Scythe Mugen 5 Rev.C

Vor etwas über einem Jahr habe ich hier den damals neu erschienenen Mugen 5 von Scythe mit einer schwarzen Färbung getestet. Da ich auch noch von einem vorherigen Artikel die unbehandelte Variante des Kühlkörpers zur Hand hatte, habe ich – mit identischem Lüfter – mal den direkten Vergleich zwischen Kühlkörper in Silber und Schwarz ziehen können. Dabei hat sich herausgestellt, dass der mit einer Tauchlackierung versehene Kühler messbar schlechter abschneidet.

A little over a year ago, I reviewed the then newly released Mugen 5 from Scythe here with a black coloring. Since I also had the untreated variant of the heatsink from a previous article at hand, I was able to draw a direct comparison between the heatsink in silver and black – with an identical fan. It was found that the cooler with a dip coating performed measurably worse.

Scythe demonstrates the Mugen 5 Rev. C to be a solid performer, a single tower with a huge heatsink and a single fan can compete with dual-tower, dual-fan coolers. Furthermore, despite being in the middle of the pack during our testing, the single fan was not overly loud. The performance is good (if you need more of it – you can even add a third fan); the noise level is good as well (until you overclock). The aesthetics are good. Scythe Mugen 5 Rev. C costs around $60 USD. We feel it's a fair price but perhaps a little bit too expensive? But if you are looking for a powerful, quiet, unproblematic, and inexpensive cooling solution, this is a nice performance air-based cooler recommended by Guru3D.