be quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler Review

Testing
We will be testing the Pure Rock in our Intel X79 system.

be quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler

It is comprised of the following components.

Processor: Intel Core i7-4960X Extreme Edition
Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 Pro
Video Card: Sapphire R9 280X Toxic
Memory: 16GB Kingston 10th Anniversary
Power: Thermaltake Toughpower DPS G 850W Power Supply
Storage: 750GB SATA II Drive
Cooling: be quiet! Pure Rock
Case: Cooler Master Cosmos II with 5 fans

For testing we will be using the Intel Burn Test with the AVX instruction set. We use this instead of Prime 95 as it will push the processor much harder. We have it set on the maximum setting and let it run through 3 passes. This gives us a realistic idea of the temperatures the processor would hit when it is under full load.

Keep in mind this is an Extreme Edition processor. These run much hotter than normal chips so keep that in mind. First up are our idle temperatures.

idle

Now for the load test.

load

As you can see the Pure Rock sits right in the middle of the pack, which is quite respectable considering this is more of an entry-level cooler.

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