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Scythe Mugen MAX Universal CPU Cooler (SCMGD-1000) Sockets 755 / 115x / 1366/2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1 / FM2 / FM2+

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Brand SCYTHE
Voltage 12 Volts
Wattage 125 watts
Cooling Method Air
Compatible Devices Desktop
Noise Level 14 dB
Material Silver
Maximum Rotational Speed 1300 RPM

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  • Model number: SCMGD-1000

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Scythe Mugen MAX Universal CPU Cooler (SCMGD-1000) Sockets 755 / 115x / 1366/2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1 / FM2 / FM2+

Scythe Mugen MAX Universal CPU Cooler (SCMGD-1000) Sockets 755 / 115x / 1366/2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / AM3+ / FM1 / FM2 / FM2+

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For enthusiasts, Mugen fans and the like, Scythe is "pulling out all the stops" for the new Mugen MAX. Another contender for the "XL" CPU tower cooler market, the Mugen MAX is a real eye-catcher. For performance, a GlideStream 140mm PWM fan is taking care of business by blowing air through the T-M.A.P.S. (Three-dimensional Multiple Airflow Pass- through Structure) known from Scythe's flagship, the Mugen 4. For practical, easy mounting, the mounting system is borrowed from the "smaller brother" as well. Nickel-plated heatpipes add a classy touch to this impressive cooler.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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51 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the performance, noise, and quality of the electronic component fan. For example, they mention it's excellent, quiet, and effective at keeping the cpu nice and brisk. That said, some complain about the size.

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5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the performance of the electronic component fan. They mention that it is very effective and works well in keeping the cpu nice.

"...Surprised it's not more popular. Extremely quiet and works well. Beware this thing is huge and was a huge pain to install in a mid size case...." Read more

"Performance is excellent, and stock fan is very quiet...." Read more

"...custom builder's best kept secret - a nice looking cooler with reliable performance and great value! For $40 you really can't beat it!" Read more

"...Aside from size constraints, it works well in keeping the cpu nice and brisk, and definitely pronounces it's intimidating size in windowed cases...." Read more

4 customers mention4 positive0 negative

Customers like the noise level of the electronic component fan. They mention that it's extremely quiet and cools very well.

"Really great cooler. Surprised it's not more popular. Extremely quiet and works well...." Read more

"Performance is excellent, and stock fan is very quiet...." Read more

"...KAZE 120MM FANS they cool this thing even better and are quiet when controlled in bios from the motherboard or with a good case fan controller ...." Read more

"...The fan itself is pretty quiet, too. That mirror finish on the top plate is a real attention-getter. Very nice highlight to any build...." Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the electronic component fan. They mention that it provides great cooling and the temps are pretty darned good.

"...So yeah, all things considered temps are pretty darned good...." Read more

"Extremely quiet and cools very well. Hard to install on mid-sized cases...." Read more

"Great cooling and price was worth the painful mid size case install...." Read more

3 customers mention0 positive3 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the size of the electronic component fan. They mention that the heat sink is big and barely fits in their case.

"...Extremely quiet and works well. Beware this thing is huge and was a huge pain to install in a mid size case...." Read more

"...It's pretty beefy. It may not be very fat, but height-wise it barely fits in my case...." Read more

"...first time pc build took several turns as I realized that this heat sink was big, REALLY, really big...." Read more

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Seiner vutt
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely quiet and cools very well. Hard to install on mid-sized cases.
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2018
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Really great cooler. Surprised it's not more popular. Extremely quiet and works well. Beware this thing is huge and was a huge pain to install in a mid size case. I was just lucky and found a long time metal rod that I could sift through the radiator to screw it onto the socket. Don't expect the little wrench they give to to be helpful haha.
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Cyclograph
5.0 out of 5 stars For 1151, be sure you have the new spacers!
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
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Performance is excellent, and stock fan is very quiet. One important note though: apparently some of the inventory still being shipped is the older version without the new parts for use with socket 1151 - at least the unit I received was old. Scythe support quickly sent these parts free, so other than a few days delay there was no issue. Look for the four additional aluminum spacers (washers) and instructions specifically referencing socket 1151 installations - otherwise it's an old kit.
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Thorhammer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for AMD RYZEN. Best Air cooler's on the market.
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017
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Great for AMD RYZEN .This is my 6th Scythe air cooler and I love this one the most not as wide as the Scythe Ninja series on the fan side and a lot taller than the Reg Mugen fits in any mid tower case. The fans push way more air than both the Ninja and the Reg Mugen I only use Scythe now after years of tried and failure with other brands and these cool 99% of what a water cooler can do but half or less than half the cost. these cool better than the $100 air coolers from the big names . If you don't care about noise and want MAXIMUM air cooling buy the Scythe ULTRA KAZE 120MM FANS they cool this thing even better and are quiet when controlled in bios from the motherboard or with a good case fan controller . AMD RYZEN 1600X at 4.2ghz max temp 54 Celsius at full load .stock speed 3.6ghz 45 Celsius at full load with 4ghz turbo core with Scythe Ultra Kaze 120mm fans front and back.
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Mike
4.0 out of 5 stars Solid alternative to H5
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018
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To do much better than this cooler, you would have to get a Noctua NH D-15, Cryorig R1, or earlier gen Scythe Fuma. Keeps my Ryzen 2600 maxing at 70C on small fft's and linpacks. That's in an S340 Elite equipped with two Corsair Ml140's for intake and the two stock exhausts. I have an overclock of 4.2ghz @ 1.3v. Ram is overclocked too and runs a little warm.

