Scythe Ninja 5 Cooler Broke our Test Bench! [Review] (2019)
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- Опубликовано: 15 июн 2019
- The Scythe Ninja 5 is truly a massive CPU cooler with an incredible amount of cooling area. Rich and Jon put it through their CPU cooler test to find out what this monster of a cooler is made of!
Testing:
In this video we test air speed, fan noise generated, and how quickly the cooler can dump a heat load in 2 minutes starting at 87c at both full and half fan speed.
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The fans speed is really subpar to other coolers. Wished you had tested with higher rpm fans to see how well it could achieve !
This cooler is insane. I got it for a 3950x and it actually keeps it cool while not even breaking the noise floor in my room.
With my everyday fan curves, I idle ~33 C and sustain a cool 65 at full CPU load (looping cinebench since this monster cpu finishes it in 30 seconds), bout 70C with repeated TimeSpy runs
Those might not sound like standout numbers, but remember this is all silently air-cooled on a 16 core cpu, and these numbers are coming from a week in August where the room is about 80F ambient. Those are incredible numbers, all things considered.
I appreciate the thorough testing methodology 👌
The most interesting review of a cooler and the first time I see a thermal camera being used. It's great entertainment to actually see a thermalcam
Subscribed. Love cooler reviews. Nice job.
Very thorough testing methodology and no nonsense
Great vid guys, keep it up.
First time viewer, excellent review, very concise and to the point, subscribe!!!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Subbed! I really like the thermal footage. Temperature numbers get lost on me and seeing the thermal picture made more sense. Please make more of those!
Absolutely! Thanks for the comment and the sub!
Awesome testing. Thx
Thank you!
I have the Mugen 5. So glad I went with Scythe.
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME
Great , video. Informative and this is now on my shopping list. Thanks. Oh and subscribed too.
This is what we love to hear! Thank you for the comment!
I love this video content - its so usefull and helpfull.
this cooler is DEAD SILENT and the performance is amazing.
Nice video...and I own this cooler too!!
What are your thoughts as an owner? Thanks for watching!
Just ordered one of these to replace an NH-U12S - I'll probably have to remove my RAM heatsinks to get the front fan low enough :)
Huge dissipation area and mass if it can dump enough heat not to get to the 90-degree ceiling... I'm curious as to how much better it would do with static-pressure optimized fans.
I just got a high static pressure Scythe wonder snail. I’m impressed so far.
H.S.P. Fans are going to give you optimal performance on the Ninja 5 but it’s probably not enough to justify buying more fans versus the excellent Kaze (Kah-Zey) flex fans that come with the 5.
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Do you think the noctua NH-U12A is better than this one ? I'm looking for the best ventirad for my build, thanks
It's really hard to compare these coolers because their approach to cooling is so different. The NH-U12A is a marvel, it's ability to cool quietly in a compact space is really unmatched. And the Ninja 5 is just a behemoth of near-passive cooling. If you have the space in your case and you want to save a little money the Ninja 5 is a good choice - but beware of it's size and the possibility of it interacting with your RAM! On the other side, you won't have the clearance issues with the NH-U12A so it works in practically any situation - but for some people the fan color scheme is too much to handle. :-) Either way both will keep your rig cool for sure! Thanks for watching!
wow your thermal vision was cool
Thank you! It's one of our favorite tools we use! Thanks for the comment!
I’m not a gamer, more of an enterprise guy. But in January 2020 my brother in law sent my wife his old PC and it has a Sabertooth Mobo with an AMD FX9590 and 16gigs on it, along with his older Oculus Rift setup. The tower was cooled by a Corsair H110 or some 240 AIO cooler if theirs. In any case, the computer has never been stable enough to use for consecutive days let alone a week straight. The Corsair is what I ended up targeting for replacement, and just put in a Ninja 5. The results so far are impressive. Average temps in the Corsair without a load were 25-40c and with a gaming load would run 55-75c or higher. Good luck on restarting the machine once you shut it down. The pump was either running dry or had something in the line obstructing it, I’m not sure. We rotated the radiator, elevated it above the pump, but ultimately it would almost never get around the POST, and if it did it would run hot for your session.
After 6 months of on and off unpredictable use, undeclared our independence on July 4 and bought this cooler after reading many reviews and watching a ton of videos
Installed it last night, and it is an absolute BEAST! Added two (for a total of four) 3-pin non-PWM fans for case cooling (1200 rpm) and the little 800 rpm fans on the Ninja itself are keeping the 9590 at 11-29c without a load and 35-60c with the same gaming load as used with the Corsair.
I’m going to stress-test it today and see how it goes. Thank you for posting a honest review that helped tame that hot 220w tdp FX9590.
