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Installing of the mounting brackets

Attach the two Intel mounting brackets (4) to the underside of 
the CPU cooler using the M3x3 screws (11).

Mounting the CPU cooler

First remove the protective foil from the underside of the 
cooler. Spread the thermal paste (15) on the surface of the 
CPU. The amount supplied is suffi cient for one or two 
applications.

Connect the fan to the CPU fan connector on the 

motherboard.

Position the cooler so that it is possible to attach the cooler by 

screwing together the M3x16 screws (9)  

on the rear side of the motherboard into the hexagonal nuts 

with sleeve (6) attached to the cooler. 

Connect the fan to the CPU fan connector on the 
motherboard. 

Position the cooler over the CPU.

 

Place the hexagonal nuts (8) over the spacer nuts (7) and 
progressively tighten these in a crosswise manner until fi rm 

using the hexagonal wrench (14).

Introduction: 

Thank you for deciding to purchase a be quiet! 

product. The following instructions will guide you through the 
installation process. If you do encounter installation problems, 
please don't hesitate to contact our customer services by 
mailing [email protected]. Please note that be quiet! 
cannot accept liability for damage caused by compatibility 
problems. 

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as damages through external mechanical forces lead to a 
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Germany 

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SCOPE OF DELIVERY 

General

We recommend mounting the cooler outside the PC case. 

The following parts are needed for this: 

1x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU cooler (1), 2x Intel mounting 

brackets (4), 4x spacer nuts (7), 4x hexagonal nuts (8), 4x M3x3 

screws (11), 1x hexagonal wrench (14), 1x thermal paste (15)

First screw the spacer nuts (7) onto the threads of the socket 

frame. Use the hexagonal wrench (14) for this. 

Installation of the mounting brackets 

Attach the two Intel mounting brackets (4) to the underside of 

the CPU cooler using the M3x3 screws (11). 

Mounting the CPU cooler

First remove the protective foil from the underside of the 

cooler. Spread the thermal paste (15) on the surface of the 

CPU. The amount supplied is suffi cient for one or two 

applications.

General

With preassembled motherboards we recommend installing 

the cooler inside the PC case over the motherboard cutout. 

The following parts are needed for this: 

1x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 CPU cooler (1), 1x Intel backplate 

(2), 2x Intel mounting brackets (4), 4x hexagonal nuts with sleeve 

(6), 4x hexagonal nuts (8), 4x M3x16 screws (9), 4x M3x3 screws 

(11), 4x C-profi le spacers (12), 1x hexagonal wrench (14), 1x 

thermal paste (15) 

Affi xing the backplate

Position the Intel backplate (2) on the rear side of the 

motherboard. Then insert the M3x16 screws (9) through the 

drill holes situated on the rear side of the backplate. 

Fasten the backplate on the front side of the motherboard 

using the C-profi le spacers (12) by pressing these onto the 

notches in the M3x16 screws (9) until they click in. 

Assembly of the mounting brackets 

Insert the hexagonal nut with sleeve (6) from below through 

each Intel mounting bracket (4) and screw together from 

above with the hexagonal nuts (8). Use the hexagonal wrench 

(14) for this.

1366

1150, 1151, 
1155, 1156

775

(Bottom view)

775

1150, 1151, 
1155, 1156

1366

Intel LGA 2011(-3) square ILM / LGA 2066

Intel LGA 775 / 1366 / 1150 / 1151 / 1155 / 1156 

      

We recommend removal of the cooler prior to transportation. 

August 2017

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Part name 

Quantity

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler 

1

Intel backplate

1

AMD backplate

1

Intel mounting brackets

2

Short AMD mounting brackets

2

Hexagonal nuts with sleeve

4

Spacer nuts

4

Part name 

Quantity

Hexagonal nuts

4

M3x16 screws

4

AMD M3x15 screws

4

M3x3 screws

4

C-profi le spacers

4

AMD washers

4

Hexagonal wrench

1

Thermal paste

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

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