15 000 vote in PCGH readers' survey

For the fifth time in a row be quiet! could win in the PC Games Hardware readers' survey and became "Manufacturer of the year 2010" for "Power supplies" and "Fans". But cpu coolers got acknowledged by the readers, too, since be quiet! reached second place in the category "CPU coolers (Air)". Because it's the fifth time, that be quiet! won the survey, it has become one of the most popular brands among PCGH readers. This survey means a lot to be quiet! since it's a direct representation of the users' opinions. Thanks to all readers who voted for be quiet!

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bit-tech is quite pleased by performance and quietness

As one of the larger online magazines from the U.K. bit-tech is well known for its high quality product reviews. Lately they've been testing be quiet!s newest cpu cooler, the Dark Rock Advanced. In the end editors were so pleased, they even handed out an "Excellence" award.

"If you’re looking for a cooler for your shiny new LGA1155 system the Dark Rock Advanced has everything you want. It coped admirably with our 4.6GHz overclocked Core i7-2600K CPU and put many other coolers to shame with its ultra-low noise levels."

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Gets a buy recommendation from U.S. magazine

U.S. based online magazine X-bit labs did a huge roundup on pc fans. They had to divide the roundup into several categories since there were just too many products. So be quiet! participated in the "1350 RPM or Higher Rotation Speed"-part with its 120mm Silent Wings in USC and PWM version. After all, German engineered Silent Wings could receive a recommendation which only a hand full of the overall 28 products were able to earn.

"Anyway, these be quiet! fans are exceptionally quiet indeed. I guess they even might have been included into the first part of this review where I discussed low-speed and low-noise fans. The Silent Wings series works softly and without any unwanted sounds."

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Ranked fourth and fifth in cooler roundup

In newest issue 04/11 PC Games Hardware does one more big cooler roundup. This time they choose 13 coolers to compete against each other. Two of these were the newest cpu coolers from be quiet!: Dark Rock^Pro and Dark Rock^Advanced. The roundup had products of every big manufacturer in it, so it's good to see, that the be quiet! coolers could compete really well and scored rank four and five in the end.

Good conclusion and "Premium Grade" award

British "Custom PC" magazine did a review of the Dark Rock^Advanced cpu cooler in their "April 2011" issue. They found very pleasing words an handed out their "Premium Grade" award.

"At £40, it’s the same price as the Frio, but while the latter was 4˚C cooler, this was using its maximum fan speed, which is unpleasantly noisy. In contrast, the Dark Rock Advanced is quieter than the Frio at its lowest fan speed, but just 2˚C warmer. That’s a worthy compromise for a more pleasant PC experience."

PCGH does background article on cooler development

Besides reviews german PC Games Hardware always tries to please their readers with detailled background articles. So in their recent issue 04/11 they did a piece on the development of a cpu cooler. On three whole pages one can follow the two year long development of be quiet! cpu coolers. There are lots of exclusive pictures of prototypes and simulation results.

Both Dark Rock coolers got reviewed by Hardware.info

Dutch online magazine Hardware.info got their hands on both of the be quiet! Dark Rock coolers and found them both to be very attractive.

"be quiet! has honered his name again with the new coolers. The coolers are very quiet!

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Nice conclusion and a silver award

U.K. based online magazine Overclock3D examined the Dark Rock^Pro cpu cooler. They even made a video while testing the cooler. In the end they were quite satisfied with the product and handed out a silver award.

"I'd go as far as saying this is the best looking twin tower cooler available, the neutral black fans is something many many of you on YouTube and the forums have been crying out for the other big two manufacturers to do for months - Kudos to Be Quiet for listening and not joining the cream fan brigade."

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Gets 4,5 out of 5 stars at XSReviews

British site XSReviews took a look at the Silent Wings^USC and found it quite impressing. Finally the editor rated the fan with 4,5 out of 5 stars.

"However, with front panel and dust filter in place and you’re sitting at a normal distance there really is little noise to be heard. This isn’t the quietest fan ever, but any silence enthusiast will be happy with this one."

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