Scythe showed up a new heatsink. Too bad it is 58mm in height.
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News Scythe SHURIKEN 2 / SCSK-2000
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Scythe showed up a new heatsink. Too bad it is 58mm in height.
Will be interesting to see how it stacks up against the older BS2 at a similar height. Also if a few mm and perhaps a few dB can be shaved off by a noctua fan swap.
Why is this tagged as a rumor? It's very much official:
www.techpowerup.com
Scythe Unveils Shuriken 2 SCSK-2000 Low-profile CPU Cooler
Scythe unveiled the low-profile Shuriken 2 SCSK-2000 CPU cooler (not to be confused with the Big Shuriken series of large top-flow coolers). With a height of 58 mm (with the fan in place), the SCSK-2000 is meant for compact Mini-ITX desktop builds with fairly high thermal loads of around 100 W...
I'm personally interested in getting my hands on the fan with so few decent 92mm thin fans on the market.
The fan looks very similar to the new thermalright one. Maybe Scythe is the OEM.
Compared to the L9x65, it's 7mm shorter, 63g lighter & has a higher TDP rating. I can't seem to find the thickness of the slim fan, but I've got a 92x14mm Noctua on the way that I'm thinking might look pretty good on top of one of these.
I believe its a 15mm thick fan. Further down they show a picture of a f regular fan beside it, and mention an increase to 68mm. So I'm assuming that the 68mm is with a 25mm fan. Curious to see the performance.
Any new news on this? I found nothing - I was just wondering if anybody here has got better google-skills than I do.
I love that they used a heavily heatsinked board as their test mule since I'm using a ROG STRIX, but my one concern has to do with the heat pipe orientation.
I'm no expert, but from what I understand, the curve of the cooling pipes should never be located at the highest point since this somehow traps heat, and causes the heatsink to lose dissipation efficiency. This is important to me, as I plan on positioning my case vertically, and if I 180 the cooler, I really want to be sure that it won't get in the way of the PCIe slot - if this is an option at all.
It's currently on Amazon Japan. I know it works with the ASUS X570-i, so I may look at getting on at some point.
An old post to respond to, but this is a myth. Heatpipes work through capillary action and steam pressure, meaning that they should not be bothered by gravity whatsoever. Heck, AFAIK they were first developed for use on satellites, where there's barely any gravity at all. If ny specific gravitational pull was necessary for heatpipes to cool properly this would obviously not work.I love that they used a heavily heatsinked board as their test mule since I'm using a ROG STRIX, but my one concern has to do with the heat pipe orientation.
I'm no expert, but from what I understand, the curve of the cooling pipes should never be located at the highest point since this somehow traps heat, and causes the heatsink to lose dissipation efficiency. This is important to me, as I plan on positioning my case vertically, and if I 180 the cooler, I really want to be sure that it won't get in the way of the PCIe slot - if this is an option at all.
IIRC Linus Tech Tips did a video testing this not too long ago, and found nothing beyond test margins.
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True that gravity has a minimal effect on most heat-pipe based coolers, but its primarily due to short length of the heat pipes. In larger systems with longer and large diameter pipes, gravity plays a larger role and in fact you can see as much as a 30% reduction in performance when operating them opposing gravity. Source: I collaborated in a design to cool large industrial electronics with a heatpipe based system.
Oh boy, this again. Why is all the hardware I want in my life so difficult to acquire?! ...Oh well, I think I just heard my wallet give a sigh of relief.
I've ordered one from Amazon Japan. Should be in Scotland by next week.
Sorry for the double post, but just wondering. I'm using the Scythe to replace the L9a with an NF-A9 in my Lone L5. Does anyone think the Shuriken 2 will be better?
It's bigger. Bigger is better. Just basic physics.
It's here. Delivered via DHL to my local WHSmiths. I will install it later this week once I get some thermal paste in.
Anyway photo dump time. Kind of cool that the AMD mount uses the motherboard back plate
Anyway photo dump time. Kind of cool that the AMD mount uses the motherboard back plate
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