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I am thinking of getting a Be Quiet! Dark Rock pro 3 as a CPU cooler instead of a fractal design s24.

 

What sort of fans can be put on the Be Quiet! Cooler?  My pc theme is sort of a black + blue theme so I was thinking if I got the fractal design s24 I could easily get some SP120's with the blue rims however It is quite a bit more expensive than the be quiet cooler.

 

My PC:

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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the dark rock pro 3 has black fans which go with any build.. i would just leave the stock ones 

CPU: i5 6600k @ 4.6 ghz  Motherboard: Asus z170-a  Cooling: Corsair h80i GT GPU: EVGA GTX 970  Ram: G.Skill 2x8 gb ddr4 2400  PSU: EVGA G2 Supernova 550w  Case: Corsair 200r Storage: 250GB 850 EVO + 2x wd 1 tb drives

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You can put a 120mm fan on the back, but the included 135mm fan is odd so you will only have the bracket for one 120 mm fan....  could you put a 140mm on it, yes ZIP-TIE

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZczbWZ ~$950

Computer w/ Peripherals: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ ~$1650

Case: Blue s340 painted black CPU: 4790K OC to 4.5MHz Cooler: Dark Rock 3 GPU: Powercolor R9-290 MOBO: z97 MSI Gaming 5 RAM: Fury HyperX 2x8GB 1866Mhz PSU: Corsair rm750x Storage: 250GB 850 EVO & 1TB WD Black HeadPhones: HD598 SE Speakers: MAckie CR4 SE Keyboard: K70 Cherry-Brown Mouse: G9x Fans: Prolimatech Vortex 140mm

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The fans that come on the dark rock pro 3 are their own Silent Wings. These fans aren't shaped like normal fans, and the metal bracket that holds them to the cooler is shaped accordingly. The two that come on it are great though, Ive ran my 6600k at 4.4ghz/1.4volts and temps are high70s/low 80s. But usually i leave it at 4.2ghz/1.3v and it never goes above 70.

 

Source: I own the Dark Rock and I fold all night/ most of the day.

Intel i5-6600K, be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, Asus MAXIMUS VIII Gene, 16gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4, 500gb Samsung 850 Evo, 2tb Seagate Barracuda, GTX 1080 EVGA FTW, Thermaltake Core v21, Seasonic M12II 850W

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You can put a 120mm fan on the back, but the included 135mm fan is odd so you will only have the bracket for one 120 mm fan....  could you put a 140mm on it, yes ZIP-TIE

Ok ty, so basically aesthetics wise Just getting some AF120's and putting them in the front and top/back of my S240 will be the way to go if I get a Dark Rock Pro 3?

My PC:

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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Ok ty, so basically aesthetics wise Just getting some AF120's and putting them in the front and top/back of my S240 will be the way to go if I get a Dark Rock Pro 3?

WAIT...   s240??  did you mean s340??? the DRP3 does not fit the s340... the Dark Rock 3 does....  

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZczbWZ ~$950

Computer w/ Peripherals: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ ~$1650

Case: Blue s340 painted black CPU: 4790K OC to 4.5MHz Cooler: Dark Rock 3 GPU: Powercolor R9-290 MOBO: z97 MSI Gaming 5 RAM: Fury HyperX 2x8GB 1866Mhz PSU: Corsair rm750x Storage: 250GB 850 EVO & 1TB WD Black HeadPhones: HD598 SE Speakers: MAckie CR4 SE Keyboard: K70 Cherry-Brown Mouse: G9x Fans: Prolimatech Vortex 140mm

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WAIT...   s240??  did you mean s340??? the DRP3 does not fit the s340... the Dark Rock 3 does....  

S340 yes, mistake by my part.

 

Woudl you reccomend any other good looking coolers? I could also go the liquid cooling way (AIO)

My PC:

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MOBO: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max, CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600, Cooler: BeQuiet! Dark Rock 3, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050ti D5 4G, Ram: 16GB (2x8) HyperX Fury DDR4, Case: NZXT S340, Psu: Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 600W , HDD's: WD 1TB Caviar Blue, WD 256GB Scorpio Blue, WD 2TB Caviar Blue  SSD: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240Gb

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Im planning a s340 build as well, for "best" perform the x61 AIO is a clear winner.  I am not a fan of water in my computer call me old fashioned...  

 

So for air cooling id go with-

Dark Rock 3-Massive good looking cooler

Dark Rock TF-Supposedly out performs the Dark Rock 3(TDP) 

Cryorg H7-  Black plate, generic 120mm fan, cheapest price, and reasonable performance 

 

Im planning on the Dark Rock 3 personally 

Computer: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZczbWZ ~$950

Computer w/ Peripherals: http://pcpartpicker.com/b/mZNNnQ ~$1650

Case: Blue s340 painted black CPU: 4790K OC to 4.5MHz Cooler: Dark Rock 3 GPU: Powercolor R9-290 MOBO: z97 MSI Gaming 5 RAM: Fury HyperX 2x8GB 1866Mhz PSU: Corsair rm750x Storage: 250GB 850 EVO & 1TB WD Black HeadPhones: HD598 SE Speakers: MAckie CR4 SE Keyboard: K70 Cherry-Brown Mouse: G9x Fans: Prolimatech Vortex 140mm

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