So yeah, all things considered temps are pretty darned good. 50-58C heavy gaming and any CPU-heavy task that is not benchmarking, 40C ordinary tasks, 28-30C idle, just above ambient in this room.

It's pretty beefy. It may not be very fat, but height-wise it barely fits in my case. It at least has an offset for RAM slots - you can populate all 4. I didn't find the mounting process to be too bad. You do need to jab a long screwdriver through the top. 7" is the length she needs to turn her screw. The good news is that just like other Scythe mounts, you can get some serious clamping pressure applied, which is always good for transfer. Just be careful not to warp the board or damage the socket!

All around quality is good. Nickel-plated copper heatpipes and baseplate. The milling/polishing job on the baseplate is flat and smooth, with no noticeable imperfections. 6 heatpipes in a nice spread. Wide-open finstack aids in dispersal and ensures very quiet operation. The fan itself is pretty quiet, too. That mirror finish on the top plate is a real attention-getter. Very nice highlight to any build.

It's a dead-serious midsize air cooler. This guy will tangle with the best of them. No doubt this is a pro custom builder's best kept secret - a nice looking cooler with reliable performance and great value! For $40 you really can't beat it!
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guy maister
5.0 out of 5 stars Great cooler from great brand
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2015
I didn't purchase this off amazon because a retailer at my country has it at almost the same price.
But I have to give this beast a kudos. Scythe was always a great CPU cooler manufacturer. but it seems their products didn't do well on the mainstream sites like amazon and etc... this cooler keep my i5 2500k on z68 mobo cool like the h80i that failed on me and sometimes even better. my CPU is clocked to 4.5 GHz and idle at 35c. and <50c while gaming. Really love this cooler although I did replace the thermal paste with the AS 5.​
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MDR
4.0 out of 5 stars Great cooling and price was worth the painful mid size case install.
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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What started off as a pretty confident first time pc build took several turns as I realized that this heat sink was big, REALLY, really big. I had a redline RL05 mid-size case and was installing this monster on an MSI z270 Plus mobo, and didn't have too many issues until installing the motherboard and cable management / install. A long (I believe around 7") philips screwdriver is very much recommended to secure this thing without having to wrench for a good while with the included tool, but make sure that your case can accommodate this beast. Dropping the mobo into the case was rough with the way this case had it's cables seperated from front to back, and later down the road I barely had enough room to reach in the corner of the motherboard to plug in the cpu cable to the port due to the size of the heat sink. Aside from size constraints, it works well in keeping the cpu nice and brisk, and definitely pronounces it's intimidating size in windowed cases. Would definitely buy again but with a full size tower, scythe makes a good product for a solid dollar figure.
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A.C. Smith
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2017
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Absolutely massive and had to return it as it does NOT fit an LGA 1151 socket.
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1HandTech
4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely MASSIVE
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2017
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This thing is massive. It does not interfere with ram sticks at all. I even have some of the old school Corsair Vengance Ram with the tall heat spreaders on them and it fits perfect thanks to it being offset a little. Installation was quite a chore but is doable. Unit only comes with 1 fan though, wish it had 2 to boost that already wonderful performance. I was able to drop my max temps during Prime testing by 17C over stock intel cooler on my 4690K. Very cheap cooler but very effective, just make sure you have the room in your case to fit it.
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NP
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo prodotto
Reviewed in Italy on March 20, 2018
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Cercavo un dissipatore ad aria che fosse silenzioso, ma allo stesso tempo mi desse buone performance senza spendere una fortuna, e penso di averlo trovato. Mi sono preso qualche giorno per testarlo per bene con un Ryzen 1600. Da tenere presente che se lo si vuole usare su socket AM4 si dovrà comprare il bracket apposito, venduto separatamente come prodotto Plus qui su Amazon.

Il montaggio è stato abbastanza semplice. Sono riuscito ad inserirlo senza togliere la scheda madre dal case (un S340 Elite). Il procedimento diventa lungo se non si ha a disposizione un cacciavite abbastanza lungo per stringere una delle due viti tramite il foro apposito. Nella scatola viene fornita una chiave per questo scopo... utilizzabile, ma l'inclusione di un giravite sarebbe stata gradita. Il pannello si riesce a chiudere senza problemi, si può dire che arriva quasi a fare il pelo al vetro, ma non lo tocca.

