Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review

**PrOLifIC_onE** · July 2nd, 2008

Is bigger better? Well that probably depends on what we are talking about. Right? Get your mind out of the gutter. Scythe sent us their new Orochi CPU cooler and they made no bones about hiding the bulge. This thing is huge, plain and simple. Scythe has manufactured some fantastic high performance coolers, as well as some respectable bang-for-buck quiet mid-range coolers. This time they set their sights on more size and less noise to try to get respectable performance out of the Orochi. They expect this cooler to be used as a passive cooler (fanless) or with a large nearly silent fan. So back to our original question: Is bigger better? Let's check out this monster and find out...

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screwballl · July 2nd, 2008

good stuff... I had issues myself with the scythe ninja so it may be time for them to stick with smaller coolers

Tyreal · July 2nd, 2008

So I saw this a few days ago at my local computer shop... I thought it was a joke.

IC Diamond 7 · July 2nd, 2008

Seems to me we are at the end of the road with heat pipes. I think good performance in a reasonable package size would be more of a driver of innovation at this point.

I once compared heat sink volume vs. C/W as a comparison of overall eff. with some interesting results. Might be interesting to apply that kind of merit figure to different cooling solutions?

BrokenHalo83 · July 2nd, 2008

Quote:

So I saw this a few days ago at my local computer shop... I thought it was a joke

So Did I

July 2nd, 2008	#1
PrOLifIC_onE 5 Minute Mod Man Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 645 Blog Entries: 1	Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review Is bigger better? Well that probably depends on what we are talking about. Right? Get your mind out of the gutter. Scythe sent us their new Orochi CPU cooler and they made no bones about hiding the bulge. This thing is huge, plain and simple. Scythe has manufactured some fantastic high performance coolers, as well as some respectable bang-for-buck quiet mid-range coolers. This time they set their sights on more size and less noise to try to get respectable performance out of the Orochi. They expect this cooler to be used as a passive cooler (fanless) or with a large nearly silent fan. So back to our original question: Is bigger better? Let's check out this monster and find out... Full review

July 2nd, 2008	#2
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,281 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review good stuff... I had issues myself with the scythe ninja so it may be time for them to stick with smaller coolers Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

July 2nd, 2008	#3
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review So I saw this a few days ago at my local computer shop... I thought it was a joke. I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

July 2nd, 2008	#4
IC Diamond 7 Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 124	Re: Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review Seems to me we are at the end of the road with heat pipes. I think good performance in a reasonable package size would be more of a driver of innovation at this point. I once compared heat sink volume vs. C/W as a comparison of overall eff. with some interesting results. Might be interesting to apply that kind of merit figure to different cooling solutions?

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