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be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 against Noctua NH-U12S redux

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5: 92

    Noctua NH-U12S redux: 66

    26 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5: 100

    Noctua NH-U12S redux: 110

    10%to the right

  • Typical price

    be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5: $92

    Noctua NH-U12S redux: $60

    $32to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Heat it holds

    be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5: 270 W

    Noctua NH-U12S redux: 170 W

    59%to the left

The verdict

  • The be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 scores 39% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Noctua NH-U12S redux typically costs $32 less.
  • Per dollar, the Noctua NH-U12S redux is the better buy: 110 points per $100 against 100.

Specifications

Specbe quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5Noctua NH-U12S redux
TypeAir towerAir tower
Heat it holds270 W (better)170 W
Size168 mm tall158 mm tall
SocketsAM4, AM5, LGA1700, LGA1851AM4, AM5, LGA1700, LGA1851
Brandbe quiet!Noctua
Released2023 (better)2021
Typical price$92$60 (better)

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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