well it looks like air coolers might be a regular thing here on the channel
if we find cool stuff obviously but then again it didn't really go out that well
for Corsair's a500 that we checked out recently but the subject for today's
video actually comes from your suggestions in that video it is none
other than the scythe Fuma 2 air cooler I actually have to make sure that I
don't cut myself because this thing is ridiculously sharp like I'm actually
very afraid of holding it like right now because it's pretty sure I'm gonna end
up with a lot of cuts after this video get it cuts editing a video cuts that
was a bad joke alright so what makes the Fuma 2 special
well it's focus is on silence and compatibility but it's also supposed to
have some wicked performance due to its pretty unique fan setup and the best
part is that it costs $60 which is a lot less than a lot of the other coolers
that we've tested I'm pretty excited about this one since it would be popular
to have an alternative to some of the most popular heat sinks out there in the
market so I guess the only way to find out is to put the Fuma two up against
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alright so usually at skip over what's inside the box but site actually
includes a full list of goodies so there's a nicely braided fan splitter
cable a magnetic screwdriver and a tube of thermal compound with enough for at
least three applications there are also three fan brackets so let me explain why
this is so important out of the box site includes one thin 50 mm or fan and one
that's a standard 25 millimeters the slimmer one is there to make sure that
there are no issues with memory compatibility but if your system has
enough clearance you can use the extra bracket to replace it with a higher
performance one or you could just keep the stock vents and add a third to
really maximize performance but there's more to this fan setup than what you
might think even though they both move air in the same direction the front fan
spins in a counterclockwise direction the middle one runs clockwise according
to sight this actually increases static pressure and allows the two fans to
operate at a maximum of 1,200 rpms to perform more like they're going at much
higher speeds and I can't wait to put that claim to the test so on to the heat
sink itself and it's a pretty straightforward dual tower design with
aluminum Finnair ace that are capped with a plain black metal there's also
six heat pipes which happens to be two more than Corsair uses on their $100
8500 cooler yes I'm still ranting about that thing anyways another nice thing to
see here is a flat base that's machine to pretty high standards nope there's no
cheaply designed heat pipe direct touch base here which is awesome once the fans
are installed I have to give compliments to Seif I'm loving these stealth looks
they have going on over here don't worry we'll ruin it with knocked off fans a
bit later speaking of Noctua the Fuma 2 size is
pretty much the same as the Nhu 12a though it's a bit wider that also makes
it a lot more compact than the NHD 12 as for the installation process well I
think it's one of the best around because I actually prefer it over
anything from not to a be quiet or nearly anyone else I won't go through
every installation here since that would take forever but let's just say that the
only difference between platforms is that there is a backplate that's
provided for Intel 775 1150 series and 1366 sockets whereas on AMD systems
you'll need to reuse your motherboards backplate aside from that site provides
a system of standoffs and a cross bar type mounting plates that's compatible
with every platform basically after these standoffs are installed you just
screw down the mounting bar and up to this point it's very similar to knock
toast design but when it comes to installing the cooler there's one major
difference that makes this thing so much easier instead of there being threaded
rods on the cross bars there is a hole with angled guides and this helps the
heatsinks preinstalled screws slide right into position without any hassle
this is a brilliant easy system and I love it since you can easily get the
best possible mount I also have to give a ton of credit to site for focusing on
compatibility and it's pretty obvious that they did some serious homework to
make sure that the Fuma 2 worked in almost every condition but I do have to
mention that this cooler is meant to be only mounted in a left
right direction and not up and down on a platform like Intel's 2066 with
Quantrell memory the elevated heatsink allows it to clear even super tall
memory meanwhile the slim fan means every memory slot can be populated but
you need to be aware the D tolerances are super tight I noticed that the lower
fins do make contact something else to note is the ass rock next to 99 clx that
I used here has a ridiculously tall vrm heatsink and even that wasn't a problem
the only slight issue shows up if you want to mount a third fan on a system
that has high memory or beyond heat sinks since it will need to be pushed
upwards moving on to aim for and there's no
problem here either since site swept leaf umma to heat pipes forward to make
sure that the main fins are far away from the memory slots but don't expect
to install a full sized second fan if your memory slots are fully populated
