THE DARK ROCK PRO 5 & DARK ROCK ELITE

Both the Dark Rock Pro 5 and Dark Rock Elite are very similar in size and so the former weighs 1292g and measures 168mm in height, 145mm in length and 136mm in width whereas the latter weighs 1332g and measures 168mm in height, 146mm in length and 136mm in width.

The middle fan on both coolers is attached to the top and in order to remove it you will have to remove the magnetically attached covers seen above.

As you can all see the fan speed switches are attached to the middle fans.

Be quiet! has made removing the middle fans with the top extremely easy (not just to help with installation but also for easier cleaning).

As mentioned earlier the middle 135mm SilentWings fan of the Dark Rock Pro 5 spins at up to 1700RPM (performance mode) and that of the Dark Rock Elite spins at 2000RPM.

Both front SilentWings fans spin at up to 2000RPM but for the Dark Rock Pro 5 be quiet! has used an 120mm one whereas for the Dark Rock Elite they've used an 135mm one.

Worth pointing out is that both fans connect to each other (otherwise the speed switch wouldn't work obviously) so you only need a single motherboard connector.

Due to the front fan of the Dark Rock Elite having a mounting rail the sole difference between these two heatsinks is located exactly there.

Both models have a total of 90 aluminum fins (45 on each heatsink).

In terms of size the dual heatsinks are almost identical.

Using seven 6mm thick copper heatpipes to connect both heatsinks to the nickel base is certainly not something we've seen a lot to date.

Even though the bases are nickel plated they don't feature a mirror like finish.