Scythe Mugen-2 Revision B
Surface area is one of the biggest factors in air-cooling efficiency and, at around $40, Scythe’s Mugen 2 Rev. B (spelled with or without the hyphen and abbreviated name) provides the greatest surface area per price of today’s competitors. Yet surface area is not the sole determining factor for performance, so we’ll rely on testing to determine how well this extra size is used.
Pressure relief grooves are Scythe’s innovative solution to the aerodynamic drag that accompanies long cooling fins. Without these grooves, a greater amount of air pressure would be lost out the sink’s sides.
The Mugen 2 Rev. B surprised us by supporting Socket 478 motherboards, in addition to the expected LGA models (1156, 1365, and 775) and AMD sockets (939, 940, AM2, AM2+, and AM3).
The Mugen 2 has one of the flattest polished bases we’ve seen, with distortion that normally occurs from the polishing process, which is only noticeable as a rounded edge. The copper base appears to be plated in nickel to prevent oxidization.
The Mugen 2 Rev. B’s greatest design weakness is that it usually must be installed outside the case, with screws that can only be accessed from beneath the motherboard. One of its strengths is that once installed, its fan can be slid up to allow greater DIMM clearance or down to further assist motherboard voltage-regulator cooling.
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Is the Titan Fenrir unavailable in the US, or is it just ignored...
i have the mugen 2 coolin my q9400 @ 3,2 GHz at auto voltage. temps are ~40 idle, ~62 load, but watch out - its PASSIVE, honey ! no fans on it, its sheer size is taking all the heat away, although the case is HAF 932.
Sunbeam core contact freezer includes 1156 bracket? I've been trying to find those adapter for some time-even tried emailing Sunbeam's tech support.. and now it showed up in Tom's.. anyone have any links of online retailers selling em'??
Very useful article.
I use a Cooler Master Hyper TX3, which keeps my CoreI5 750 at 29-32 degrees C. It is not overclocked, but it certainly leaves a lot of room with temps that low.
great review...i have the freezer 7 pro(lga775) cooling my pentium D 915( oc to 3.2ghz) and it does a sterling job keeping the cpu,s idle temp at just 29°C...rising to 47°C(max)at full load..
i was looking at the corsair H50 however why fix it when its not broken....
that said i would choose the Scythe Mugen-2 if i had to replace the freezer 7 pro.....
good article !
Since I hear nothing but good things about the Titan Fenrir I am a little disappointed to not see it in this test...
why dont they have the prolimatech mega shadow in there?
i5 750 @ 3.6ghz @ 26 degrees in my pc best cooler available imo for 1156
Well, It's a very nice review. As we all knows that Noctua NH-D14 beats Prolimatech Megahalem by near about 2-4 degree C so may be that is why they have not included Megahalem in this test but overall a very nice review and from this review I have decided to buy Scythe Mugen 2 Revision B.
the freezer 7 looks neat with the white fan specially if you have the accellero xxx edition of inno3d graphic cards!
I have bought this one and are getting it tomorrow. Will be interesting to see the temp after installing Scythe mugen because now I have a some piece of shit to cooler and fan that keeps my 2,8 ghz processor at a 80 temp when full process and around 60~ in idle.. Plus it sounds like an airplane when the fan is on
So this will be interesting and appreciated with a new cooler. Nice review!
im not sure if I should get the hyper 212 plus or scythe mugen 2 rev b. the scythe costs me 50 euro and the hyper 212 plus just 30 euro. Is the scythe worth the almost double price? I am planning to overclock my i7 860 to 3.8ghz. And I am fine with cpu temperatures which are not above 70 C
great review, thanks. which PWM fan did you use to replace the thermalright one?
noctua is one best cooler
watch my noctua
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlillcv4W6w