Still, though, in the end, the performance and audio are right there where it should be for this class of CPU air coolers. This fan is horizontal placed over the processor which leaves ample room without the risk of touching the side case cover. The Intel installations require a blackplate (pictured below in Black) with adjustable mounting points to support multiple socket configurations. C. For noise testing the SPL meter was placed 12 inches away from the cooler on the open test bench, and ambient room noise was 31. Users have the option to replace the pre-installed fan by using a supplied dedicated screw-set with a regular aftermarket fan of 25 mm height, if needed.

We would like to thank Scythe for providing us with a review sample of their Big Shuriken 3 heatsink. Registered and incorporated in Tokyo Japan) originally started its business operation in Japan's famous "Akihabara Electric Town" located in the metropolitan Tokyo, where visitors can find a variety of products from the latest computer parts to the world's most advanced high-tech electric devices. So, after the success of their first entry, I was naturally very curious to see what Prolimatech had up their sleeve next. Scythe has sent over another of their coolers to have a look at, and with the fact that we keep referencing their coolers in comparison to others as we review them, it goes to show what sort of a standing they have in the market. stack, the cooler can ONLY mount over the RAM, so you will have a RAM height limitation with this board and cooler, though it's just too short to clear the G-Skill Trident Z Neo RGB's heat spreader, pretty much any ram that's shorter than that kit will fit.Starting at the left, we are looking at the AMD top brackets, universal for all compatible AMD sockets. Scythe released two variants of the new low-profile Big Shuriken 3 model, one with a "non-RGB" Kaze Flex Slim fan and one with an RGB fan which we'll probably be testing out later on. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. In a proper installation, the heat pipes would be next to the memory, but if, like us, you run into any issues, it is possible to spin the cooler while still populating the memory slots.

Because of its size however (not the largest low-profile CPU cooler in the market but also far from the smallest one also) and the high-speed 120mm fan used the Big Shuriken 3 produces cooling efficiency levels not many low-profile models can. After that is done, we wait for about 10-20 minutes for the CPU to cool down and record the idle temperatures. As we look down through the fins from the top, we see that the nine-bladed, Scythe Kaze 120 Slim PWM fan covers the fins well, and we also can see the gap at the top, where the fan adds more cooling to the pipes, even before the heat enters the fins. Idle around 38C, Prime95 stress will push it to a measly 71C, but AVX2 will (as expected) really heat up. The 4-pin 12V RGB connector allows the fan to be synchronized and controlled by RGB motherboards for vivid and multiple lighting effects (16.The "package" complete 5 nickel plated all-copper heatpipes, Scythe's 3rd generation hyper precision mounting system and a nickel plated copper base. With the next two pictures, we can see the offset design and notched areas of the fin stack to allow for the best possible compatibility among motherboards and RAM.

Across the top of the front panel, we see the company name and logo to the left, while the much larger product name, highlighted with red, pops right out at you. This is done to allow time for the thermal conductive material to achieve the optimal performance level. Big Shuriken 3 comes with the secure and user-friendly third generation Hyper Precision Mounting System, which centers around a preassembled mounting bar with spring-loaded screws to guarantee perfect contact pressure. The copper base is machined into a slightly convex shape, and while most of the surface has an orange peel effect from the later plating of the surface, at the center, there is a defined ring left from the machining process.The biggest difference over the older Kaze Flex 120 Slim PWM (on the Big Shuriken 3) should be the lower noise level.