News Scythe Kamakaze CPU cooler at Dan's Data

Dan from down-under has a new HSF review up, and he's quite impressed with it:

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As a Socket A cooler, the Kamakaze is superb. As a P4 cooler, it's very good, but a pain to install. It's this close to fitting in a normal P4 cooler retainer, but close only counts in horseshoes and orbital asteroid bombardment, as they say.

It's not even expensive, assuming you can buy it where you live, without some importer tacking on a 150% margin. The Kamakaze's mounting system could cause a disaster if you install it according to the instructions, but just not cranking the screws down solves that problem. The Kamakaze's performance is also a lot less thrilling in silent mode, but c'mon, it's silent mode. You can't have everything.

Scythe's motto is "Selected PC Parts for DIY PC Experts", and I think the Kamakaze lives up to it. It's not a CPU cooler for the beginner, but people who can use their head and a screwdriver at the same time should have no trouble with it, and reap the rewards.

Read the full review here