be quiet! releases its Pure Rock 2 tower cooler to deliver great cooling and low noise levels to the masses

be quiet! has quickly grown to become one of our favourite brands at OC3D, and that is for one simple reason, they tend to live up to their name. be quiet! coolers are, well, quiet, and that’s something that deserves a lot of praise if all you desire is a quiet office. 

Back at CES, be quiet! revealed its Pure Rock 2 CPU cooler, a new competitor to Cooler Master’s infamous Hyper 212 series. The Pure Rock 2 aims to deliver users 150W of cooling performance with a low noise fan and high levels of memory compatibility. With this, be quiet! wants to become one of the best choices in the world of low-cost CPU coolers. 

With its Pure Wings 2 120mm fan, be quiet’s Pure Rock 2 will run with a maximum fan speed of 1,500 RPM, operating with noise levels which max out at 26.8 dB. That’s whisper-levels of quiet. Not bad for a CPU cooler that’s running at its highest fan speeds.    

CPU-wise, the Pure Rock 2 supports all current CPU sockets from Intel and AMD, with the only exceptions being AMD’s colossal TR4 and sTRx4 sockets, making the Pure Rock 2 an ideal cooling solution for most PC configurations. 

The be quiet! Pure Base 2 will be available in the UK for £33.99, for its silver variant, and £38.99 for its black-coloured counterpart. These coolers should arrive at retailers in the coming weeks.