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by Bob.Blockerlundt
Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:50 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler: A Compact King
Replies: 94
Views: 97047

Re: Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler: A Compact King

Thanks all for the interesting and helpful comments. I enjoyed seeing "Chocolate" listed as the worst thermal paste on that bar graph, haha. But I guess the point was the Scythe thermal paste (assuming it is the same one packed with the Kotetsu?) was only 3 degrees away from the top performer. How a...
by Bob.Blockerlundt
Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:22 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler: A Compact King
Replies: 94
Views: 97047

Re: Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler: A Compact King

Thank you all for the replies. The first thing I tried was tightening the screws of the cross bar mount. That made a big difference as I was able to get from 47 - 49 C down to 36 - 38 C. That was much better, but I still wanted to see what the paste patterns looked like. So I removed the heatsink an...
by Bob.Blockerlundt
Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:02 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler: A Compact King
Replies: 94
Views: 97047

Re: Scythe Kotetsu CPU Cooler: A Compact King

I installed the Scythe Kotetsu on a Haswell Pentium G3470 (at stock speed), and the BIOS is reporting temperature at 49 C idle temperature. Does that seem right? Feels high to me since my ambient temperature is 25 C and I just turned on the computer from cold boot and am just sitting on the BIOS scr...