Reviewers Liked
- Good cooling performance
- Easy to install
- Fan clips for second fan included
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Blocks the first motherboard expansion slot
- Packaging offers very little protection
Scythe Ashura
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Expert reviews and ratings
By ThinkComputers
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Installation for an air cooler typically is really easy or just a pain in the ass and for the Ashura it was quite easy. I know that for most people they will only be installing their cooler once, but you still don't want to one time to be an unpleasant...
By FrostyTech
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On the review bench today we have Scythe's Ashura heatsink; this is a fairly standard tower cooler equipped with a 140mm fan. The Ashura cooler stands 162mm tall, making it suitable for full tower cases where AIO liquid coolers are often too bulky. It's...
By Ocaholic
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With the Ashura, Scythe has a convincing product in its lineup It is an affordable midrange cooler and features great manufacturing quality The overall performance is good and noise levels are decent as well The cooler is extremely silent with the...
By techPowerUp!
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From the Scythe website: Scythe Co., Ltd., originally started its business operation in Japan's famous "Akihabara Electric Town" located in metropolitan Tokyo, where visitors can find a variety of products, ranging from the latest computer parts to the...
By Play3r
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After doing some rather rigorous tests involving both the thermal and acoustic elements it's time to conclude this rather fun review. So the final question is: should this cooler be more widely stocked? And more importantly does it deserve a place in...
By HardwareHeaven
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Overall the build quality of the Ashura is good. There were no noticeable manufacturing defects and each component was assembled in a sturdy way. We were pleased to see that Scythe have taken the time to refine their CPU plate since the product was...
By NikkTech
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Since the Scythe Ashura CPU cooler is a medium-sized single-heatsink CPU Cooler i can't say we had high expectations from it so from the very moment we started our tests we didn't expect anything special. However as you can very easily tell from our...
By uk.hardware.info
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A CPU cooler can be very cheap, very expensive and can even cost you up to 100 euros. For this article we tested 39 current CPU coolers and try to find out which one has the best cooling, is the quietest or ideally which one excels at both. Every...
By Ocaholic
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In our comparison tables, you can find test results regarding 47 recent air and...
By SilentPC Review
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The Ashura is a fine addition to Scythe's slowly growing stable of modern CPU coolers. The Glide Stream 140 fan isn't an acoustical marvel like our Noctua NF-P14 reference fan, but it sounds pretty darn good and much better than almost any other...
By eTeknix
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Scythe have once again redefined the standards of what to expect in a CPU cooler. The Ashura offers an unmatched amount of quality, performance, silence and functionality at its price point. What's more by adding another fan you could easily take this...
By uk.hardware.info
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The Scythe Ashura cools very well when its fan is turning at high speed, but it's also noisy. When the fan is at low speed, the cooler is completely quiet, but also cools poorly. Here is a comparison table with the Ashura and several other excellent...
By MadShrimps
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Scythe's brand new Ashura cooler has proven to be a perfect blend between a high performing air cooler, offering maximum board/RAM compatibility and the great thermal dissipation capacity is not at the cost of any extra generated noise. In typical...
By AwardFabrik
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Gleich zu Beginn des neuen Jahres wollen wir Euch ein Roundup, bestehend aus sechs aktuellen CPU-Kuhlern, prasentieren. Neben Scythe und Phanteks mochten auch Cryorig und Thermalright ihre aktuellen Kuhler uber unseren Testparcours schicken.Scythe...
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