{"data":{"slug":"be-quiet-dark-rock-elite","type":"cpu_cooler","brand":"be quiet!","name":"Dark Rock Elite","aliases":["BK037"],"release_date":"2023-10","url":"https://arkivo.dev/cpu-coolers/be-quiet-dark-rock-elite","specs":{"series":"Dark 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Club386's review is dated 24 October 2023 and Tom's Hardware reviewed it on 6 December 2023.","launch_price_usd":"Available at $114.90 / EUR 114.90 / GBP 109.99. The article does not say if tax is included. Tom's Hardware prints a US price near $99 for the Elite, which conflicts. KitGuru gives the same $114.90 as Club386.","launch_price_eur":"EUR 114.90 for the Elite, with no country named and no statement on VAT. KitGuru gives the same figure.","markets":"The launch article lists USD, EUR and GBP prices.","warranty_years":"Backed by a three-year warranty.","rated_tdp_w":"280W rating for the Elite and 270W for the Pro 5.","rgb_lighting":"Rectangular RGB strip on the heatpipe cover, controlled through the motherboard."}},{"url":"https://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/joao-silva/the-be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-returns-alongside-new-dark-rock-elite-cooler/","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["announce_date","launch_price_usd","launch_price_eur","base_material","rgb_lighting","ram_clearance_mm","warranty_years"],"notes":{"announce_date":"KitGuru, 11 October 2023.","launch_price_usd":"The Dark Rock Elite goes for $114.90/EUR 114.90/GBP 109.99.","launch_price_eur":"EUR 114.90, no country named.","base_material":"A nickel-plated base compatible with liquid metal thermal paste.","rgb_lighting":"Top cover with ARGB lighting.","ram_clearance_mm":"The front fan rail has adjustable height settings, offering up to 69 mm above the second RAM slot. Above the first RAM slot the clearance is 63.3 mm. These are the raised fan figures. The stored 42 mm is Tom's Hardware's out-of-the-box figure with the fan in its lowest position.","warranty_years":"3-year warranty."}},{"url":"https://store.arsenalpc.com/be-quiet-BK037/Product/3257328","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["model_numbers","colors","warranty_years","rated_tdp_w","base_material","thermal_paste","sockets","heatpipe_count","heatpipe_diameter_mm","heatsink_dimensions_mm","fans"],"notes":{"model_numbers":"MPN BK037. The listing is used only for its copy of the be quiet! spec table.","colors":"Color option Black.","warranty_years":"Warranty Information 3 year.","rated_tdp_w":"TDP (W) 280.","base_material":"The table says Base material Copper and CPU contact surface CNC machined. Tom's Hardware and Club386 say nickel-plated copper, which is stored.","thermal_paste":"Thermal grease (Type) Included.","sockets":"Socket compatibility Intel 1851 / 1700 / 1200 / 1150 / 1151 / 1155 and AMD AM5 / AM4. The launch articles list sockets only up to LGA1700, so LGA1851 comes from this table only.","heatpipe_count":"Heatpipe number / Diameter (mm) 7 / 6. PCMENA says six, which is treated as an error.","heatpipe_diameter_mm":"Heatpipe number / Diameter (mm) 7 / 6.","heatsink_dimensions_mm":"Heatsink specifications, Dimensions (L x W x H) 120 x 136 x 168 mm, read as depth 120, width 136, height 168. The depth is below the 146 mm with fans, so it is stored. The maker's drawing V1/23 shows 124 for the same depth.","fans":"Fan specifications: Silent Wings, 135 x 135 x 25 mm, speed at 100% PWM Q 1500 / P 2000 rpm, airflow at 100% PWM / 12V 80.2 CFM (136.2 m3/h), air pressure 2.41 mm H2O, Fluid Dynamic Bearing, 6-pole motor, 4-pin PWM, Y-cable yes, two fans. Q and P are the quiet and performance modes of the speed switch, so the top speed is 2000 rpm. The airflow and pressure are not in the launch-time copy of the table at APH Networks and Tom's Hardware lists them as unlisted, so they come from this copy only. The overall noise of 11.0 / 19.5 / 25.8 dB(A) at 50 / 75 / 100% is for the whole cooler in quiet mode and is not stored as a fan figure."}},{"url":"https://aphnetworks.com/reviews/be-quiet-dark-rock-elite","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["rated_tdp_w","dimensions_mm","heatsink_dimensions_mm","weight_g","fans","thermal_paste","in_the_box","colors"],"notes":{"rated_tdp_w":"Specification table taken from the maker's website at launch: TDP (W) 280.","dimensions_mm":"Overall dimensions without mounting material (L x W x H) 146 x 136 x 168 mm, read as depth 146, width 136, height 168. Club386, Tom's Hardware and Basic Tutorials print 145 for the depth. The maker's drawing V1/23 shows 146.","heatsink_dimensions_mm":"Heatsink specifications, Dimensions (L x W x H) 120 x 136 x 168 mm.","weight_g":"Total weight 1.34 kg, the same as Club386 and Basic Tutorials. The table says the size is without mounting material.","fans":"Speed at 100% PWM / 12V 1500 / 2000 rpm, fluid dynamic bearing, 6-pole motor, 4-pin PWM, Y-cable. The table has no airflow or pressure row.","thermal_paste":"Accessories: thermal grease included. The text adds a small tube of thermal paste.","in_the_box":"Accessories: thermal grease, mounting set for Intel and AMD. The text adds a magnetic screwdriver, mounting documentation and warranty information. The Y-cable comes from the fan table.","colors":"Color option Black."