Conclusion

With the Mugen 2 Scythe did a good job. Once more you can find one of Scythe latest coolers in the high-end sector.

Functionality seems to have been more important to Scythes engineers than the coolers looks. But otherwise you can see the high quality manufacturing process when looking at the heatpipes ending with inserted nuts. Also the groundplate which is as smooth as glass shows the coolers quality. The multifunctional backplate is also capable of fitting the 870 gramm heavy cooler perfectly to the mainboard.

If you drive Scythes Slip Stream fan at 12 volts it is subjectively audible. At 6 volts it is subjectively silent. At 12 volts the cooling performance is good to very good and at 6 volts it is still sufficient but with our test setup we were better off using a little bit more current.

You might possibly encounter compatibility problems when you are using the Mugen 2 together with memory modules which carry a big heatspreader.

Because of the coolers high manufacturing quality and very good price/peformance ratio we give our Top Hardware Award.

You can buy Scythes Mugen 2 at Brack Electronics to a price of CHF 64.-

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Author: i.gigier@ocaholic.ch Revised by: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch