Monday, April 27th 2015

Scythe Ninja 4 CPU Cooler Pictured

Here are some of the first pictures of Scythe's latest flagship CPU heatsink, the Ninja 4. The fourth generation Ninja gets a unique new symmetrical square fin design, which is split in a way that makes it look like the heatsink has four fin stacks, with a nice four-edged shuriken pattern in the center. The fin stack is fed by six 6 mm-thick nickel-plated copper heat pipes, making for 12 ends, three-each for the four lobes of the fin-stack.

The Ninja 4 heatsink can mount 120 mm fans on each of its four sides. It measures 130 mm x 130 mm x 155 mm (LxDxH) without fan, weighing 900 g. Without any fan installed, the Ninja 4 can handle CPUs with TDP of up to 65W. With one of more fans installed, it's game for most high-end CPUs. Sockets supported include LGA2011v3, LGA1366, LGA115x, AM3+ and FM2+. A Scythe Hayabusa 120 PWM fan is included. This 120 mm fan spins between 300-1500 RPM, pushing between 12.93-84.64 CFM of air, with 12.5-29.5 dBA of noise output, taking power input from a 4-pin PWM header. The Ninja 4 is launched in Scythe's home market of Japan.
Sources: Hermitage Akihabara, FanlessTech
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3 Comments on Scythe Ninja 4 CPU Cooler Pictured

#1
Jorge
Well it has lots of heat pipes but until we see how it performs and what it costs, it's hard to determine the value. At least it doesn't leak coolant... ;)
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#2
RealNeil
btarunrThe Ninja 4 heatsink can mount 120 mm fans on each of its four sides.
This is impressive, but wouldn't four fans be overkill? LOL!
I wonder how much CPU you could cool while using it? (FX-9590?)


I bought a Scythe Mugen Max SCMGD-1000 for an FX-6300 build, but I never built it.
I did take the cooler out of the box and I can say that it's made well. Since then it's been on the shelf for months.

After I read about this new Ninja Cooler, I took the Mugen Max off of the shelf and put it on my desk so I'll remember to use it.
Maybe I will use it if it's in my face all of the time.
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#3
Disparia
Nice. I've been a fan of the Ninjas, having used them for many years in a couple systems.

Really old shot (P45, E8400, Ninja 2):



I don't use fans on them, but they're not exactly fan-less with airflow all around. The wide fin-spacing on the Ninjas allows it to work well in such an environment.

I still use that case but with the system in my specs. Difference is that I made a spacer out of another fan and the rear fan is only a half inch away from a newer Ninja 3. The Ninja 2 pictured is still in use today in another system.
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