}},{"url":"https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cooling/be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-v-and-dark-rock-elite-review-kings-of-quiet-cooling","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["cpu_cooler","air_cooler_layout","display_type","base_material","ram_clearance_mm","heatpipe_count","fans","rgb_lighting","warranty_years","in_the_box","dimensions_mm","thermal_paste"],"notes":{"cpu_cooler":"Air cooler with a heatsink and fans.","air_cooler_layout":"Dual tower heatsink with a small heatsink in the middle and a fan between the towers. Both towers are exactly the same as on the Dark Rock Pro 5.","display_type":"The features list a top cover with an ARGB ring and a speed switch under it. It shows no screen or readout.","base_material":"Spec table: Base Nickel Plated Copper.","ram_clearance_mm":"Out of the box, these coolers have RAM limitations of 42mm. The fan slides up a few notches for taller RAM. The Elite has a fan brace that slides up and down.","heatpipe_count":"Seven copper heat pipes, the same heatsink as the Dark Rock Pro 5.","fans":"Two Silent Wings 135mm fans on the Dark Rock Elite, up to 1500/2000 rpm in the quiet and performance modes, fluid dynamic bearing, no lighting on the fans. Airflow and pressure are unlisted. The top speed is 2000 rpm in the performance mode.","rgb_lighting":"The top of the Dark Rock Elite features an ARGB ring that can optionally be connected to a motherboard.","warranty_years":"3 years.","in_the_box":"Included: two Silent Wings 135mm fans, heatsink with seven copper heat pipes, mounting for AMD and Intel, thermal paste, user manual.","dimensions_mm":"Installed size with fans 145 (L) x 136 (W) x 168 (D) mm. The depth axis is the length along the airflow.","thermal_paste":"Thermal paste is in the box."}},{"url":"https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cooling/be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-v-and-dark-rock-elite-review-kings-of-quiet-cooling/2","kind":"measurement","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["measured_thermal_tests"],"notes":{"measured_thermal_tests":"Tom's Hardware, Albert Thomas, review of 6 December 2023, which tests the Dark Rock Pro V (Pro 5) and the Dark Rock Elite together. Intel Core i7-13700K on an MSI Z690 A-Pro DDR4 in a be quiet! Silent Base 802 case with the system fans on speed 1, 23 C ambient, Thermalright LGA1700 contact frame. Values come from the bar charts. No power limits: the Elite cooled 231 W in low-noise mode and 235 W at full speed. Noise normalized to 38.2 dBA: 227 W. The 175 W Cinebench rows are the temperature over ambient. Noise is the whole system, and 37.3 dBA is the idle system floor. The 125 W chart has one unlabelled Elite bar and is not stored."}},{"url":"https://www.club386.com/be-quiet-dark-rock-elite-review-german-rival-to-austrias-nh-d15/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["measured_thermal_tests","thermal_paste","base_material","ram_clearance_mm","dimensions_mm","weight_g","lighting_standard","direct_contact_heatpipes"],"notes":{"measured_thermal_tests":"Club386, Parm Mann, review of 24 October 2023. Core i9-13900K on an ASRock Z690 Taichi, CPU set to hold 253 W (and 153 W) under the Cinebench R23 stress test. Temperature is the average of the eight performance cores. Fan speeds of 600 rpm, 1,200 rpm and the cooler's maximum. Noise was measured in a built PC with the chassis fans fixed at 600 rpm, so it is whole-system noise. The review says both air coolers had a couple of cores hit 100 C at 253 W. The ambient temperature is not stated.","thermal_paste":"There is no paste pre-applied, so use the provided tube.","base_material":"Seven 6mm heatpipes feed into a CNC-machined, nickel-plated copper baseplate.","ram_clearance_mm":"A shorter front fin-stack enables 63.3mm clearance for the closest memory slot, while the fan can be raised up to 69mm. Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 left a tiny gap to the fan at its lowest position.","dimensions_mm":"Measures 145mm (L) x 136mm (W) x 168mm (H).","weight_g":"Tips the scales at 1.34kg.","lighting_standard":"The central fan assembly provides a connector for the front fan, a four-pin PWM motherboard header and a three-pin ARGB connector.","direct_contact_heatpipes":"The heat pipes feed into a baseplate, so they do not touch the CPU."}},{"url":"https://basic-tutorials.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/be-quiet-dark-rock-elite/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["offset_mounting","lighting_standard","weight_g","fans","thermal_paste"],"notes":{"offset_mounting":"The review says it would be an advantage if be quiet! offered an additional mounting set that shifts the pressure point, as Noctua and Arctic do. The Dark Rock Elite has none.","lighting_standard":"The RGB strip is controlled through a standard ARGB connection. Connect the 5V ARGB connector to the board.","weight_g":"Weight 1.34 kg.","fans":"The two fans are connected to each other with a proprietary connector. The cooler connects to a regular PWM fan header.","thermal_paste":"The kit has a small tube of thermal paste."}},{"url":"https://arvutitark.ee/en/pc-components/coolers/protsessori-jahutid/cooler-be-quiet-dark-rock-elite-amd-am4-1320166","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["gtins","model_numbers","status"],"notes":{"gtins":"The page data lists GTIN 4260052190753 for SKU BK037.","model_numbers":"SKU BK037.","status":"Listed at EUR 104.90 with pickup dates in mid-October 2026."}},{"url":"https://gigante.co.uk/products/be-quiet-bk037-dark-rock-elite-heatsink-fan-intel-amd-2-silent-wings-fans-speed-switch-argb-top-cover-280w-tdp","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-16","fields":["gtins","model_numbers","status"],"notes":{"gtins":"Barcode 4260052190753, the same as Arvutitark.","model_numbers":"BK037 in the product title.","status":"Shown with stock on hand on the access date."}}],"fields_filled":31,"updated":"2026-10-16"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}