Can u provide stress test (like OCCT small data set) and the temp vs power consumption info? I have a Lucifer and I might need to buy a smaller cooler cuz of the matx case I just bought. Fuma has better results but due to the larger fin area ninja 5 should perform better with same fans, in theory.
@@herogreat2797 I've been too busy to run the stress test yet. I found the OCCT software you reference, but it will be several days before I can post data as I'm not familiar with it and need some time to understand how to do this. I will return the results as soon as I can for your information.
@@herogreat2797 I'm not sure how long the test should be ran for the results you seek. Here is a link to some screenshots I saved concerning the power and heat you mentioned. Apologies if this is not the data you were looking for. I'll be taking the link down in a couple days btw. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ApGHfaOt7s2xreJKAGuKM8CzZPEzXIee?usp=sharing
@@DavidHieber Thank you so much. Just in case others are interested, the test of OCCT v6.1.0 is running with large data set, with a max power of 78w~, the max of CPU is 75 C. Assuming avg room temp of 25C, the delta is about 50C. I am not sure why OCCT only shows 78w when F9590 is indeed a 220w TDP cpu. If OP is using a decent air flow case, honestly, the result doesn't look any good.
I currently have Deepcool Lucifer v2, swapped the fan for a single cougar vortex 1500rpm 120mm pwm fan. Case is define C TG. The air flow is medium since I strongly restrained the fan speed to reduce noise. My room temp is 30C, and under 140w use, max cpu is 84C, which is 54C delta. With 190w peak power, 10 min OCCT small data set, my max is 93C, has 63C delta. FYI if anyone interested. However, ninja 5 is still my top choice if I ever need a sub 160mm/155mm cpu cooler, since my lucifer has a 163mm tower and 168mm height with the 140mm fan.
Thanks again David Hieber for the valuable info!
Is the included backplate really only used in LGA boards? Do AM4 boards have to make do with their standard backplates, and does it work well?
The Ninja 5 uses the existing AM4 base plate provided with the board and it is suitable for the cooler. You’ll have no issue mounting the cooler with your existing plate. Thanks for the question!
@@2GuysTek thanks for the answer! Cheers guys!
I'm using this cooler along with Be Quiet case fans and PSU. The only sound you ever hear from my PC is from the graphics card, and it's still barely audible, incredible performance.
nice
I have the Scythe Ninja 4.
With two fans in a push/pull configuration it can rival AIO water coolers!
It’s a monster. 😱
Yes it is!
@@2GuysTek Kaze is pronounced (Kah-Zey). It’s a Japanese word that means Wind!👌
12 heat pipes on the 4 & 5 is insane. The only problem is memory clearance.
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Do you think this cooler perform better than the fuma 2 ? Thanks guys
While we haven't specifically tested it against the Fuma 2, the spec sheets show the Ninja 5 is physically larger than the Fuma 2 so at a minimum you should expect to get slightly better cooling out of the Ninja based on surface area alone.. But, the Ninja is so much larger than the Fuma 2 that you might have issues using it in your build. That and the fact that the Ninja 5 will have RAM clearance issues in most cases, I'd recommend going for the Fuma 2. Good luck and thanks for the question! -R
Is this the kind of clip that can clip on any 120mm fan? I ask because the bequiet dark rock pro 4 can only clip on nonrubber fans
The clip should clip on to any standard 120mm fan, it's essentially just a simple wire retaining clip that has some flex so you shouldn't have an issue getting it attached to any number of 120mm fans. Thanks for the question!
Which thermal paste do you guys recommend?
Great question! We recommend either Noctua's NT-H2 (amzn.to/2ZJ7Dm3) or ARCTIC's MX-4 (amzn.to/2ZJugHg) Either do a fantastic job and will work well with any HSF or AIO application! Thanks for watching!
What would have better cooling performance/lower noise between this and the Noctua NH-D15?
The Ninja 5 is almost entirely silent to the point where it almost acts like a passive cooler. The NH-D15 is going to be louder than the Ninja but the NH-D15 with those fantastic Noctua fans will have a bit more cooling under the most intense heat loads. You didn’t mention what chip you’re cooling so it’s hard to tell if you need more headroom or not. Either cooler will work great for you though.
@@2GuysTek Was thinking of a Ryzen 3900x but I might wait at this stage and see what Zen 3 has to offer if my computer can manage to hold out til then, haha. Building a whole new system. Thanks for the info! Much appreciated!
how do you guys think this will do on my x99 i7 5820k? currently i overheat if i overclock to 4.4 with 1.29 vcore. think this big boy can tame this cpu?
ARK says your TDP is 140W. We tested at 150W and it was VERY hard to get the cooler above 90c. As long as you have good cross ventilation in your case you should have no problems.
