Scythe [Mugen] 2 review at xbit

FartingBob · Post by **FartingBob** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:20 pm

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... gen-2.html

Very impressive cooling (beating TRUE at low and high fanspeed) and looks good for passive cooling with its split up fins. It also comes with a slipstream (1200rm i believe). And cheaper than most competitors. This could be my next heatsink!
SPCR review in the near future please?

niels007 · Post by **niels007** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:46 pm

Looks good, and finally a proper backplate included, and a decent fan, and a possibly very good heatsink. Sounds like a good deal!

rocket733 · Post by **rocket733** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:38 am

Looks interesting though I'd like to see some more tests from different sites.

dhanson865 · Post by **dhanson865** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 11:27 am

FartingBob wrote:http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... gen-2.html

It also comes with a slipstream (1200rm i believe).

Looks like it is some kind of 0-1350 RPM PWM model of the slipstream. The model number (SY1225SL12LM-P ) doesn't show up on the Scythe USA website yet.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cooler ... n-2_4.html

The fan rotation speed is PWM controlled from 0 to 1300RPM creating up to 74.25CFM airflow. The maximum level of noise generated by the cooler fan is claimed to not exceed 26.5dBA.

The "normal" slipstream model numbers are:

SY1225SL12SL (500 rpm version)
SY1225SL12L (800 rpm version)
SY1225SL12LM (1,000 rpm version) (only comes with Ninja2)
SY1225SL12M (1,200 rpm version)
SY1225SL12H (1,600 rpm version)
SY1225SL12SH (1,900 rpm version)

Guess we can add SY1225SL12LM-P as only coming with Mugen2.

Nudz · Post by **Nudz** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:06 pm

Now I'm almost regretting that I just bought a TRUE for my i7 system. I hope there'll be a SPCR review up sometime, maybe I can trade my TRUE in.

niels007 · Post by **niels007** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:27 am

while it seems to work well, you'd say the middle bit of the base will get the hottest, so the middle heatpipe will get the hottest, so the middle stack of fins will get the hottest, yet these fins are small and they can't spread the heat to the outside of the heatsink as is the case with all the other coolers.

I can't figure out why it would work so well actually!

Scythe [Mugen] 2 review at xbit

Scythe [Mugen] 2 review at xbit

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