Scythe Fuma: Review| Test| Config| Specs | CPU | Hashrate| Set-up| Pros & Cons

Test – Scythe Fuma – Conseil :Review| Test| Config| Specs | CPU Perfromance| Hashrate| Set-up| Pros & Cons – Back at Scythe today with the brand new double tower cooler, I named the Fuma! Scythe has been present for many years now and was one of the first to offer “tower” format coolers, long before the vast majority of well-known brands today, unfortunately it is not well known in France and this is a shame seeing the quality / performance / price ratio of the products it offers (I am thinking above all of the excellent Ninja 4 tested here, or the Ashura tested here, among others!). On the program 2 radiators crossed by 6 heat pipes, 2 fans of 12 cm rotating at a maximum speed of 1400 RPM, nickel-plated copper and all that goes with it, enough to cool a processor efficiently and in silence.

Offered at a recommended price of € 47 including VAT, the Scythe Fuma if it is as good as its brothers could be an excellent choice, but we will see that later!

On the front side as usual on the latest products of the brand everything is very sober, we go from all in very Japanese flashy color of the old boxes to sober black with the shadow of a ninja, the model of the cooler, the brand and socket compatibility. At the back the warranty information (2 years) as well as the usual warnings.

On the sides we find the technical characteristics of the beast, more particularly the dimensions of all the elements via different diagrams.

Once the box is open we fall directly on the beast well surrounded by its various boxes, the transport should go well as long as the box does not take too many hits.

Here is the radiator! As we can see we are in the presence of 2 turns of 47 aluminum fins crossed by 6 nickel-plated copper heaters. The build quality is excellent here there is absolutely nothing to say about it, Scythe has put a lot of effort lately on the finishes so that potential buyers see their products as being more upscale, without necessarily going up. the prices!

The same with the 2 12 cm fans installed!

A rather classic design here, the 6 heat pipes pass through the 47 aluminum fins of the two radiators, there are however two kinds of fins, which will certainly have a greater or lesser impact on the airflow.

The copper base is connected to 6 nickel-plated copper heat pipes 6 mm thick. The workmanship is excellent here.

The design is once again very classic, two radiators with a space in the center for the installation of a fan, it will be possible to install a maximum of 3 (including 2 supplied).

The top is very shiny, the finish is once again very good, the only thing “missing” is the absence of a cap on the heat pipes which would have given an even more upscale side.

The base has a very good quality mirror finish, however we can see traces of machining and a base which is most certainly concentric in order to have the maximum pressure in the center of the processor.

The fans are SSY1225SL12M-CJP models, a 12 cm Slip Stream model equipped with a “Sleeve” type bearing (quieter but less enduring than a ball bearing or an “FDB”) rotating at a maximum speed of 1300 RPM (for 300 RPM minimum), they should be inaudible at rest and very discreet under load, which we will see later!

Of course the cables of the fans are sheathed in black, of good quality.

The bundle is made up of:

• 1 x radiateur Scythe Fuma
• 2 x ventilateurs Scythe Slip Stream 120 PWM
• 1 x adapter 2 x 4-pin -> 1 x 4-pin
• 6 x fasteners for fans
• 1 x Intel mounting plate
• 1 x thermal paste tube
• 1 x Manuel
• The necessary screws

As you can see the bundle offers everything you need to mount the cooler in good conditions, on the other hand no superfluous here, only what is necessary! The thermal paste tube is welcome compared to the bag that we sometimes find at Scythe. In addition to the necessary screws, there are also 6 fan clips which will allow you to install a third fan if you feel like it.

Specification: Hashrate – Scythe Fuma

The Scythe Fuma is compatible with all sockets on the market, from the old and obsolete 775 to 2011-3 at Intel, including all 1151 and all AMD sockets, it goes without saying that there will be no compatibility problem if you buy a new PC, at least at the socket level! In terms of weight with its 920 gr equipped with its 2 fans it is in the average of what is done in double towers cooler, nothing that is out of the ordinary.

The dimensions are rather compact on the other hand with 14.9 cm high, 13 cm deep and 13.7 cm wide, it goes without saying that those who have a rather narrow case will be happy to see that it will not take more than 16 cm to install the Scythe Fuma.

There are 47 aluminum fins on each of the two radiators, which is about the average of what we are used to seeing on the market. These fins will be cooled by 2 fans from Scythe, the Slip Stream 120 PWM, a choice that seems a little strange to me, given that they are now quite old and benefit from a “sleeve” type bearing which makes them quieter than ball bearings but also less enduring, it will be necessary to see what this gives in practice.
Available at a price of around 47 € and guaranteed for 2 years the characteristics are rather attractive, it could become an excellent choice for a silent PC, if however it turns out to be efficient in use, this is what we will see !

