Scythe Samurai Intel-AMD HSF Review

Cooling/CPU Cooling by jmke @ 2004-05-31

Today we?ll be looking at a Japanese engineered 3-in-1 CPU cooler, it has support for all popular sockets out there (754,940,939,370,478,462), features easy installation and a speed adjustable fan. Let?s find out how it stacks up against other popular heatsinks.

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Conclusion

So in conclusion we can safely say that the new Scythe Samurai is a winner, it offers you the possibility to run your system whisper quiet and still have acceptable performance, or turn the fan’s rheostat wide open and enjoy some overclocking headroom. Combine this with the fact that you’ll have a hard time finding a system where you can not install this heatsink on, and what’s more, the suggested retail price is close to €34 which makes it an absolute killer.

PRO
Easy installation
Good overall performance
Very competitively priced


CON
Weird installation issue on Asus P4C800

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I would like to thank Hiro from Scythe for helping us out with the review samples as well as the support when the Asus P4C800 issue was discovered. I also would like to thank Erwan from Bacata for helping investigate the issue, I will try his suggestion of adding extra spacers ASAP and update the review with the results.

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