Scythe Heatsinks (2 Viewers)

[eetaylog]

I want to fit a scythe ninja heatsink into my HTPC to finally make it silent. does anyone know which version would be best for my antec fusion case? im not sure if the full sized versions will fit...


scythe ninja
scythe ninja 2
scythe ninja mini

 

[Koschel]

I can't imagine that the "big" Ninja/2 will fit in a HTPC-case, the Ninja mini should fit in. The Scythe Zipang could be a good alternative (145 mm x 148 mm x 112 mm
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[quake2rambo]

The Antec fusion has two 80 mm on it's side. That's a good reference point to the scythe ninja mini. Add the height of the Mainboard/CPU-socket and think about your preferred heatsink ...

 

[flintstone99]

Ninja mini

Hi eetaylog,

I use a Ninja mini in my Antec fusion and I doubt the larger versions would fit.
No fan attached to the heatsink and only one of the two case fans on low does the trick

regards

Dietmar

 

[ryan20021982]

The standard ninja wont fit only the mini will

 

[eetaylog]

thanks all, ill order myself a ninja mini i think.

Dietmar, what sort of temperatures does your cpu run at on idle and under load with that setup?

The Antec fusion has two 80 mm on it's side.

the fusion fans are 120mm arent they?

 

[flintstone99]

Hi eetaylog,

yes they are 120mm, two of them. 2 Blind plates included with the case if you want to try without fans at all.
Did this and temps rose to 45-50 degrees with my AMD x2 4850 (45Watts)

So I decided to use one of the case fans which let the temps go down to 30 - 35. Did not try HD or Blue ray however.

Suggest to by a realy silent 120mm fan, as I was not to impressed with the sound of the Antec ones
Will do so in near future myself

regards

Dietmar

 

[DQ]

I've got a Scythe Ninja2 in the Antec P180 and it's a beast of a heatsink, too big for the Fusion

I've got the Scythe Mini in my Antec Fusion with a Noctua and a Scythe fan. I've ducted them so one is blowing in directly over the heatsink and one is sucking out from the rest of the case. (I think mine actually runs hotter like this than with both fans sucking air out.)
Get a pack of soft silicon feet from quietpc.com or similar shop and stick them on the existing feet or swap them. These got rid of a lot of the resonance caused by the hdd and psu.
The fans are soft mounted instead of screwed too.

I can hardly hear the pc now, and that's before any sound from TV, videos etc.

I've got an Athlon X2 5200, 4gb ddr2, 2x500gb samsung spinpoints (very quiet if you get the right model), video is courtesy of the onboard ATI 3200HD.

The system idles at 1GHz using Cool'n'Quiet. Speedfan ensures that the fans spin just below being audible and only speed up when necessary.

Temperature wise, it idles at just under 30C, the same when watching TV or movies and only a little higher when I watch HD TV or movies.
If I'm running the CPU at 100%, converting something to DVD for example, then a 60% fan speed keeps everything at around 55 C.

Hope this is helpful to you and anyone else with a similar setup.
BTW I usually look at silentpcreview for advice, but be warned, some of those guys are silence extremists

 

[quake2rambo]

thanks all, ill order myself a ninja mini i think.

Dietmar, what sort of temperatures does your cpu run at on idle and under load with that setup?

The Antec fusion has two 80 mm on it's side.

the fusion fans are 120mm arent they?

Oops, you are right ...

 

[eetaylog]

thanks for the tips peeps, ill probably end up getting the scythe mini.

DQ, i was thinking of setting up the fans like you have, by having one fan dragging air in, and the other one blowing it out, but if you think the system runs a bit hotter like that then i might not bother. good tip about the silicon feet as well btw.