because there's just not enough space okay so now on to performance but before
I get to that I do want to quickly go over a few things first up it is very
important to note that the two fans on the film a two are set to operate in a
maximum of 1,200 rpms which is a lot slower than anything else we've tested
here the second thing is that our testing methodology along with all the
coolers using this video are linked down below so starting things off with these
stocks be testing on the 1098 exc and it looks like beef umma 2 is able to keep
up with some of the best coolers available now it's important to take
note that this CPU is running around 165 watt TDP which happens to be the worst
case scenario for many current Intel and AMD CPUs so this proves that sites $60
heatsink can effectively cool literally any processor currently available but
the amazing thing is that it competes with the Noctua D 15 and it beats the u
12 a in terms of acoustics even with the event operating at 1000 rpms it's really
really competitive with heat sinks that cost quite a bit more but pay special
attention to the nock to au 14s since it costs only a few bucks more than the
Fuma 2 and 1000 rpms sights counter rotation fan design seems to be making a
pretty big difference since this happens to be one of the quietest CPU coolers
that we've come across now this part is pretty cool guys the Puma 2 hits about
50 degrees Celsius which is one of the lowest temperatures
but it's fan speeds are a good 300 rpms lower than need t 15 and the U 14s and
guess what that leads into that's right it just kills everything else in noise
testing by a long shot I can't highlight this enough guys when
it comes to performance versus noise the Fuma 2 is literally in a world of its
own but now it's time for overclocked testing and the tenon ADX seen running
along had four point five gigahertz gets lava hot well on the positive side psych
was able to design this cooler well enough that it didn't cost CPU
throttling due to high temperatures but 97 degrees celsius is still pretty high
and the decibel results proved that it was running at full fan speed at the
tests and but honestly it's just so damn quiet at a constant thousand rpm it
still technically passes and that's impressive
like freely impressive finally at a hundred percent fan speed the Fuma 2
actually manages to beat the u 14s and it runs pretty close to the u 12 eh
now remember it's pulling these numbers at much lower noise levels and not only
that it only costs $60 guys so I think it's safe to say that scythe has
designed a really really good air cooler for $60 but I'm not willing to leave
this review here without some more testing with different fan configs so
let's start things off with nock to us to nf8 welts this is really amazing and
it proves its site closely designed that heatsink and fans in parallel and stock
settings and a constant thousand rpm the Fuma 2's regular setup actually wins
at full speed the dual knock dose setup pulls ahead but remember two of those
knock tours will be much much louder than sight stock vans and they cost just
as much as a brand new Fuma 2 and yeah I really don't think spending all that
money on upgraded fans really benefits this cooler but I didn't want to stop
there because site does include an extra set of fan bracket so I decided to mount
a third fan right over here one that doesn't stick out like a sore
thumb well this is the cooler master SF 120 M and in our testing it can easily
compete against the NF 812 without ruining the Fuma 2's good looks for a
$30 investment these stock temperature results are pretty impressive with the
triple fan setup hitting
temperature levels that are getting closer to 280 millinery nao levels in
the overclock testing running the three fans at 1200 RPM the temperature equals
the dual knock to a config while noise levels were a lot lower well I guess
it's time to wrap this up and I want to level with you guys here
the Fuma 2 from scythe impressed the heck out of me it's the lowest price
cooler in our charts and it competed really well against the alternatives
that cost $40 more so if you're running a more basic system than us with the 10
and 80 XC say for instance you're running an 9900 k or aim DS 39 50 X this
should be our go-to cooler and you're actually better off spending the extra
$40 on perhaps a better memory kid or a better GPU or something else sure it
couldn't hit extreme cooling levels with the overclocked fire-breathing 1098 exc
but that was expected since scythe designed it for silence before
performance and did it accomplish that yeah it did it certainly did so I'm
gonna do something that I haven't done in a really long time and actually give
the scythe Fuma 2 the Hardware Canucks damn good value award so where are you
impressed with the Scythe Fuma 2 in fact what do you think of that names
scythe I'm actually really in love with that because there's something so
stealthy about that also I'm glad that I didn't cut my fingers but anyways that's
it for me guys thank you so much for watching make sure to check out some
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you guys in the next one scythe like who comes up with these
names like I wish I was a I wish I was part of this name making process cuz
it's just so cool maybe I should name my pet scythe