Standing at 155mm tall, the PURE ROCK 2 should be compatible with all but the smallest of cases. The 55 aluminium cooling fins should provide ample surface area for good heat dissipation.
Each of the four heatpipes is capped off with a fancy aluminium lid that almost look like an engine piston. They look fantastic against the brushed aluminium finish on the top of the cooler.
The PURE ROCK 2 arrives with a perfectly measured, pre-applied layer of thermal paste. Removing this isn’t easy, with a consistency a lot like PVA glue, but we got rid of it to use the Noctua NT-H1 for fairer testing.
The four 6mm copper heatpipes are slightly offset within the aluminium cooling fins, helping to remedy any issues you might face with DRAM clearance. You can also see here that they directly touch the CPU for the best possible thermal conductance, something which the previous model didn’t do.
The 120mm PWM Pure Wings 2 fan utilises rifle bearing technology for silent operation with ribbed fan blades to decrease turbulence and therefore noise levels.
Clipping the fan into place is a simple affair, with the cooler outside of the chassis, but it has to be said that some rubber damping wouldn’t go amiss between the fan and the heatsink.
Each of the four heatpipes is capped off with a fancy aluminium lid that almost look like an engine piston. They look fantastic against the brushed aluminium finish on the top of the cooler.
The PURE ROCK 2 arrives with a perfectly measured, pre-applied layer of thermal paste. Removing this isn’t easy, with a consistency a lot like PVA glue, but we got rid of it to use the Noctua NT-H1 for fairer testing.
The four 6mm copper heatpipes are slightly offset within the aluminium cooling fins, helping to remedy any issues you might face with DRAM clearance. You can also see here that they directly touch the CPU for the best possible thermal conductance, something which the previous model didn’t do.
The 120mm PWM Pure Wings 2 fan utilises rifle bearing technology for silent operation with ribbed fan blades to decrease turbulence and therefore noise levels.
Clipping the fan into place is a simple affair, with the cooler outside of the chassis, but it has to be said that some rubber damping wouldn’t go amiss between the fan and the heatsink.
