New Scythe CPU Cooler: Orochi

[imported_Scoop]

http://www.scythe.co.jp/cooler/orochi.html

Picked this up from the spcr forum, credits to Fungi.

It's a pretty sick looking, heavy 1155g (without a fan) cooler. Comes with a 140mm 500RPM fan to place on top blowing down. Looks like you can orientate it as you wish/can and use it like a tower heatsink with fans on both sides (120mm I think). And yeah 10 heatpipes, let's see some tests!

 

[AmberClad]

What I found most amusing about this whole thing is that the only demo pictures that show it mounted on an actual motherboard show it on an Intel-branded motherboard (judging from the plain green PCB and the unmistakable Intel northbridge heatsink). Wow...overkill to the max :Q...

Btw, that name brings up fond memories of Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior.

 

[aussiestilgar]

Wow.

 

[Quiksilver]

So I assume this it to cool your memory too right?

 

[BassBomb]

Looks clip mounted O_O

 

[imported_wired247]

great if people are constantly looking inside your case... it is pretty cool looking... now let's see some big overclocks already

 

[CurseTheSky]

With all that weight, I'd rather take the risk of liquid cooling. Leaks vs. snapped or warped motherboard... to each their own, I guess. And yes, I realize that a properly mounted / weight distributed heatsink shouldn't damage the motherboard. Well, a properly installed liquid system shouldn't leak.

That's just huge. I would hate to have to swap out some memory or a nearby graphics card.

 

[Ika]

Looks like a fat Gemini.

 

[Zepper]

Where's the tether or sling kit to support the weight from various points within the case? Holy crap, it's over a kilogram (thats over 2.2 pounds for the non-techies out there)!

.bh.

 

[Zap]

Looks pretty big. Would be interesting to see a size comparison next to a Cooler Master GeminII and a Thermaltake Big Typhoon.

 

[toadeater]

That's a silly thing to attach to a motherboard.

 

[richwenzel]

mt zerotherm btf92 OC barely fit on my board....no way would i right with that thing.

 

[Riverhound777]

So heatpipes are like blades on the newest razors now huh. Pretty soon we'll have 20 pipes, just to beat out the next guy. Damned if it makes any difference, but it's a bigger number so it must.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Holy GOD thats HUGE!

@Riberhound777:
More heatpipes will make a difference as thermal loads go up(ie overclocking.) Each heatpipe is only capable of moving a certain ammount of heat. Overclocked Quads can easly run 200W, divide that by 10 heatpipes and each of the heatipes still has to move 20W, granted thats no problem for an 8mm powder pipe but, sooner or later we're going to run out of options for die shrinking and in order to get increased performance level we're going to have to move to higher voltages and even new technologies like carbon nanotubes that use up HUGE ammounts of power and as a general rule of thumb, assume that every watt a processor consumes gets transfered directly into a watt of heat. It's not necessarily necessary right now unless you're pushing for 4ghz but, there's something to be said for futureproofing. Especially with all the extra transistors coming our way with nehalem and IMCs.

 

[Old Hippie]

Holey Mamma! :shocked:

Where's the tether or sling kit to support the weight from various points within the case?

Lookie like it needs a jockstrap! :laugh:

 

[RussianSensation]

Looks like Stock Cooling for GF9 :laugh:

This beast better be in the top 3 best air coolers given its size/heatpipes combo.

 

[Quiksilver]

More Pics:
http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/108/108122/

AT should review this behemoth.
(and make a video of it snapping a motherboard in two...)

 

[shabby]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
More Pics:
http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/108/108122/

AT should review this behemoth.
(and make a video of it snapping a motherboard in two...)

http://ascii.jp/elem/000/000/108/108115/img.html lol

Looks like 2008 is going to bring some bigass heatsinks, the orochi is the first one, the coolermaster v8/10/12 will be next. And im sure thermalright will be replacing the true120 soon. And ocz will release the hydroj... oh nevermind.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
AT should review this behemoth.
(and make a video of it snapping a motherboard in two...)

The board wouldn't break. PCBs are suprisingly difficult to break. They can and will, however, warp which potentially results in cracked traces.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
AT should review this behemoth.
(and make a video of it snapping a motherboard in two...)

The board wouldn't break. PCBs are suprisingly difficult to break. They can and will, however, warp which potentially results in cracked traces.

QFT, the relative rigidity of boards is exactly why coolers now mount through them, there was a time that they mounted exclusively to the cpu socket and near the end of that era with 1kg+ heatsinks some sockets were being accidentally removed from motherboards. With proper backplate design, and I'm *sure* this will use a backplate, even board warping should be kept to a minimum if existent. Don't know if anyone can find pictures of one but, Intel was actually playing with the idea of heatsinks that bolted through the motherboard into standoffs placed at the four mounting holes on late s478 boards. The four mounting points can be found on some motherboard trays like on my coolermaster centurion 532. Next time I have the motherboard out I'll take a picture of it. I still think thats a good and viable solution if executed properly.

 

[mcv]

The way it's mounted in those pictures, it looks like it partially blocks the rear exhaust. (Perhaps that's why there's no case fan in that picture?) If you want to use this for quiet passive cooling, it looks like you're depending almost entirely on the PSU's fan.

I think I prefer fins paralel to the motherboard.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

should work quite nicely in a nine hundred or p182 with the top mounted fan.

 

[imported_Scoop]

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
should work quite nicely in a nine hundred or p182 with the top mounted fan.

Do those cases have sidepanel fans? I'm not 100% sure of this but if I understand correctly, they say you should use a side panel fan on it. I think what they mean, is that at least in the case they had it in, there wasn't enough room for air to circulate from inside the case for a top blowing fan. As I said, I could be wrong, but it does look rather tight.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: Scoop

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
should work quite nicely in a nine hundred or p182 with the top mounted fan.

Do those cases have sidepanel fans? I'm not 100% sure of this but if I understand correctly, they say you should use a side panel fan on it. I think what they mean, is that at least in the case they had it in, there wasn't enough room for air to circulate from inside the case for a top blowing fan. As I said, I could be wrong, but it does look rather tight.

With the height of this fan I really doubt a fan will be able to fit between it and the side panel in just about any case on the market today. With the ability to mount fans directly to the heatsink though, a fan could be placed at the bottom and operate in a push-pull set-up with the fan at the top of the case. Thats the only real way I see to set this up unless it's in a 343 or an MM U2.

 

[Rubycon]

If they are mounted like they SHOULD be (bolts into the chassis like any Xeon based system) no worries about stress. In the past Scythe has used some very lame mounting methods. (push pins??!)

I wish they would omit the fins on the block though. All the heat should ALWAYS be directed to the heat pipes. The block should have as little mass as possible.

But it's a monster.

I'm waiting for them to come out with heat pipe based water blocks. If the hot side of the pipe is cooled to ambient or below the block would be able to soak more heat out of the core than a waterblock directly touching the IHS. (well it should)