be quiet Pure Rock 120mm CPU Cooler Review
Dave Alcock / 10 years ago
Final Thoughts
Price
The be quiet! Pure Rock can be found at overclockers.co.uk offering it for £28.99 + shipping here in the UK. Although there are cheaper coolers that are either better or on par with the performance of this one, none of them are as quiet or as aesthetically pleasing. I think this is actually a fair price for what you are getting.
Overview
The be quiet! Pure Rock 120mm CPU cooler is an excellent mixture of performance, aesthetics, price and silence. It looks like a premium product, for less than £30 you could have this in your system and it would look great, it has the simple yet stylish look that we are accustomed to from be quiet! and I really do like it.
Performance wise, it could probably do better, particularly at stock. This however is something that you need to look at from a certain angle, when the cooler needs to do work, such as cooling a processor that’s under heavy load and overclocked, it does actually do very well, whilst being almost silent. It depends on what you want from your cooler, if you want amazing cooling, then this isn’t what you’re after, If you want silence, then this is the product for you.
Pros
- Excellent build quality
- Great aesthetics
- Very simple to install
- silent
Cons
- comes with pre applied thermal paste
” The be quiet! Pure Rock 120mm CPU Cooler is the most silent product I have ever tested. At times I had to check that the fan was still running. If you want a product that looks great, performs well and is practically silent, buy this.”
Thank you be quiet! for providing us with this sample.