Cooler comparison

be quiet! Dark Rock 5 vs be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the be quiet! Dark Rock 5 cools better or equally on 94 of them, at $64.90 versus $54.90 on Amazon. The Dark Rock 5 is rated 10 W higher.

Reviewed by Farrukh Sufyan SarwarHow we estimate temperaturesPrices verified November 2, 2026Model v1.2 · data updated November 2, 2026

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be quiet! Dark Rock 5

Type: Single-tower air cooler
Sustained rating: 210 W
Height: 162 mm
RAM clearance: Unrestricted
Sockets in box: AM4, AM5, LGA1200, LGA1700, LGA1851
Price: $64.90

$64.90as of Nov 2, 05:59 AM UTC · In StockCheck price

be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3

Type: Single-tower air cooler
Sustained rating: 200 W
Height: 155 mm
RAM clearance: Unrestricted
Sockets in box: AM4, AM5, LGA1200, LGA1700, LGA1851
Price: $54.90

$54.90as of Nov 2, 05:59 AM UTC · In StockCheck price

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Excellent verdicts by socket

Number of processors per socket each cooler keeps in the Excellent band
Socket	CPUs	Dark Rock 5	Pure Rock Pro 3
AM5	25	21 / 25	21 / 25
AM4	26	26 / 26	26 / 26
LGA1851	8	6 / 8	4 / 8
LGA1700	41	21 / 41	16 / 41
LGA1200	20	9 / 20	7 / 20

Head to head on popular processors

Estimated full-load temperature and verdict for each cooler on the highest-power processors
Processor	Boost	Dark Rock 5	Pure Rock Pro 3
Core i7-13700K	253 W	100 °CThrottling risk	100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-13900K	253 W	100 °CThrottling risk	100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-14900KF	253 W	100 °CThrottling risk	100 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-11700K	251 W	100 °CThrottling risk	100 °CThrottling risk
Core Ultra 7 265K	250 W	100 °CThrottling risk	100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-12900KS	241 W	100 °CThrottling risk	100 °CThrottling risk
Ryzen 9 9950X3D	230 W	95 °CThrottling risk	95 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-14700	224 W	99 °CAcceptable fit	100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-13900	219 W	98 °CAcceptable fit	100 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-12700KF	190 W	89 °CAcceptable fit	92 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 9 285	182 W	87 °CExcellent fit	90 °CAcceptable fit
Core i5-14600KF	181 W	87 °CExcellent fit	89 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D	162 W	81 °CExcellent fit	84 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K	159 W	80 °CExcellent fit	83 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500	154 W	79 °CExcellent fit	81 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF	150 W	78 °CExcellent fit	80 °CExcellent fit