oops sorry bro..forget u jus bought one sorry if terhurt ur feeling a little

lol...... yeah..... u will see umm...a comparisons ver soon with that cooler.

yaya.. agree to loan it... i also want to see whether is it worth to buy this andy or no9t
haha

so u back with the andy samurai? when will we able to see ur review?

tomorrow when i got the as5 from moderno

As i said yesterday, I will do a mini review after I obtained AS5 from moderno. So here is my mini review on Scythe Andy Samurai Master on my rig.

Information:
My rig spec is at my signature. The comparison is between Intel Stock Cooler (i dont have any other CPU Cooler) and Scythe Andy Samurai Master. Please note that the thermal paste on my Intel Stock Cooler is fully sinked in (15days+), Zalman STG1 and the thermal paste that i used on my Scythe Andy Samurai Master is just applied (< 2hour), Arctic Silver 5. here we go

I just bought this cpu cooler from a singapore's supplier at SGD 80.00. Currently it is only available in Japan and China. Its official global launch is at early January 2007. Expected or recommended retail price is SGD 84.00.

You can find more information at its official website.
Official Link to Scythe Andy Samurai Master

Here is some pic of the heatsink:



As usual, Scythe heatsinks come with mirror clear base. You can see my Canon Power Shot DC from the pic


Installation: Actually, I found that its installation is very easy and effortless. I just select the correct mounting and secure its to the base of the heatsink. As for the contact, I used the grain method when applying AS5 and it cover 80% of the surface of the processor. This clearly showed that Andy have a good contact with the processor. *I forgot to take pic of it.

Results:
Intel Stock Cooler with Zalman STG1 as TIM (applied around 15 days ago, *fully sinked in)

During IDLE

33'C after 20 mins of IDLE

During Full Load

53'C after 31mins of Stress Test

Scythe Andy Samurai Master with Arctic Silver 5 as TIM (just applied it)

During IDLE

30'C after 20 mins of IDLE

During Full Load

40'C after 1 hour of Stress Test

Analysis
There is a decrease of 3'C during IDLE and 13'C during Full Load after installing Scythe Andy Samurai Master even when the Intel Stock Cooler is using fully sinked in Zalman STG1 while Scythe Andy Samurai Master used just applied Arctic Silver5. Probably there will a drop in temp after the Arctic Silver5 fully sinked in

Overall, I am quite satisfied with the result. Probably you guys will flame me but this is not an actual review, i just want to show my new cooler to u guys I going to loan this cooler to superfly later on, so the actual review will be done by him and his friend.

Note: I already ordered Silverstone FM121 fan for this cooler. I will post again my result when I using that fan

This post has been edited by irangan: Dec 26 2006, 02:42 PM

irangan,

wta...whats the ambeint temp?........the cooler actually looks nice/cute without looking sissy....btw thx for sharing the review n also wta where did u order the fm121 fans frm...damn good fan if u ask me...just dont get dust....not easy to remove

ROOM TEMP = estimated at 27'C...

getting the fan from zamree7

means this little guy is quite a performer...think shud be a little better once the tim sink in...

damn, that is a nice cooler...it perform well too, wish i could use that... anyway, thanx for sharing it with us, can't wait for the real review + the SS fan somemore

@irangan

may i know how much is the heatsink selling in china?

my father is going 2 china next week, if the price is nice, might ask him 2 bring back 1 4 me.

why don't go for noctua instead? it perform better than the Scythe Andy (i think)

I suggest you to get the heatsink from Singapore instead, it'll be hard to find the right heatsink there. Every city in China is too big to travel around. It'll cost quite a sum for transportation fees alone.

i not sure about the price.. but if u can afford to purchase Andy, why not increase your budget abit and get a Thermalright Ultra 120 or Scythe Infinity or Noctua NH-U12 those heatsink can outperform this Andy.

i go for Scythe Andy Samurai Master because it is shorter in height, thus, can fit my small icute casing and not because it can outperform those highend heatsink from Thermalright, Scythe and Noctua

btw, Rlhh is correct. it is not worth to buy in China. it is more expensive if u calculate all those transportation charges and so on. btw, it is abit tedious for your dad to look for that heatsink

Nice result irangan Even the AS5 don sink in yet, it still drop 13C over the stock + zalman , one thing i am not sure is how well the zalman TIM perform

thanks... about zalman tim, i dare to say that as5 is better. from my observation, zalman tim perform like intel stock TIM. *probably zalman TIM dont work well with stock cooler

of course AS5 is better. zalman isnt even metal based rites? its just grease.

btw, how come this topic suddenly changing into a TIM topic ?

actually zalman is same got metal just chemical compounds different.... neway nice stuffs the bro..great resutls...neway i would definatley agree with rlhh onm the transport fees.... n noctua is the waty to go