Scythe Setsugen GPU Cooler
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:46 am
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That should be "known"Scythe fans are none for their good acoustics
page 5:NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi,
Would it be possible to flip the fan around to blow down toward the card? It might be quieter that way, and it might even be cooler?
I know you've said this but there are two other reviews of the cooler that I have read, at a german site called Dexgo and one hosted on Fudzilla where both managed to flip the fan and found that there was a huge difference in the results. They even mention that Scythe intended to ship future Setsugens with the fan oriented to blow on the card as it's by far the better choice.Lawrence Lee wrote:page 5:NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi,
Would it be possible to flip the fan around to blow down toward the card? It might be quieter that way, and it might even be cooler?
Now you may be wondering if you can flip the fan around and blow it onto the GPU. With some effort the wire clips holding the fan can be removed, but simply reversing the fan's orientation isn't possible. Like most fans it doesn't have struts on the back, so the blades and hub on the backside rub up against the heatsink.
Same thing in this review by the German site HT4U, and they too claim that the fan will be flipped around in subsequent shipments from Scythe.Nullvoid wrote:I know you've said this but there are two other reviews of the cooler that I have read, at a german site called Dexgo and one hosted on Fudzilla where both managed to flip the fan and found that there was a huge difference in the results. They even mention that Scythe intended to ship future Setsugens with the fan oriented to blow on the card as it's by far the better choice.Lawrence Lee wrote:page 5:NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi,
Would it be possible to flip the fan around to blow down toward the card? It might be quieter that way, and it might even be cooler?
Now you may be wondering if you can flip the fan around and blow it onto the GPU. With some effort the wire clips holding the fan can be removed, but simply reversing the fan's orientation isn't possible. Like most fans it doesn't have struts on the back, so the blades and hub on the backside rub up against the heatsink.
Can you please answer my question?RicaNeaga wrote:it isn't clear to me whether you could or couldn't test it in a closed case. When I look at this picture, I'm not sure you were able to close the side-panel on the P182 case.
Easily. If we couldn't get the side panel on, we obviously would've made note of that.RicaNeaga wrote:Can you please answer my question?RicaNeaga wrote:it isn't clear to me whether you could or couldn't test it in a closed case. When I look at this picture, I'm not sure you were able to close the side-panel on the P182 case.
Working with ventilation for over 3 years, I've learned that this is not an issue when you control the airflow in such a small space. As soon as you introduce any means of controlling the airflow, especially this close to the heatsink, the natual airflow in heated air won't really stand a chance even against the slowest fan. The fins are also sitting too tightly to take advantage of the natural rising of heated air.Most aftermarket graphics card coolers position the fan(s) on the outside of the heatsink blowing toward the GPU core and circuit board similar to downblowing CPU heatsinks. The Setsugen is the first GPU cooler we've come across that actually does the opposite. It has a single 120mm fan underneath the main fin mass blowing outward through the heatsink (downward in a typical ATX case). This seems like a flawed approach as heat rises so in theory the exhausted air will simply drift back up toward the GPU.
I can definitively say that that you can flip the fan so that it blows towards the card. I currently have a Setsugen on my 5770 that I successfully reoriented the fan on with no interference with the heatsink.Lawrence Lee wrote:page 5:NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi,
Would it be possible to flip the fan around to blow down toward the card? It might be quieter that way, and it might even be cooler?
Now you may be wondering if you can flip the fan around and blow it onto the GPU. With some effort the wire clips holding the fan can be removed, but simply reversing the fan's orientation isn't possible. Like most fans it doesn't have struts on the back, so the blades and hub on the backside rub up against the heatsink.
I wouldn't be supriced to hear that. I always felt that this review was quite sloppy, even if the product wasn't that "interesting" to begin with.psyopper wrote:I can definitively say that that you can flip the fan so that it blows towards the card. I currently have a Setsugen on my 5770 that I successfully reoriented the fan on with no interference with the heatsink.