Una cosa che mi ha fatto un pochino storcere il naso è che non ho potuto montare la ventola davanti al dissipatore in quanto avrebbe toccato le RAM (G.Skill Trident Z) oppure non mi avrebbe permesso di chiudere il case. Sapevo che il dissipatore era di dimensioni notevoli e dalle immagini del prodotto effettivamente avrei dovuto aspettarmelo, ma comunque poco male perché l'ho montata senza problemi sulla parte posteriore e funziona tranquillamente (e devo dire che esteticamente mi piace anche di più)

Venendo alle performance:
L'ho testato sia in ambito video editing che gaming. La temperatura massima che ho registrato finora è stata di 52°C mentre esportavo un video da Premiere mentre navigavo con Opera e avevo altri programmi aperti contemporaneamente. Durante il gioco (testato con simulatori di guida e GTA V) la temperatura massima non ha mai superato i 49°C. In idle si mantiene sempre nell'ordine dei 25-30°C.Ovviamente d'estate questi valori tenderanno ad essere un po' più alti, ma li reputo comunque ottimi.

Per quel che riguarda la rumorosità... non ce n'è. Anche sotto carico il rumore prodotto dalla ventola è impercettibile. È da tenere presente tuttavia che ho usato una utility della mia scheda madre per configurare una curva ottimale per trovare il miglior compromesso fra silenziosità e performance della ventola, quindi è molto probabile che sacrificando un po' di silenziosità le temperature possano abbassarsi ulteriormente.

Mi reputo quindi molto soddisfatto e per quelle che sono le mie esigenze lo comprerei di nuovo ad occhi chiusi. Punteggio pieno a mio avviso meritatissimo, difetti veri e propri non ce ne sono. L'unico lo si potrebbe considerare quello del non poter montare la ventola nell'altra posizione, ma è un problema relativo alla mia esperienza e al mio setup, quindi non imputabile al prodotto.
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Steven Mark Morris
5.0 out of 5 stars Quiet and effective, Very big heat-sink, Tricky to install inside the case
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2016
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Very big heat sink make sure that your case has enough room. I got a large case and it still barely fits in. Also my first time building a PC would of been allot easier if i installed this before putting the motherboard in the case but lesson learned for future builds.

That being said it keeps my i7 6700k very cool even under load and is extremely quiet.
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Maik
5.0 out of 5 stars Preis/Leistung = sehr gut
Reviewed in Germany on November 15, 2014
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Der Mugen 4 Max ist nicht unbedingt der "schönste" Kühler, und die Montage ist etwas Gefummel. Aber unter'm Strich ist mir beides egal wenn er dann seinen Job macht.

Der exzentrische Turm lässt genug Raum für die RAM-Module. Da war es bei meinem alten Kühler echt eng. Der Nachteil ist dass bei der Montage eine Schraube der Brücke über Kühlplatte nur über einen sehr langen, schmalen Kreuzschaubendreher (den ich so nicht habe) zu erreichen ist. Im Lamellenturm ist dafür eine durchgehende Öffnung. Oder man benutzt den mitgelieferten Mini-Schraubenschlüssel. Und das war bei mir Gefummel bis die Schraube einmal das Gewinde "gepackt" hat.

Mein i7 4790K läuft im Desktop-Betrieb bei 32°C.
Der Lüfter wurde von der Asus Software von meinem Mainboard (Asus Z97 A) überprüft und hat bei mir eine Anlauf-Drehzahl von 240 U/Min.. Im Desktop-Betrieb läuft er bei mir bei rund 280 U./Min. Keine Lüftergeräusche wahrnehmbar.

Unter Last kommt die Temperatur an die 60°C. Dabei dreht der Lüfter bei mir bei rund 800 U./Min.
Auch hier ist der Lüfter nur hörbar wenn sonst keine Nebengeräusche stören.

Reine CPU-lastigen Anwendungen wie h.265 rendern oder RAW-Fotos zu JPG export bekomme ich akustisch nicht mehr mit. Das ist sehr angenehm. In Spielen übertönen die GPU-Lüfter (in meinem Fall eine Gigabyte HD 7950 Windforce) sowieso alles andere in dem Gehäuse.
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雅斗（まさと）
5.0 out of 5 stars ケースに入るなら。
Reviewed in Japan on November 23, 2015
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ケースに入るなら音はかなり静かな方だと思いますので、良いと思います。

私のケースは幅１９センチなのですが、ほんとにぎりぎりでしたので
それ以上有るほうがいいと思います。
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ChuzzWuzza
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2016
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Excellent Cooler as other's have mentioned Very quiet and keeps my 6700k under 30 degrees
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