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Press Newsletter 01-2016
 
 
 
Content
be quiet! as leading manufacturer of power supplies in 2015
be quiet! voted best power supply manufacturer for 2015
European Hardware Community Award for Dark Power Pro 11
Dark Power Pro 11 best PSU with up to 600 Watt at Kit Guru
Straight Power 700W 10 CM in Gaming PC 2016 by ITRaidDE
be quiet! is maufacturer of the year 2015 for CPU coolers
be quiet! case used for Gaming PC 2016 by ITRaidDE
LAN-Party Laptop 2015 mod uses be quiet! gear
be quiet! manufacturer of the year for fans at Hardwareluxx
Dark Rock Pro 3 wins European Hardware Community Award
SilentWings 2 elected as best casefan series in Europe
Gold award for Shadow Wings fan
be quiet! second-best manufacturer for PC cases in 2015
Tweakers user review of Dark Rock Advanced C1
be quiet! is the number one manufacturer for CPU coolers
Shadow Rock Slim unboxing on YouTube
be quiet! is fan manufacturer of the year 2015
 
 
be quiet! as leading manufacturer of power supplies in 2015

Hardwareluxx readers show how much they like the Dark Power Pro 11

In the Hardwareluxx reader survey for the power supply manufacturer of the year 2015 be quiet! reached first place. Readers of the online magazine voted with 41.8 percent for the company and especially its Dark Power Pro 11 PSU.

“The PSU also plays a very important role since it provides power to all of the computer's components. The winner in this category is be quiet! with 41.8% of the votes and the Dark Power Pro 11 plays the most important role.”

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be quiet! voted best power supply manufacturer for 2015

In annual PC Games Hardware reader's choice awards

By now PC Games Hardware posted the results of its annual reader's choice awards for the best manufacturers of the year 2015. In the category of power supplies, the readers voted clearly for be quiet! and positioned to the company ahead of the competition at first place.

“[13/01/16] power supplies 1st place: be quiet!”

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European Hardware Community Award for Dark Power Pro 11

PSU series from be quiet! is the most popular in Europe

The votes of nine European technology websites for the products of the year were combined in the European Hardware Community Awards. The readers have uniformly elected be quiet!'s Dark Power Pro 11 as the best power supply series 2015/2016.

“Best PSU series”

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Dark Power Pro 11 best PSU with up to 600 Watt at Kit Guru

be quiet! receives award for best power supply in 2015

In its annual review Kit Guru selected be quiet!'s Dark Power Pro 11 in the 550-watt version as the best power supply with under 600 watts. Especially with its selection of components, be quiet! was able to provide a longer life time and greater reliability as comparable devices in this class. Also this power supply produces extremely low noise comes with an easily switchable multi/single rail option, which makes this unit further stand out from the competition.

“This is a technically stellar unit with switchable multi/single rail option, extremely low noise levels and excellent ripple suppression.”

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Straight Power 700W 10 CM in Gaming PC 2016 by ITRaidDE

be quiet! power supply with cable management for 2016's sample PC

The YouTube channel ITRaidDE has released a new video presenting an example configuration for a current gaming machine. For the so called Gaming PC 2016 be quiet!'s Straight Power 700W 10 CM was chosen. Besides the high efficiency this power supply was also selected for its cable management functionality.

“For the power supply, I used the be quiet! Straight Power with 700 watts in the CM- or cable management version. Thanks to this feature we can install only the needed cables and simply omit all unnecessary, so there's no cable clutter.”

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be quiet! is maufacturer of the year 2015 for CPU coolers

Hardwareluxx readers chose Dark Rock Pro 3 as their favorite air cooler

During last December readers of Hardwareluxx had the opportunity to choose their favorite manufacturers in several categories. As for CPU coolers be quiet! was elected manufacturer of the year 2015 for their very successful Dark Rock Pro 3.

“An important part of any computer system is the cooling of your hardware, and here the processor cooler is crucial. You as our readers think this category is handled best by be quiet! or to be more precise its Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU cooler.”

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be quiet! case used for Gaming PC 2016 by ITRaidDE

Silent Base 600 Window scores with good sound dampening and large side panel window

ITRaidDE presented its Gaming PC 2016 in a new YouTube video. The gaming machine was placed in a be quiet! Silent Base 600 Window case, which provided not only effective sound dampening and great cooling with the two Pure Wings fans, but also great looks with its big side panel window.

“Its (be quiet! Silent base 600 Window) a quite elegant and above all well dampened MIDI-Tower. The case offers a quiet operation, plenty of space, good cooling performance and usefully placed holes for cable management.”

