Construction and design
Construction
If we had to define the type of cooler the Shadow Rock 2 is, then we would say it is a
single tower cooler. This type of cooler comes with the advantage that
manufacturers can realise a huge cooling area. The disadvantage over down-draft coolers
is that no air is directed towards the motherboard directly, therefore none of
the onboard components receive direct cooling. BeQuiet!
manufactures their Shadow Rock 2 from aluminium and copper. You can find a
copper base plate which leads the dissipation power to four heatpipes which all
have a diameter of eight millimeters. Altogether there are 51 fins soldered to the
heatpipes for perfect heat transfer. To provide this cooler with a unique
look there is a top cover plate made from solid aluminium.
Design
We could not find any manufacturing
mistakes on our sample, and it
seems that it has been very well made which means that manufacturing quality is on an excellent
level. The heatpipes do have different bending radius, which results in additional vortex.
Furthermore this cooler comes with a total of 51 fins. BeQuiet! chose a saw tooth design
on all sides of the concave fins. On top of the cooler there is a thick
aluminium plate, which also covers the top of the heatpipes.
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