In this video I'll share some findings from testing both the Noctua D15S and the Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4. Even though the form factor of the heatsinks is similar, there are some fan configuration and also some design differences that actually makes the performance more different than I initially thought. I did experiment with blocking off the bottom of Dark Rock Pro with tape to see if that would reduce the interference from the GPU, but that did not yield any meaningful benefit- due to that and for the sake of conciseness that information was not presented.

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CPU Coolers Tested:
Noctua D15S Chromax - [ Ссылка ]
Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4- [ Ссылка ]
Noctua NH-U12A - [ Ссылка ]
Noctua D15 Chromax - [ Ссылка ]

Slim Noctua NF-A12x15 Chromax: [ Ссылка ]
Slim Arctic P12 PWM: [ Ссылка ]
CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X - [ Ссылка ]
GPU: Nvidia Founders Edition RTX 3070
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550-I Aorus, provided by Roguecast
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 3600Mhz 16GB (link to multiple options)- [ Ссылка ]
System drive: Samsung 970 EVO 500GB- [ Ссылка ]
Recommended second M.2: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB- [ Ссылка ]
Power Supply: Corsair SF600 SFX- [ Ссылка ]
Cable Kit: Cablemod C-series Essentials - [ Ссылка ]
Case fans (in different configs): Noctua NF-A12x25 - [ Ссылка ]
Slim Kaze Flex - [ Ссылка ]

0:00 Introduction
1:25 Overview of both coolers
6:45 Test Setup
7:38 Thermal Testing Results
10:19 Conclusion/Summary

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