Scythe Ninja Copper CPU Cooler Review

[Capper]

In a day and age where everything is getting smaller, and more efficient, Scythe's newest cooler, the Ninja Coper Edition, bucks the trend. Weighing in at over 1000g (Thats a friggin' kilogram!!!), the Ninja Copper Edition is the larget cooler we've ever had on the HL test bench . While there's a fair segment out there that truly believes bigger is better (we definitely get enough "natural male enhancement" emails to prove this), theres an even larger segment that believes that there is a point of diminishing returns, and at some point that excess, which makes a product special....can also in the end be its biggest enemy.

Scythe Ninja Copper CPU Cooler Review

[polobunny]

Very nice review, and dang, this thing is huge!
I'm pretty sure one could experience more problems than those experienced during the review, seeing as heatpipe cooled chipset, mosfets and such are becoming the "standard" on enthusiast motherboards.


I noticed a small typo on page 4, which was corrected when I came back. Good job haha. :P

[Capper]

Yeah, i'm still touching up a few things before I hit the rack....sorry.

I wanted to touch on Scythe's newest cooler, which we should have pretty soon, called the Orochi....if you think 1015g is massive, the Orochi is 1150g and twice the size (It uses aluminum fins instead of all copper). I'm not sure if Scythe is trying to overcompensate for something, but they definitely think bigger is better.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by Capper

Yeah, i'm still touching up a few things before I hit the rack....sorry.

I wanted to touch on Scythe's newest cooler, which we should have pretty soon, called the Orochi....if you think 1015g is massive, the Orochi is 1150g and twice the size (It uses aluminum fins instead of all copper). I'm not sure if Scythe is trying to overcompensate for something, but they definitely think bigger is better.

Are you implying something funky is going on with their manliness? :P
I'm really not sure all that copper/aluminum is necessary.

[Quakindude]

That thing has great cooling performance. But the weight of it is worrisome. I wouldn't use it when there are less expensive, lighter and pretty much equally performing solutions out there.

Dugg.

[screwballl]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

That thing has great cooling performance. But the weight of it is worrisome. I wouldn't use it when there are less expensive, lighter and pretty much equally performing solutions out there.

Dugg.

agreed

Great Review and good to see that they reworked it and got rid of their dumb plastic locking pins setup with the regular ninja series.

[Tech Geek Deluxe]

Nice article! But man that thing is one huge heavy brick! One pretty Heatsink tho.

Doubt I would take it on since there are solutions with roughly the same cooling that are smaller, cheaper and lighter with easier mounting.

[azianai]

at least it performs better than the normal scythe ninja lol. I'm tempted to get it =P
btw i can't seem to find this cooler for sale yet, where can i grab it =D

hmm on second thought for 70 bucks i'll prob look for a different cooler. Wish the zalman came with Red LED, i'd jump on it in a heartbeat

[RangerXLT8]

Nicely done review. Would have loved to see the QX9650 @ 4.0GHz. lol Anyway that cooler is huge and with a high flow fan might be a serious consideration for hardcore air cooling.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by azianai

btw i can't seem to find this cooler for sale yet, where can i grab it =D

A quick Google Shopping search turned up results at Jab-Tech and Sidewinder (both reputable stores)