Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 VS Cooler Master Master AirMaker 8

[DudeWazap]

I'm going to upgrade my moms air cooler from the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO she has now cooling her i5-4460.

 

I'm going for best air cooling performance but at the same time being as quiet as possible.

 

Which one of these 2 coolers would cool the best while staying the quietest?

I don't want to put a liquid cooler on it because I don't want to worry about leaks or the pump dying on her.

 

Cooler Master uses vapor chambers so I thought it would cool better but its hard to find videos of the Dark Rock 3 or 4 being compared to the air Maker 8.

[DocSwag]

The CM is eh IIRC. Dark Rock Pro 4 would be much better.

 

That does sound a bit overkill for a 4460 though... Is the 212 evo not quiet enough? I honestly think that a $50-$60 cooler would already be near silent for a stock 4460.

[DudeWazap]

1 minute ago, DocSwag said:

The CM is eh IIRC. Dark Rock Pro 4 would be much better.

 

That does sound a bit overkill for a 4460 though... Is the 212 evo not quiet enough? I honestly think that a $50-$60 cooler would already be near silent for a stock 4460.

The 212 EVO is cooling it find but I want to turn down all her fans to the lowest possible and have an overkill air cooler to keep the temps down and not have to worry about noise.

 

I do agree it is a a bit over kill but, its for my mom and price isn't an issue for stuff I buy for her. I put my old DCUII 780 in there just because. haha

[VVoltor]

It's easier to find Dark Rock 3 benchmarks, since it's been out for a while.

 

Here's both of them compared: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7522/cooler-master-masterair-maker-8-cpu-review/index6.html

 

Note that the temperature results are very close with the cooler master edging out, but the be quiet produces a little less noise when the fans spin up.

 

Now all reviews of the new Dark Rock 4 say it performs better than the previous version, so I'd say that one is probably the better one right now. Pretty overkill for an i5 though.....

[DocSwag]

2 minutes ago, DudeWazap said:

The 212 EVO is cooling it find but I want to turn down all her fans to the lowest possible and have an overkill air cooler to keep the temps down and not have to worry about noise.

 

I do agree it is a a bit over kill but, its for my mom and price isn't an issue for stuff I buy for her. I put my old DCUII 780 in there just because. haha

Dark Rock Pro 4 would probably be around the best then. Still I feel like it'd be overkill though... Something like a Dark Rock 3 probably wouldn't even be audible. Hell, at that rate you might even want to look into passive air coolers, assuming there's decent air flow in the case itself.

[VVoltor]

Also: Noctua NH-D15 is still the king though.

[DudeWazap]

5 minutes ago, VVoltor said:

It's easier to find Dark Rock 3 benchmarks, since it's been out for a while.

 

Here's both of them compared: https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7522/cooler-master-masterair-maker-8-cpu-review/index6.html

 

Note that the temperature results are very close with the cooler master edging out, but the be quiet produces a little less noise when the fans spin up.

 

Now all reviews of the new Dark Rock 4 say it performs better than the previous version, so I'd say that one is probably the better one right now. Pretty overkill for an i5 though.....

Thank you!

And yes it is overkill but I want to have it so when i upgrade her rig later 9th or 10th gen CPU.

All the stuff I get for my mom is overkill because she my mom bro. haha

2 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Dark Rock Pro 4 would probably be around the best then. Still I feel like it'd be overkill though... Something like a Dark Rock 3 probably wouldn't even be audible. Hell, at that rate you might even want to look into passive air coolers, assuming there's decent air flow in the case itself.

It is a Define R5 tempered glass clase with 5 PWM fans all running very low RPM (can't remember the number rightnow) and a GTX 780 DCUII

1 minute ago, VVoltor said:

Also: Noctua NH-D15 is still the king though.

Yeah i figured but the cooler is so ugly though. and I have her build all red with black.

[WoodenMarker]

3 hours ago, DudeWazap said:

The 212 EVO is cooling it find but I want to turn down all her fans to the lowest possible and have an overkill air cooler to keep the temps down and not have to worry about noise.

The 212 Evo is already overkill. 

Just replace the fan: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zzQypg/antec-case-fan-truequiet120

[DudeWazap]

8 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

The 212 Evo is already overkill. 

Just replace the fan: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zzQypg/antec-case-fan-truequiet120

I have 2 Corsair SP120s on it rightnow in push pull.

 

how is a $20 cooler overkill for it?

[WoodenMarker]

1 minute ago, DudeWazap said:

I have 2 Corsair SP120s on it rightnow in push pull.

how is a $20 cooler overkill for it?

The cost of the cooler doesn't change how much cooling it provides. There are smaller coolers than the 212 Evo that would already be plenty for the 4460.

[DudeWazap]

38 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

The cost of the cooler doesn't change how much cooling it provides. There are smaller coolers than the 212 Evo that would already be plenty for the 4460.

Thanks If i don't go with the Dark rock pro 4 I will just go with the regular Dark Rock 4.

 

The higher end you go with a cooler the lower it gets the temps so, I'm not sure what you're referring to there.

[WoodenMarker]

2 minutes ago, DudeWazap said:

Thanks If i don't go with the Dark rock pro 4 I will just go with the regular Dark Rock 4.

The higher end you go with a cooler the lower it gets the temps so, I'm not sure what you're referring to there.

There are higher end coolers that cost less than lower end ones. Price isn't the determining factor in how overkill the cooling is.

When it comes to keeping noise low, there's little to no difference between the DR4, DRP4, and 212 Evo when using the same fan. Temps may vary but they'll be adequately low for all of them and have no effect on performance.

[DudeWazap]

1 minute ago, WoodenMarker said:

There are higher end coolers that cost less than lower end ones. Price isn't the determining factor in how overkill the cooling is.

When it comes to keeping noise low, there's little difference between the DR4, DRP4, and 212 Evo using the same fan. Temps may vary but they'll be adequately low for all of them and have no effect on performance.

Oh okay i see what you mean now.

 

Well to till you the truth I mainly want to change out the cooler because I want to keep her temps a bit lower and the silent wings will also be quieter than the SP fans based on other videos I've seen. 

also the 212 EVO is a good value cooler but it doesn't fit the all black theme with some red accents that she currently has and the Dark Rock seemed like a good fit for this purpose.

the Master air Maker 8 seemed pretty pricey and Just wanted to know if their was a big difference or not. But, now I'm going to just order the Dark Rock 4.

 

I spent alot of time making her build look very clean and organized to help with air flow as well as stay a certain color theme. So that's why I stayed with those two cooler choices.

[WoodenMarker]

12 minutes ago, DudeWazap said:

I want to keep her temps a bit lower and the silent wings will also be quieter than the SP fans based on other videos I've seen. 

also the 212 EVO is a good value cooler but it doesn't fit the all black theme with some red accents

What are the current temps? With a 212 Evo, they should be very low with plenty of headroom already.

SW3's are much quieter than SP120's but so are TrueQuiets.

The top fin of the 212 Evo is easily masked off for painting. Example here:

 

[LogicalDrm]

If noise is your only issue, why not go passive? One huge heatsink and just case fans? My U14S has 2 fans and I can't hear it at idle. Both HDD and PSU make more noise. During load GPU makes more noise.