Scythe Ninja 4 CPU Cooler Pictured

[btarunr]

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.



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[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...

 

[RealNeil]

The 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.

 

[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.