04.02.2016
be quiet! receives numerous hardware awards and recognitions for 2015
be quiet! is awarded “Manufacturer of the Year” and “Product of the Year” several times
be quiet! feels very honored because the readers of several European print and online technical magazines have voted again in 2015 to name be quiet! “Manufacturer of the Year.” In addition, popular be quiet! products such as Dark Power Pro 11, Dark Rock Pro 3 and SilentWings® 2 were awarded “Product of the Year”.
The European Hardware Association kicked off their annual community survey in November, letting the community vote for the best hardware. In three categories they awarded be quiet! for the following products: Dark Power Pro 11 “Best PSU Series”, Dark Rock Pro 3 “Best CPU Cooler (Air)” and SilentWings® 2 “Best Case Fan Series”. With a combined audience of more than 22 million technology enthusiasts across the continent, the European Hardware Association is uniquely positioned to conduct a survey of this size.
PC Games Hardware (PCGH) carried out the annual readers’ poll and went looking for the best manufacturers of 2015 in 26 categories. The readers voted be quiet! first in the categories “Power Supplies”, “CPU Cooler” and “Fans”. In the category “Cases” be quiet! came in second place in the survey.
Hardwareluxx also kicked off their annual reader survey at the end of 2015, letting the community vote for “Manufacturer of the Year” in 21 different categories. With a vote of over 40 percent, be quiet! is placed far ahead of the competition in the category “Power Supplies”. In addition, be quiet! was awarded first place in both categories “Fans” and “CPU coolers”.
Several be quiet! products achieved amazing results in the readers’ polls of Poland’s biggest PC and hardware websites Purepc.pl and benchmark.pl. Dark Power Pro 11 650W came in first place in the category “Best PSU”, Silent Base 600 came in first place in the category “Best PC case” and Dark Rock TF came in second place in the category “Best CPU cooler” on Purepc.pl. On benchmark.pl, Dark Power Pro 11 1000W was awarded with the first place in the “Best PSU” category.
The readers of Russian online magazine i2hard have also chosen Dark Power Pro 11 by be quiet! as the best PSU series of the year. British community KitGuru voted in their “Best Hardware of 2015 – The KitGuru Editorial Awards” for the Dark Power Pro 11 550W as the best Power Supply up to 600W. Cowcotland, a French community, awarded be quiet! SilentWings® 2 the best fan and be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 as best CPU cooler of 2015.
be quiet! is most grateful for the overwhelmingly positive feedback shown by the community. For all those who wish to keep up to date on news, please visit the be quiet! Facebook fan page regularly.
Summary of awards:
- European Hardware Community Awards: Best PSU series - Dark Power Pro 11 / Best CPU Cooler (Air) Dark Rock Pro 3 / Best Case Fan Series - SilentWings® 2
- PCGH Readership Survey2015 (DE) Manufacturer of the Year: First place in categories Power Supplies, CPU Cooler and Fans / Second place for Cases
- Hardwareluxx Manufacturer of the Year (DE): First place in categories Power supplies, CPU Cooler and Fans
- KitGuru Best Hardware of 2015 (UK): Best Power Supply up to 600W – Dark Power Pro 11 550W
- Purepc.pl (PL): Best PSU – Dark Power Pro 11 | 650W / Best PC case – Silent Base 600 / Best CPU cooler 2nd place – Dark Rock TF
- Benchmark.pl: Best PSU – Dark Power Pro 11 | 1000W
- Cowcotland Community Award (FR): Best fan – SilentWings® 2 / Best CPU Cooler – Dark Rock Pro 3
- I2hard (Russia): Product of the Year – Dark Power Pro 11