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Battle of the Titans: Super Coolers from Scythe, Thermaltake and Zalman Face to Face (page 7)

Category: Coolers

by Doors4ever

[ 10/21/2005 | 11:44 AM ]

Scythe Shogun

My encyclopedia says Shogun was the title of the military dictators who ruled Japan from 1192 to 1867. It is a contraction of seii tai shogun – Japanese for “barbarian-subduing generalissimo”. The high title signifies the leading role this cooler is expected to play. The Shogun Heatlane CPU Cooler is the only cooler in this review to use heatlane technology instead of heat pipes.

The wide rectangular box with a plastic transparent window shows you a 120mm fan and various captions in English and Japanese.

The cooler itself is depicted on one side of the box in two views; you can learn its technical characteristics on the other side of the box (in four languages). It is written that the device comes with a 2 year warranty. Curiously enough, the warranty becomes void if the cooler is used on an overclocked processor. :)

And here’s the Shogun Heatlane cooler in person:

The cooler consists of a large heatsink (123 x 98 x 147mm) made using the heat-conductive lanes technology patented by TS Heatronics. The core of this cooler is a 2mm heat lane that contacts with the 4mm sole. 52 thin aluminum plates diverge on both sides from this lane along its entire height. These plates take the thermal load from the main core. I am not absolutely sure but the plates seem to be not just soldered to the heat lane but are kind of collected in a special lock. An additional 20mm heatsink is also located in the bottom of the cooler.