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4 hours ago, XR6 said:

I quite like the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 but I found that I can get the Dark Rock Pro 3 for £20 cheaper.

Spend the extra $20 on the DRP4.  If you try to cheap out and get the DRP3, you'll need to hire a team of engineers to mount it.  That's going to cost you more than $20. 

When they're done, they'll need therapy and their families may sue you for all costs related to their extended stay in the psychiatric ward.  So if you get the DRP3, make sure that your insurance policy covers those cases or you'll be out of even more money.

 

 

 

Actually mounting the DRP3 is not that difficult.  Just don't follow the instructions.

The instructions will tell you to put a screw in through the back of the motherboard, then a nut on that screw to hold it in place.  Then they tell you to put the cooler on there and then tighten another nut that threads onto the first one.  That means faffing around underneath the cooler with a tiny wrench that doesn't grip the nut properly. 

 

I tightened all nuts to the cooler's base first, then put the cooler on the CPU and screwed the whole thing on from the back of the motherboard.  So much more convenient ... assuming you have a helper or have the MoBo out of the case.

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Hi,

I'm going to be upgrading my PC soon and will be upgrading my CPU cooler.

I quite like the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 but I found that I can get the Dark Rock Pro 3 for £20 cheaper.

Is there any difference between the two, and if so is it worth paying £20 more for the Dark Rock Pro 4?

Thanks in advance.

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Get the 4, the mounting system on the 3 might actually push you over the edge to death

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Performance wise, not really. But as Slottr said, it's much, much easier to mount the Pro 4 over the Pro 3.

 

 

If you can get the Pro 3 for a lot cheaper than the Pro 4, it might be worth it, but otherwise just get the Pro 4.

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pro 4 has a much easier mount

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4 hours ago, XR6 said:

I quite like the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 but I found that I can get the Dark Rock Pro 3 for £20 cheaper.

Spend the extra $20 on the DRP4.  If you try to cheap out and get the DRP3, you'll need to hire a team of engineers to mount it.  That's going to cost you more than $20. 

When they're done, they'll need therapy and their families may sue you for all costs related to their extended stay in the psychiatric ward.  So if you get the DRP3, make sure that your insurance policy covers those cases or you'll be out of even more money.

 

 

 

Actually mounting the DRP3 is not that difficult.  Just don't follow the instructions.

The instructions will tell you to put a screw in through the back of the motherboard, then a nut on that screw to hold it in place.  Then they tell you to put the cooler on there and then tighten another nut that threads onto the first one.  That means faffing around underneath the cooler with a tiny wrench that doesn't grip the nut properly. 

 

I tightened all nuts to the cooler's base first, then put the cooler on the CPU and screwed the whole thing on from the back of the motherboard.  So much more convenient ... assuming you have a helper or have the MoBo out of the case.

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