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H5 vs Dark Rock 3

So I recently upgraded to ryzen from my 8350 and at the moment I'm using the stock am4 cooler. I've been looking at getting either the H5 or the dark rock 3 and i'm kinda torn between the two. I've seen that cooling performance is about the same but i still can't make my mind up on what suits my build better. 

This is what my build looks like:IMG_1391.thumb.JPG.11726de6d47b39ef7d50f19e752055ea.JPG

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5 minutes ago, Squibbies18 said:

So I recently upgraded to ryzen from my 8350 and at the moment I'm using the stock am4 cooler at the moment. I've been looking at getting either the H5 or the dark rock 3 and i'm kinda torn between the two. I've seen that cooling performance is about the same but i still can't make my mind up on what suits my build better. 

This is what my build looks like.

They are both similar performing coolers, so i would get the one which fits best aesthetically. (Make sure that it fits your case with height, i had that problem with my noctua as i has about 2mm spare)

My Setup :P

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I'm using dark rock 3 with my R7 1700 and it does the job just fine.

It's also dead quiet even while gaming and heavy workload.

Intel i7 12700K | Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4 | Pure Loop 240mm | G.Skill 3200MHz 32GB CL14 | CM V850 G2 | RTX 3070 Phoenix | Lian Li O11 Air mini

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Get whichever one fits your budget and looks good enough for you. I personally love the aesthetic of the dark rock 3.

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Like everyone said, whichever one you like more, personally i think the dark rock 3 would work better, seeing as the rest of your build is black/ gray with LED's for accent colors 

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Aesthetic wise: both are quite black

Temperature wise: both within a margin of error, i.e only few Celsius difference. (I am talking about H5 Universal, the Ultimate would be cooler a bit but the difference is still few degrees only)

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Here is extreme testing, other tests conducted by TechPowerUp sees a same degree of temps so that should just be ignored.

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Finally,

Acoustic wise: Dark Rock 3 would be quieter,  by quiet an amount

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tl;dr get Dark Rock 3

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