Scythe Ninja 5: evolution of the revolutionary predecessor

Conclusion

The fourth Ninja was a pleasant surprise (mainly because of its unattractive predecessor). Scythe used improved version of the first two designs, and shortly after created popular Fuma series based on Ninja 4. Fuma rev. A was the best deal for the money, although the current second version is a bit different story. Now there’s the new Ninja 5 that looks very promising. The core remains unchanged, but the cooler is bigger and stronger than before.

Conclusion

There are two very important things: revolutions per minute and the price. The more intense airflow, the less attractive this cooler becomes. The best setting for Ninja 5 would be 600 rpm and less. Scythe knows well why they sell this cooler with low-speed fans. With proper settings it‘s better than SPC Fera 3 v2, and a bit less efficient than Noctua NH-D15, but also accordingly cheaper. It all depends on the deal you can get.

The price range is quite wide, 70 € is too much (Reeven Okeanos and Raijintek Nemesis would be a better choice for the money), but if you get a chance to buy it for less than 60 €, go for it. The efficiency/weight ratio is nothing extraordinary, but we decided to give it award “Go for it!“ for the results in low RPM modes and high-quality fans that are not very common in this price category.

This is not the end of Ninja 5 tests on HWCooling. We are working on a passive mode and in-depth testing with reference fans.




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Comments (4) Add comment

  1. Hi !

    Thank you for the test. I like your methodology of testing.

    Can you use the therlmaright le grand macho rt ? Which is probrably the best cpu cooler

  2. The noctua scythe fan graph is interesting I’d like to see temperatures and db comparing the included scythe fan vs a noctua.

  3. A passive or semi-passive setup for comparison with the Fuma or Zalman Passive Cooler would be great.

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