I OC'd my 5820k to 4.375 with this cooler, with 1.270v, kept at 80c with a max of 85 during a 8h Aida64 stress test. Just be sure to have a big enough case since this thing is HUGE. And it's really silent, almost unbelievably silent. Wanted to get the Rev. B but it was sold out, so I got this insted for 5€ more. I'm really happy with it.
The only thing crazier than the size is the price. For any build compatible with this, hard to recommend anything else
i have a msi b450 tomahawk and adata xpg z1 silver ram it's a bit tall do u think it will fit i have the r7 1700 thanks for the vid btw
I took a look at the components you've listed here and I think there is a good possibility you'll have issues with RAM clearance. Your Tomahawk board has 4 RAM DIMM slots and it's likely that the Ninja 5 will overhang at least two of them when installed. It's possible you can get everything to fit if you have only 2 sticks of RAM installed in the furthest slots, but if you have more than 2 AND/OR you want install more than 2 DIMMs in the future you'll have to change out the cooler.
If the Ninja 5 is something you really want to own then you'll need to look at changing your RAM out for something more low-profile to make everything work together. Thanks for the comment! Good Luck! -R
@@2GuysTek thank you for replying the mobo does have 4slots but isnt the ideal config is to be 1.3 or 2.4 ....and the ram has the little summit on the top side of it its the one which will interfere with the cooler then hmmm ill try and see if i can swap the ram sticks with someone locally ...
you have been a great help thank you !
new comer to your channel btw already subbed 😁
You're absolutely correct about the slot order you should install your RAM into! I only mention filling the two furtherest slots because with the Ninja 5 you'd likely not have a choice. That being said, most motherboards will still recognize all the RAM you install, even if it isn't in the proper slot order, you just don't get the best performance. Thanks for subscribing!
I got a tomahawk max, two sticks of patriot viper 4 ram and the ninja 5. Spacing is not an issue, you might have to move one of the fans up ever so slightly but that's about it.
Yo sigo teniendo mí NINJA 2 con 6 head pipe, para refrigerar un AMD PHENOM II X4 955 BLACK EDITION,
Es muy buen dispador,
Un CORDIAL saludo desde Madrid 🍻 España 🙋.
Do you think i should buy this for a ryzen 5 3600? this is on a mATX b450 board
It would cool your 3600 without issue.
@@2GuysTek i am not really worried about the cooling performance of this cooler. I am more worried about the space and ram clearance that this has.
i am upgrading to this cooler because with pbo enabled it hits 90c and once hit 104c and shutdown. With the stock cooler
If you’re concerned about RAM clearance or being able to see your RAM (if it’s RGB-lit) you might want to consider something else. This is a REEEALY big cooler.
@@2GuysTek I dont really care if i can see my ram. My only concern is ram clearance and my ram sticks are not that tall so I don't think there will be a problem I have G.skill ripjaws V series.
Noctua nh D15 Killer? I would love to see build comparison
if you got rly good airflow this outperforms even NZXT Kraken X62 and Corsair H115i, but it all depends on good airflow because 800rpm fans don't have power to redirect bad airflow in case
Wait till their Fuma 2 hits the stores. Where the Fuma Rev. B is already a beast in price/performance, the Fuma 2 claims to be 15 % better then the Rev. B.
Dark rock 4 or ninja 5?
Ninja 5 if you have the space for it.
@@2GuysTek it doesnt matter anynore haha bought a freezer II 240.
I have a custom loop for my main pc just wanted something understated but works well in streaming PC
Will this fit a pc011 dynamic case?
Looking at the specs it’s going to be very close. The PC-011 Dynamic has a maximum cooler height of 155mm which is the exact height of the Ninja 5. So based on that I’d say ....maybe :-) but it’s too close to call based on specs alone.
@@2GuysTek hahahaha... I am looking for a beefy cooler for my 2600x in the pc011 dynamic... don't trust aio at all... I think scythe ninja 5 or the cryorig H7 quad lumi are my top choices... I'll look for more reviews regarding this... Thanks for the reply... cheers mate...
@@DavenneChua h7 not that beefy tho and much louder, my case say it fits 165mm max but friend fit a NH-D14 in it with fan even a bit higher because of RAM with big heatsink, they always leave at least 3-4mm, mostly whole 1cm
@@komi1834 sadly nhd15 won't fit the pc011 dynamic... cooler height 155mm below only... the scythe ninja 5 is 155mm... but I'm hesitant to buy one because it is too exact... one mm difference and I won't be able to close the case... don't like aio as it has a 2 to 5 years expiry...
@@DavenneChua if it says same height it will fit and you will have extra space, that was my point
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