Saturday, August 30th 2008
Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler Spotted in Japanese Stores
Japanese PC cooling specialist, Scythe released the "Musashi" SCVMS-1000 VGA cooler spotted at a Japanese store. This double-fan aluminum cooler suits all popular card designs although the GeForce GTX 200 series isn't advertised.
The cooler consists of an aluminum fin arrays of unequal sizes through which pass four nickel-plated copper heatpipes, two in opposite direction of the other two. The GPU contact block from which those pipes project out itself isn't in the center. On one the other side of the fin arrays are two 100 mm, 12 mm thick PWN controlled fans which have individual speed controls provided by two knobs on an expansion bracket. These regulate the speeds of the fans between 800 and 2500 rpm (combined noise level 12.5 dB to 29.22 dB depending on the fans' rpm).
Source:
ASCII.jp
The cooler consists of an aluminum fin arrays of unequal sizes through which pass four nickel-plated copper heatpipes, two in opposite direction of the other two. The GPU contact block from which those pipes project out itself isn't in the center. On one the other side of the fin arrays are two 100 mm, 12 mm thick PWN controlled fans which have individual speed controls provided by two knobs on an expansion bracket. These regulate the speeds of the fans between 800 and 2500 rpm (combined noise level 12.5 dB to 29.22 dB depending on the fans' rpm).
57 Comments on Scythe Musashi VGA Cooler Spotted in Japanese Stores
Their dissipation units; i.e. the fin arrays are impressive and SHOULD result in superior performance compared to their smaller competitors, but is that what we see? No. We see the smaller coolers, like the Xigmatek HDT S1283, Thermalright Ultra 120, and even the Ultra 90 outperform it!
www.frozencpu.com/products/8123/vid-118/Scythe_MUSASHI_Twin_Heatpipe_Low-Profile_Universal_VGA_Cooler_w_Fan_Speed_Control.html?tl=g40
www.ncixus.com/products/32768/ACCELERO-TWINTURBO/Arctic%20Cooling/
www.ncixus.com/products/28504/KL-02/Coolink/
Cheap too :D
www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/vga/t-rad2/product_vga_cooler_trad2.html
I just wish they would hurry up and release it.:banghead:
I'm still waiting for Thermaltake or somebody to come up with something for the GTX 200 lineup. I hope it's not based on the DuOrb. I don't want 200+ watts of thermal dissipation being dumped into my case. Something based on the stock cooler with exhaust would be nice. Heck, it can take up to three or four slots for all I care.
They could even take the stock cooler and just make it all-copper and put in a higher CFM fan and it would probably be better than stock by 10C or so.