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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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The Scythe Andy Samurai Master (SCASM-1000) heatsink may be big and voluminous, but it proves to be an effective and most importantly, quiet, heatsink to operate. The Andy Samurai Master stands 126mm tall, and the upper body a shocking 120mm square, but Scythe float much of this becometh over a relatively compact lower body (78x80mm in general shape). In other words, Scythe have built a heatsink to hover over the motherboard like a Vogon mother ship. Design wise, the Andy Samurai Master heatsink weighs in at 685grams and comes packing no less than six 6mm diameter copper heatpipes and a 120mm 1200RPM fan.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
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The Scythe Kama Jacket 2,5" and QuietDrive 2,5" arrived Technic3D. Carrying Pouch for Your 2.5inch HDD with USB Connection and Internal HDD Silent for SATA & IDE 2.5" HDD on 3.5 "bay see you in the following Review on Technic3D.
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
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The Infinity is a big heatsink for sure; it stands 155mm tall, 125mm wide and about 114mm deep with its 120mm 1200RPM fan. The scale tips at 960 grams, or just short of a kilogram. Now as you've come to expect with Frostytech, we'll skip the suspense and just tell you straight up - the Scythe Infinity is an excellent heatsink. It is currently one of the Top 10 Intel/AMD heatsinks we've tested in fact. The Infinity runs cool, and it runs fairly quietly too.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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The Scythe Ninja Mini SCMNJ-1000 is a compact lower-noise heatsink ideally suited to compact PC chassis. These diminutive PCs have until now not had much in the way to choose from for reduced noise CPU cooling. The Ninja Mini itself looks like a cube, and comes with a small 80mm fan that operates relatively quietly. Among the flurry of 120mm fan packing low noise heatsinks being released, the Scythe Ninja Mini stands just 110mm tall.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
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Ever since Heatpipe Direct Touch (HDT) technology was first introduced in exposed copper heatpipe coolers such as the Zaward VIVO, Xigmatek HDT-S1283, and OCZ Vendetta, overall heatsink sizes have been reduced while the cooling performance has dramatically improved. Not eveyone is a believer in the new cooling technique, and some manufacturers have stuck by their tried-and-true designs. Benchmark Reviews has received the Scythe Mugen 5-Heatpipe CPU Cooler SCINF-1000, and the practice of "bigger is better" will be put to the test.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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The Kama Connect 2 is an IDE and SATA to USB adapter - It is not a USB enclosure. The entire idea is to allow users to connect their IDE or SATA devices (Desktop HDDs, Laptop HDDs, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, etc) to the computer externally via the USB port, virtually eliminating the need of opening the case. These of you who had the chance to work as technicians can only imagine how useful this kind of product can be especially with Norton Ghost around. This product is not just to avoid opening dusty cases you can also use it with devices such as Laptops, HTPCs, Servers and anything that has USB ports and a suitable operation system. It can be used for backups, transferring data and I can think of many more possibilities using this product.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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Overclockers start your engines ! Today we're reviewing the Scythe Kama Cross. From its appearance, the Kama Cross looks like it would be more at home under the hood of a vintage muscle car than on top of a CPU. And, that may we ll be because enthusiasts pay as much attention to the appearance of the coolers as the performance these days. The days of the standard block shaped cooler seems to be nearing it's zenith. Companies have heeded the call and are starting to come out with products that not only deliver performance, but are also visually striking. There are many great products already on store shelves. It appears as if Scythe were committed to making the Kama cross stand out visually, but let's see how it performs.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
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A little over a year ago we took a look at the Scythe Mine CPU Cooler. With three "U" shaped heat pipes rising from the base and a vertically mounted 100mm fan, it is very similar to the Scythe Katana 2 that we will be checking out today. Is this new iteration a cooler that you might consider for YOUR next build? Let's find out!
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Friday, October 5, 2007
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If we are looking for a good cooler in a little space, this Scythe Ninja Mini is what we need. The price is around 41?, and we appreciated a lot that it is not necessary to take out the motherboard from the case to install it. It is also possible to use the Ninja Mini without fan, but we advice this usage only on HTPC systems. If we want more performances from this cooler, it is possible to replace the original 80mm fan with a more powerful one, probably with a little more noise, but with interesting performances.
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
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Scythe proposes a very good product for a price around 35?, that demonstrates itself as the best for his category. If we use the cooler with the Nanoxia FX12-2000 fan, this KamaCross becomes even more performant, guaranteeing optimal temperatures, unthinkable with the stock cooling. The shape of this cooler is very interesting: thanks to the X-design, the air moved from the fan cools also a part of the components on the motherboard.
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Friday, September 28, 2007
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Today, I have the privilege of reviewing the Scythe Ninja Mini, one of the newest CPU coolers from Scythe. Scythe has been around 5 years now. They're not so long in the tooth as companies like Intel or NVIDIA, but they're proving to have staying power through innovations and quality products. This particular cooler is built around performance and silent computing. Will it live up to the standards Scythe has set for itself? Let's see.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007
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This week FrostyTech is testing out the Scythe Kama Cross (SCKC-1000) heatsink. This puppy takes on a unique shape, a little clever fin geometry, and the ubiquitous copper heatpipe to get the job done. At first glance the Scythe Kama Cross has everything it should need to be successful, but as always we'll wait until the thermal results are in...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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I was extremely pleased with the Andy Samurai Master Cooler. The quality of the construction is excellent, the base is very smooth and flat, and the whole cooler is light in weight. The installation was so incredibly easy, it only required a few quick steps, and nothing had to be removed from the case to install it. On top of that, the performance was great. Although fan noise was not completely silent, it was rather low and, in fact, much lower than the three heatsinks tested against it.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Like many of the heatsinks coming out of Scythe's Japanese headquarters, the Katana II heatsink (model no. SCKTN-2000) makes use of one large slow rotating fan to push air through an array of slanted aluminum cooling fins. The fans' low speed of 1500RPM makes the Katana II a very quiet heatsink under operation.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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The Scythe Mine Rev.B is a funny looking cooler, with a 100mm fan at the center and two separate columns of aluminum cooling fins on either side. Like the Asus Arctic Square Frostytech reviewed previously, this Scythe heatsink (model no. SCMN-1100) makes use of one large fan to pull air into the heatsink and then expel it. The aluminum fins have a shape oddly resembling the geometry of a stealth fighter, and that seems to work just as well at making the Scythe Mine Rev.B a very quiet heatsink under power. The fan rotates at a fixed speed of 1500 RPM, yet there are no thermal throttling or PWM speed controls.
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