German circumstances and cooling specialist be quiet! has launched a brand new low profile (LP) cooler which is claimed to tame as much as a 100W CPU. That’s sufficient for an unlimited swathe of mainstream customers, whether or not they use their PC for multimedia, content material creation and even gaming. Due to its diminutive dimensions, the brand new be quiet! Pure Rock LP is described because the cooler of alternative for ultra-compact Mini-ITX builds, and its headlining high quality is that it’s simply 45 mm tall.
The size of the cooler are 92 (W) x 92 (D) x 45 (H) mm. You’ll have in all probability deduced that it makes use of a 92 mm diameter fan (which is 15 mm thick). Bigger followers are normally preferable in PC air cooling, and whereas 100 mm and even 120 mm followers are welcome, 92 mm followers aren’t uncommon in compact coolers. The fear could be that the smaller fan should spin quicker to push by way of the required cooling air circulate, and thus be noisier. Later you’ll be able to examine the comparability desk and ponder over such particulars.
With the fan being 15 mm thick, that leaves this be quiet! design with a 30 mm heatsink depth. Be quiet! seems to make use of this remaining depth to its most extent with the cuboid base fully surrounding the processor. Contained in the black brushed aluminum finned heatsink are a trio of “high-performance 6mm warmth pipes.” The entire product weighs in at 358 grams.
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We beforehand talked about that be quiet! makes use of a 92mm fan, and this fan is powered / managed with a 4-pin PWM connector. The utmost rotation velocity is 2,500 rpm, and at this velocity the cooler will make about 30.6 dB of noise, in accordance with be quiet!’s figures. Noise ranges of 30dB are classed by the US CDC as “whisper quiet.” To place that into some additional perspective, take a look at the desk beneath, evaluating the Pure Rock LP with a Noctua LP design, in addition to the bigger however extra premium / highly effective LP designs from be quiet!’s Shadow Rock and Darkish Rock collection.
|
Cooler / dissipation |
Peak (mm) |
Fan diameter (mm) |
50% PWM (dB) |
100% PWM (dB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Be quiet! Pure Rock LP / 100W |
45 |
92 |
13.3 |
30.6 |
|
Noctua NH-L9 / 95W |
37 |
92 |
— |
23.6 |
|
Be quiet! Shadow Rock LP / 130W |
75 |
120 |
14.8 |
25.5 |
|
Be quiet! Darkish Rock TF2 / 230W |
134 |
135 |
11.1 |
27.1 |
One other necessary consider shopping for a CPU air cooler is undoubtedly the worth. Be quiet! says that the brand new Pure Rock LP shall be out there for an MSRP of $49.90 / €49.90 / £46.99, beginning December 13. That sounds affordable, and is best than the Noctua LP competitor within the desk in variations for contemporary Intel and AMD platforms, that are $56 and $58, respectively on the time of writing by way of Newegg (opens in new tab).
If you’re at present available in the market for an air or AiO cooler, and never so restricted for area that you should select a low profile fan design, please check out our lately up to date Greatest CPU Coolers 2022 that includes designs from Arctic, Deepcool, Noctua, Zalman and extra.