Today we will be reviewing the Scythe "MUSASHI" Twin-Fan VGA Cooler but first a little bit about the company.

Scythe Co., Ltd., began its operation and business in November, 2002 as a distributor and manufacture of PC parts & gaming devices for “DIY PC Experts!”. For more information about Scythe Japan HQ, please visit the website at: www.scythe.co.jp (If you read Japanese!). Scythe’s first venture was to manufacture a super powerful YET super quiet CPU cooler (Scythe Kamakaze CPU cooler), and with the great success of this Kamakaze CPU cooler, Scythe became recognized as the leading CPU cooler supplier in Japan’s Akihabara Electric Town. Shortly there after, due to popular demand, Scythe began exporting products all over the world.

Now with that little blurb out of the way, lets start looking at this VGA Cooler and first up is the specifications, features and Compatibility.

• Model Name: MUSASHI VGA Cooler
• Model Number: SCVMS-1000
• Manufacturer: Scythe Co., Ltd. Japan
• Overall Dimension (W x D x Thickness): 104 x 250 x 35 mm (4.09 x 9.84 x 1.38 in)
• Overall Weight: 375 g (12.1 oz)
• Heatsink Dimension (W x D x Thickness): 104 x 250 x 35 mm (4.09 x 9.84 x 1.38 in)
• Heatsink Weight: 251 g (8.8 oz)
• Fan Dimension (W x D x Thickness): 100 x 100 x 12 mm (3.94 x 3.94 x 0.47 in)
• Fan Speed: 800 ~ 2000 rpm
• Noise: 12.50 ~ 29.22dBA
• Flow: 11.45 ~ 27.60CFM
• Bearing Type Sleeve Bearing

Wider Compatibility
This product is compatible for wide variety of graphic cards, for ATI Radeon 9000 to HD4800 class, and for nVIDIA GeForce FX5900 to 9600 class.

Dual Independent Fan with Controller
Equipped with dual Scythe original super thin “Kaze Jyu Slim 100mm” fan, users can independently control each fan speed to fulfill the demand for silent to over-clocking purposes.

Optional Single Fan Mode
Single fan mode can be arranged by simply detaching 1 fan and place another fan onto the middle of the VGA cooler to intensively cool the GPU.

Air-Through Construction
Airflow can be directed to the entire graphic card to ensure the complete cooling of the graphic card.

Various Memory Heatsinks Included
In order to maximize the cooling performance, the various memory heatsinks (chips) are included in the package.

ATi:

• