#comment-245252 I wish air cooler makers would work on faster fans to provide some additional brute force cooling, since with fans, it is possible to have mostly the best of both worlds.

For example, a cooling curve that keeps things under 1500RPM when temperatures are below 85C, while also having the ability to push things to 3000+ or even 4000 RPM when temperatures start to reach the upper 90C range. Something like that could help handle the heat from a higher wattage CPU, where a user may want quiet operation most of the time, but won’t mind the PC getting loud when they doing a short term AVX workload or other demanding task.

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