Scythe Gets Aggressive: Budget CPU Coolers & FUMA Overhaul

#computex 2024 just began. Scythe has a new "Magoroku" CPU cooler with claimed higher performance than the FUMA series while also maintaining a similar price point. Scythe's aiming for Thermalright now and trying to compete in the high performance, lower cost market for CPU coolers. Scythe also showed us prototype fans for the Shuriken 3 downdraft, low-profile cooler, using cut side to increase performance and decrease air reflections. The company also has a new FUMA 3 REV B cooler coming out soon, using a trimmed plastic housing for better SFF/ITX compatibility in low clearance cases and using a higher pressure mounting kit. This in particular will be useful for Intel Arrow Lake, which rumors currently indicate will be tolerant to higher pressures than current coolers. The differences between the Scythe FUMA 3 Rev B and Scythe FUMA 3 (original) are mostly those two places. Scythe also had a new Big Shuriken cooler and fan and is applying its new fan design style to several coolers.



TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Scythe Prototypes & New Coolers
02:14 - Scythe FUMA 3 Revision B Differences
04:21 - Scythe Shuriken 3 Super Low Profile Cooler
07:05 - Magoroku Prototype Cooler
08:27 - Big Shuriken 4 & Conclusion

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[ChairmanMeow]

Find someone who loves you the way Steve loves fans.

[dark___matter_]

Love Scythe! Hands down my favorite tower cooler mfg. Really glad to see them improving and innovating! Thanks for bringing us this vid, Steve and GN crew 💯

[DampActionRC]

Magoroku
Seki's most famous Japanese swordmaker, began his traditional crafting method blending four types of steel into a composite blade here during the Sengoku or 'Age of Warring States' (1460s-1560s) period.

[mdragon]

I'm always hyped for GN's annual Computex coverage

[matthewhilty]

Scythe fans were some of my first aftermarket fans when I started to build PCs. I am glad to see they are still rocking innovation. They were quiet, effective and relatively cheap.

[MrMega]

I've been a Scythe fan for years and it's fantastic to see them make a rebound in recent years. All of this competition has been very welcome.

[Valfaun]

the fan prototypes look like they'd glow in the dark

[em.dot.]

The air cooler market is the most exciting thing in the DIY PC space at this point. Noctua's commitment to taking their time is getting harder and harder.

[Bootimus-Prime]

Speaking about noctua, man i'm tired waiting over a decade for their next gen d15

[BansheeBunny]

I have Scythe fans from 15 years ago, that still work like they came out of the box.

[Cobalt_Capacitor]

If they can offer similar or better performance compared to Noctua coolers, at a competitive price, then more power to Scythe!
Seeing the air-cooler market boom like this over the last 3 years has been real exciting.
I'm especially curious about the low-profile coolers showcased here, would be interesting to see how far they can push the envelope between size, performance, and price with these.

[arnoldnym]

Scythe is doing great work the last years. I absolutely love my Fuma and they keep making it better. As a NR200 owner I am seriously thinking about switching to a white Fuma 3 Rev B.

[txmetalcobra]

You're just paying for the name "Noctua" at this point. So many good coolers out there!

[canyouread]

The new cooler could be a Thermalright competitor if they said theyre targeting sub-$40. Always glad to see more competition there!

[michaelfairchild]

Scythe was the oldschool brand for cooling along with Zalman.

[AgentBirdnest]

Yay for the Big Shuriken 4! I hope I can get my hands on one, whenever it comes out. I haven't been able to find the Big Shuriken 3 *anywhere* for like two years.

[ashberic]

matching (or beating) Noctua's performance doesn't really seem like much an issue (other companies already have done it), I just want a competitor to their support.

[frtrain]

So glad to see you covering this Brand. I just saw them when I was fixing to do a Custom Build, and I was definitely impressed with the spec and prices alone off their Kaze II Case/AiO Fans...definitely watch out Noctua!

[DurzoBlunts]

So hyped for more scythe products, really was impressed when i stumbled upon them. Great coverage as always GN Crew

[Christopher_S]

I don't own any Scythe products, but I'm really impressed with their attempts of innovation and iteration. It's awesome that they're so open to listening to the public and sharing their findings too! It's a company that I respect, it's not often you see transparency like this :)