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LAN-Party Laptop 2015 mod uses be quiet! gear

Shadow Rock Topflow SR1 and Dark Power Pro 10 used in unique build

Modder Paul Riis ("Casanova") has built a special system called the LAN-Party Laptop 2015, based on a briefcase. For this system, he has used the be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 as its power supply and the Shadow Rock Topflow SR1 as CPU cooler. The build was completed early January 2016 and featured on Hardware-TEST, Tweak.dk, SweClockers, OverClockersClub, HardwareHeaven, Cooler Master, TechPowerUp, Guru3D, Hexus, Bit-Tech and ASUS Republic of Gamers Forum.

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be quiet! manufacturer of the year for fans at Hardwareluxx

Readers like be quiet fans best in 2015

Not only with its CPU coolers, also in the category fans be quiet! was able to win the award for the best manufacturer of the year 2015 at Hardwareluxx. This shows how much the readers appreciated the successful SilentWings 2 fans.

“The heat not only has to be removed directly from the CPU, but also needs to be moved out of the case. With that in mind the fans should not only move much air, but also be very silent. In your opinion this is done best by be quiet! with the Silent Wings 2.”

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Dark Rock Pro 3 wins European Hardware Community Award

be quiet! with most popular CPU air cooler in Europe

For the first European Hardware Community Awards be quiet!'s Dark Rock Pro 3 was selected as the best CPU air cooler for 2015/2016. The votes were collected by several European online magazines and underline the importance of be quiet! in the air cooling market.

“Best CPU cooler (air)

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SilentWings 2 elected as best casefan series in Europe

be quiet!'s casefans convinced readers of European online magazines

The evaluation of the annual reader polls of some of the biggest European online magazines was conducted in the form of the European Hardware Community Awards. For 2015/2016 be quiet!'s SilentWings 2 were the most popular casefans on the market according to the readers of European online magazines.

“Best Casefan series”

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Gold award for Shadow Wings fan

be quiet! scores in Finnish review

The English language, Finnish based website GeekyXtraTech has reviewed the be quiet! Shadow Wings 120mm Mid-Speed fan. The reviewer was very positively surprised by this fan and gave it the Geekzter Gold Award.

“Couldn't find any issues with this fan so it actually deserves the first Geekzter GOLD award ever given! ”

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be quiet! second-best manufacturer for PC cases in 2015

According to PC Games Hardware's annual reader's choice

In the category PC cases be quiet! managed to reach second place in PC Games Hardware's annual vote for the manufacturer of the year. Although be quiet! is still new to this area, readers of the online magazine already showed their appreciation for the Silent Base series and therefore positioned the company ahead of many established competitors.

“[13/01/16] cases 2nd place: be quiet!”

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Tweakers user review of Dark Rock Advanced C1

Bang for the buck!

Tweakers user Keenan has published a review of the be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 in the user forums. He is extremely satisfied with this cooler: the CPU never goes over 60 degrees Celsius and looks great. The cooler receives a 4/5 rating.

“This is a real bang-for-the-buck cooler. Exactly what I expected in this price class. It cools quite well, the CPU never gets over 60°C and it looks great with brushed aluminum on the top side. Very quiet.”

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be quiet! is the number one manufacturer for CPU coolers

In the reader's choice 2015 by PC Games Hardware

In PC Games Hardware's annual reader's choice for the best manufacturer of the year be quiet! ranked first place in the category of air coolers. PCGH readers made it clear that there was no better choice in 2015, regarding CPU air coolers.

“[13/01/16] CPU air cooler 1st place: be quiet!”

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Shadow Rock Slim unboxing on YouTube

GeekyXtraTech discusses be quiet! CPU cooler

The Finnish vlogger GeekyXtraTech has unboxed and reviewed the be quiet! Shadow Rock Slim. He likes the packaging, design and features of this cooler and will probably use it in his next test system.

“Wow, beautiful cooler!”

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be quiet! is fan manufacturer of the year 2015

Voted by the readers of PC Games Hardware

As it was already the case in the past two years, be quiet! was able to win the award for best manufacturer of the year 2015 in the category fans. This shows once again that the fans of the German company are still second to none in the opinion of the magazine's readers.

“[13/01/16] fan 1st Platz: be quiet!”

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About be quiet!

be quiet! is a premium brand of PC power supplies, PC cases and cooling solutions as well as the consistent PSU market leader in Germany since 2007*.

All conception, design and testing is done with a German passion for quality and precision at our headquarters in Germany. Innovative engineering concepts, premium materials and world-class quality make be quiet! products among the most silent, reliable and powerful available.

See bequiet.com.

*GfK data 2015

 
     
 
 
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