Scythe Ninja Mini CPU Cooler and Kama Wing Memory Heatsink Reviews
November 15, 2007 by
Ease of Use, Performance: 23/25, Look & Feel: 23/25,
Features 23/25, How much I enjoy 21/25
Total: 90/100
The Scythe Mini Ninja is the perfect CPU cooler for a Home Theatre PC or a good all around cooler. The smaller size but powerful silent performance potential of the Scythe Ninja Mini makes a great silent CPU cooler for those lower rated CPU's. I currently have a gaming and home system
that has an AMD Athlon X2 64 5200+ and installed the Ninja Mini without the fan and it gets very good cooling results.
The Scythe Ninja Mini is a great six heat pipe cooler that works equally well without the fan but does include one for those higher CPU systems. The heat sink assembly has a nice copper base with an overall dimension of 110 mm x 110mm x 115mm for the entire heat sink assembly. You can add the 80mm fan that is included to any of the four sides of the heat sink for additional cooling.
The heat sink is the perfect design for a lower profile heat sink assembly that many home media center PC cases require. You can add a 80 or 92MM fan to any side for the additional cooling requirements if you're going to be using the Ninja Mini in a larger case. I installed the Ninja Mini on my small form factor motherboard running with an AMD Athlon 5200+ CPU and saw a very good six to ten degree cooling difference over the stock AMD cooler heat sink assembly. Without adding any fan to the heat sink assembly the Ninja Mini performs very well as the case I installed the system into is the Antec Nine Hundred with plenty of cooling to begin with, an extra fan would be gilding the lily on this case.
The Ninja Mini comes with the heat sink assembly, the additional 80MM low noise fan, two sets of brackets for both the 80MM and 92MM fan attachment and several mount assemblies for the various motherboards you can mount the CPU cooler on. The Ninja Mini can be used on an AMD AM2, AMD 940,939 and 754 sockets as well as the Intel 478, and LGA 775 sockets. There is also a nice amount of thermal paste included along with the instruction manual.
Features 23/25, How much I enjoy 21/25
Total: 90/100
The Scythe Mini Ninja is the perfect CPU cooler for a Home Theatre PC or a good all around cooler. The smaller size but powerful silent performance potential of the Scythe Ninja Mini makes a great silent CPU cooler for those lower rated CPU's. I currently have a gaming and home system
The Scythe Ninja Mini is a great six heat pipe cooler that works equally well without the fan but does include one for those higher CPU systems. The heat sink assembly has a nice copper base with an overall dimension of 110 mm x 110mm x 115mm for the entire heat sink assembly. You can add the 80mm fan that is included to any of the four sides of the heat sink for additional cooling.
The heat sink is the perfect design for a lower profile heat sink assembly that many home media center PC cases require. You can add a 80 or 92MM fan to any side for the additional cooling requirements if you're going to be using the Ninja Mini in a larger case. I installed the Ninja Mini on my small form factor motherboard running with an AMD Athlon 5200+ CPU and saw a very good six to ten degree cooling difference over the stock AMD cooler heat sink assembly. Without adding any fan to the heat sink assembly the Ninja Mini performs very well as the case I installed the system into is the Antec Nine Hundred with plenty of cooling to begin with, an extra fan would be gilding the lily on this case.
The Ninja Mini comes with the heat sink assembly, the additional 80MM low noise fan, two sets of brackets for both the 80MM and 92MM fan attachment and several mount assemblies for the various motherboards you can mount the CPU cooler on. The Ninja Mini can be used on an AMD AM2, AMD 940,939 and 754 sockets as well as the Intel 478, and LGA 775 sockets. There is also a nice amount of thermal paste included along with the instruction manual.
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