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be quiet! Dark Rock 5
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is a tower air cooler with a preview thermal-capacity estimate of 210 W and a listed noise level of 29.8 dB(A). It is 161 mm tall and includes brackets for AM5, AM4, LGA1851, LGA1700.
Best for
- Mid-range processors in a compact build
- Cost-controlled builds
Main trade-offs
- At 161 mm it needs matching case clearance
- Rated 29.8 dB(A)
Lowest sample total
$71
Across 3 demo retailer offers including shipping. 2.7% below the sample-window median.
- Offers
- 3
- Updated
- Aug 12, 2026
3 in stock
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Retailer offers
Retailer offers
Ranked by delivered total, stock and data freshness. Commission never affects this order.
| Retailer | Price | Shipping | Total | Availability | Open retailer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas ComponentsBest totalNo affiliate linkSample feed30-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $70.99 | Free | $70.99 | In stock | Go to store |
| BitForge SupplyAffiliate partnerSample feed14-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $72.99 | $4.99 | $77.98 | In stock | Go to store |
| Nordic PartsAffiliate partnerSample feed30-day returns · observed 4 d ago | $70.99 | $7.99 | $78.98 | In stock | Go to store |
Sample data — illustrative fixture prices from a demo feed, not live retailer quotes. We are not the seller and take no payment. How offers are verified.
Price history
Lowest observed sample total per observation date, 9 points.
- Lowest
- $71
- Highest
- $77
- Median
- $73
- Current best
- $71
Dashed line marks the median of the sample window. All values are illustrative fixture data.
Normalized specifications
Canonical values after unit normalization. Fields used by the compatibility engine are marked.
- Typecompat
- Air tower
- Installed heightcompat
- 161 mm
- Radiator sizecompat
- —
- Socket supportcompat
- AM5, AM4, LGA1851, LGA1700
- Rated cooling capacitycompat
- 210 W
- Rated noise
- 29.8 dB(A)
- Fans
- 1
- RGB lighting
- No
Compatibility
Every pairing below was evaluated by the same rule engine the builder uses.
CPU
20 of 20 compatibleWorks with AMD Ryzen 5 5600, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X and 17 more.
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is rated for 210 W but AMD Ryzen 9 7900X peaks at 230 W. Expect thermal throttling in sustained all-core work.
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is rated for 210 W but Intel Core Ultra 7 265K peaks at 250 W. Expect thermal throttling in sustained all-core work.
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is rated for 210 W but Intel Core i7-14700K peaks at 253 W. Expect thermal throttling in sustained all-core work.
Case
19 of 20 compatibleWorks with ASUS Prime AP201, Corsair 4000D Airflow, Corsair 5000D Airflow and 16 more.
Only 6 mm above the 161 mm cooler. The side panel will fit, but tall memory or a thicker fan will not.
Only 4 mm above the 161 mm cooler. The side panel will fit, but tall memory or a thicker fan will not.
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is 161 mm tall; Cooler Master MasterBox NR200P allows 155 mm.
Provenance
Every canonical value carries the source it came from, when it was retrieved and how confident we are.
| Field | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
coolerType | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
fanCount | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
heightMm | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
noiseDba | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
radiatorMm | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
rgb | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
socketSupport | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
tdpRatingW | Rigwise curated manufacturer catalog | Aug 12, 2026 | 95% |
Catalog preview
be quiet! Dark Rock 5 is a real product identity with curated compatibility specifications. Sample prices, availability, performance values and acoustic indexes are included to exercise the decision system and are not live or measured evidence.