Conclusions

The Scythe Mugen 3 has proved to be a good heatsink, with very interesting performance. Its single fan structure has not affected performance, except in small measure. The full load temperatures are excellent while the noise level is good, either with the fan at its full speed or in silent mode .The quality of the heatsink is perfect, as Scythe standards, especially considering the price, which is about 40/45 € in Italy, while in other European shops you can buy it at a price of 35 €. We recommend the purchase of Mugen 3 to all those who want to greatly improve the cooling system of your CPU with a small cost. It 'a few days ago that Scythe has ensured its compatibility of AM3+ heatsinks with future AMD FM1 sockets! Namely, the compatible heatsinks are the following: Susanoo, Mugen 3, Mine 2, Yasya, Rasetsu, Ninja 3, Grand Kama Cross, Mugen 2 Rev. B, Samurai ZZ, Big Shuriken, Shuriken Rev. B, Kozuti, Katana 3, Katana 3 Type A.

PROs

Excellent performance / noise ratioMuch less bulky than other tower solutionsValue for money very highLong-lived, thanks to its compatibility with the new AMD socket FM1

CONs

• It is not designed to dissipate the area around the socket on the motherboard, but it is a common problem in almost all air and liquid coolers
• Brackets for installing a second fan in push / pull are not provided in the bundle
• With the 120 mm fan in push configuration, the first one or two bank of RAM may be obstructed (depending on the motherboard)
• Thermal paste in a small poach instead of a tube

We thank Scythe for the product supplied to us for testing.

Matteo Trinca

Translated by Marco Comerci