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Articles: Coolers

New Coolers from Scythe: Katana II and Kama Cross Review (page 5)

Category: Coolers

by Sergey Lepilov

[ 07/02/2007 | 03:58 PM ]

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Scythe Kama Cross (SCKC-1000) CPU Fan Products

Design

The cooler is small and light at 140x120x132 and 530g, respectively. The heatsink resembles the letter X indeed:

Three heat pipes, about 6 millimeters in diameter, pass through the nickel-plated copper base. The ends of these pipes then intersect and each three-pipe group carries 37 aluminum ribs.

The pipes are bent in such a way that they do not interfere with each other. The aluminum ribs and the ends of the heat pipes are sealed with aluminum caps that support the fan.

The whole arrangement is topped with a 100mm fan:

The cooler design allows replacing the stock fan with a 120mm one using the appropriate holes:

The heatsink’s aluminum ribs are placed at a distance of 2 millimeters or less from each other and their ends are bent upwards to accept the airflow from the fan more effectively.

The cooler’s sole is covered with a piece of polyethylene film:

The sole is finished superbly:

I can’t find any fault with it.

The Scythe Kama Cross has the same fan as the Scythe Katana II:

Discussion

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