The assembly is rather simple, just put the back plate like this:

Then we place the white washers above the 4 holes of the motherboard:

We then place the screws that will attach the back plate:

Once the 4 are in place, you have to place the 2 plates that will be used to fix the cooler itself over these same screws, you have to be careful to place the screws in the correct hole (there are 3 locations for 3 sockets different), for socket 1150 1155 1156 it is the middle one, and we install the 4 screws provided for this purpose:

When the 2 plates are placed, you must of course not forget to put a little thermal paste on the processor, and when I say a little it is really a little , as below:

Now we finally move on to the placement of the cooler on the processor, don’t forget to remove the protective film under the cooler, we place the black plate on the base and we put the cooler, like this:

All that remains to be done is to screw it all in, using the 2 screws provided, be careful to screw it in little by little alternately and do not screw up to the maximum under penalty of twisting everything, it is enough for everything to hold well in place without forcing like an ox. Now that the radiator is correctly placed, you have to put in place the 2 fans thanks to the clips present, and voila!

The Scythe Fuma is in place and ready to be tortured, as we can see he is imposing but not excessive, especially in terms of his height.

Memory / PCIe compatibility

The Scythe Fuma overflows on the memory, as we can see it is recommended to install strips in the “low profile” format so as not to interfere with the fan, but it will in all cases be possible to raise the latter in order to that it best adjusts to the height of the bars.

Basically, the Fuma does not interfere with the first PCIe slot, the fan fasteners are however very close, it will be necessary to be careful however with a graphics card equipped with a plate on the back (if it is installed on the first PCIe port near the processor of course).

The test platform

The Scythe Fuma has been tested on the configuration below:

• Processor : Intel Core i7 875K @ 3.2 Ghz
• Motherboard : Asus P7P55D
• Mémoire: Kingston HyperX Fury 2 x 8 Go 1866Mhz
• Disque dur: WD Raptor 150 Go
• Graphics card : Sapphire Toxic 5850
• Power supply : Seasonic X650

The test protocol

The core i7 875K has been slightly overclocked to 3.2Ghz. The temperatures under load are an average of all the cores for 3 tests of 30 minutes on OCCT, the temperatures at rest were taken after 15mins on the desk (still an average of the 4 cores).

The cooler has been tested against:

• be quiet! Pure Rock (tested here)
• be quiet! Dark Rock 3 (tested here)
• be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 (tested here)
• Noctua NH-U12S (tested here)
• Noctua NH-U14S (tested here)
• Noctua NH-D15 (tested here)
• Scythe Ninja 4 (tested here)
• SilentiumPC Fortis 3 (tested here)
• SilentiumPC Grandis XE1236 (tested here)

The temperatures

As we can see the temperatures of the processor cooled by the beast of the day are very good, indeed with 54 ° in PWM for 49 ° in 12V and 55 ° in 5V there is no doubt that the performances are clearly at the bottom. height. The thing that shocks the most is the difference between PWM and 5V mode, indeed it proves that the Scythe Fuma does not need a lot of airflow to maintain excellent performance, like a good majority of cooler from Scythe that I had in my hands recently.
Faced with the other double tour coolers in the comparison, it clearly has nothing to be ashamed of, it is as efficient as the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3, better than the SilentiumPC Grandis XE1236 but unfortunately cannot hold out against the monster that is the Noctu NH-D15, which is logical anyway.

Noise pollution

Warning: Part to be taken with a grain of salt, unfortunately not having access to the appropriate equipment and using an android application to take the readings The measurements below are only indicative! The readings were taken 15cm from the cooler.

In terms of noise pollution there are several things to see, in PWM at rest it is totally inaudible (fans running at 200 RPM for my example) but on the other hand once supplied with 5V they do not react at all in the same way to go up to around 700RPM (and therefore a sound level of 33 dB, which is not much but audible nearby). Once supplied with 12V on the other hand the fans are widely heard with a maximum sound level of 48 dB, I advise against the use in 12V for anyone looking for silent cooling, especially when we see that in PWM it does not exceed 33 dB at full load, which is the best result observed in this comparison!

Here we are at the end of this test, what to say about this Scythe Fuma?
After some excellent coolers tested recently, Scythe is back on the scene with its first model in double tower format and I must admit that they are not pretending! The build quality is now drawn upwards (nickel-plated copper, well polished base, top finish) which gives it a high-end appearance and which will allow it to be displayed without the slightest shame in configurations with a window. Despite its double tower format, the dimensions are really very contained and its height of 14.9 cm will allow it to be installed in almost all ATX boxes on the market, in addition to logically not hampering the first PCIe port stuck to the processor (as long as ‘it does not have too large a back plate).
Regarding performance, the Fuma is also excellent, its big strength being its performance when the air flow is low, it will be particularly suitable in a silent configuration managed in PWM mode with its 200 RPM at rest (inaudible) and its 33 dB under load.

The only small weak points that I can find in it are that it overflows on the memory (it will be necessary either to have strips in “low profile” format or to raise the fan and therefore will require more space in the case, nothing really serious this being said, given that a huge heatsink on the memory is really completely useless (therefore to be avoided) and the fans are noisy at maximum, the PWM mode is widely recommended.
Offered at a price of € 47 including tax and guaranteed for 2 years, the Scythe Fuma offers excellent performance and will please your ears in PWM, a perfect candidate for a silent PC!

Advantages

• Performances
• PWM noise pollution
• Build quality
• Price

Disadvantages

• Low profile memory recommended
• Noisy fans at maximum

A big thank you to Scythe who allowed me to do this test.

Where to find the Scythe Fuma?

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