Scythe Ninja 3

loefet · Post by **loefet** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:36 am

Scythe have on Cebit presented a new update on their Ninja cpu cooler line.

The Ninja 3 have more heat-pipes and they have reverted to a fin shape that is much more like the one featured on the first Ninja. Which means that you have access to the mounting brackets again.

http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardwar ... e_kuehler/

Will these changes make the new revision preform like the original Ninja did...

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:51 am

Very interesting -- it seems to be a move back to the original's fin design. They've added another heatpipe on each face, and they are now spread out within the fin.

Looks good!

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:04 pm

Indeed. And if they would not use same Attachment as Mugen 2, this might become very good cooler.

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:07 am

fin spacing looks tighter though, may impact fanless performance?

Parappaman · Post by **Parappaman** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:37 am

OMG heatpipe bonanza! But I still can't understand why they're using over and over the same flimsy fins. Why aren't they going for something a bit thicker? All of their heatsink I've ever seen, either in real-life, reviews or shows, have bent fins.

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:41 pm

my original Ninja has bent fins, but i bought it used..

i'd say it's just how you handle it, even those Dell tower heatsinks are pretty good, but handled rough, and the fins bend easily, bending them back is just never the same.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:22 pm

The best news is, it looks like they kept the original fin spacing (more or less):

Large picture of Ninja 3

xan_user · Post by **xan_user** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:54 pm

those end caps look taller...? and blingy...

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:22 pm

same as the Mugen?

frenchie · Post by **frenchie** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 11:31 pm

direct touch heatpipes maybe ?

KadazanPL · Post by **KadazanPL** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:37 am

Great news!

Scythe Ninja used to define CPU tower coolers

I hope they're ready to reclaim the crown.

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:27 am

38 fins, no HDT.

Lets hope they got the mounting right this time. The 478 conversion was pretty good, but a good bolt-thru system would be nice.

walle · Post by **walle** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:14 am

If the joints between the fins and the heatpipes are soldered properly and it ships with a bolt-thru system...

dhanson865 · Post by **dhanson865** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:53 pm

http://www.silentpcreview.com/news705.html this from 2006 is a high google search result but it's not talking about the new Ninja. It'd be nice to see that title changed.

JazzJackRabbit · Post by **JazzJackRabbit** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 5:41 am

Woohoo, nice. I held on to my V1 Ninja's because I could use Thermalright mounting brackets with them whereas I couldn't with V2 because they had closed corners.

V3 looks like a winner, one more heatpipe on each side and they are spread out for better heat dissipation.

The only thing that might spoil it is tighter fin spacing. Original Ninja had 24 fins, V3 has 38 fins. I guess we'll know if it helps of impedes performance after spcr review. I run my P182's with both exhaust fans but no CPU fan. I hope tighter fin spacing won't hurt low airflow performance much.

m1st · Post by **m1st** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:14 pm

http://www.techpowerup.com/125788/Scyth ... ooler.html

I thought my Mugen 2 had enough heatpipes, but this one technically has 16 paths of heat transfer to the fins

It goes without saying...can we pretty-please have a review? I'm sure Scythe wouldn't mind sending over one for SPCR to review...

faugusztin · Post by **faugusztin** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 4:01 am

One guy in Czech made a review, of course not in english, but the Ninja 3 ended up pretty bad due bad contact with the CPU (the contact area was not flat). The second part of the review after making the contact area better is not yet published.

Here is a translated version :
http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... auto&tl=en

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 5:48 pm

Thanks for posting the translated article -- they did a heck of a lot of work! The runout gauge, the multi-fan acrylic box...

Check the fourth graph:

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... auto&tl=en

The Ninja3 is the coolest with the low speed fan... that's the Ninja we love!

faugusztin · Post by **faugusztin** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:08 pm

Second part of the czech review, after modifying the contact area :

http://translate.google.com/translate?j ... auto&tl=en

ntavlas · Post by **ntavlas** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:17 pm

Towards the end of the review there is test in passive mode. I haven`t figured out the exact setup of the test, nevertheless, the ninja 3 has great performance. It`s still one of the best passive coolers in spite of having more fins.

faugusztin · Post by **faugusztin** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:27 pm

Page 4, part 3a ? But the review is a bit dissapointing - the performance is pretty much the same as Ninja 2, the only real plus is the fact that they finally got rid of pushpins.

Post by **MikeC** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:18 am

Wow! The HS testing methodology at the linked site -- http://cttl.cz/index.php (the first article of the site, I think) -- is so utterly over the top! On the one hand, I admire the sheer obsessive perfectionism in the author's search for absolute accuracy in HS testing. On the other hand, I can't help think --

1) what for? as long as the CPU is cool enough, an extra couple of degrees this way or that makes no difference at all. It's just a heatsink, a necessary means to an end. As with SPCR, I'm down on the consumerist fetishism that such an approach tends to foster.

2) the test conditions don't appear to be typical at all of real PCs... so the results may not be the same in real use -- especially since so much of the mounting mechanism is non-standard, it seems like each cooler's mounting mechanism is not really part of the test... which is unfortunate because most users have no choice but the stock mounting mechanism.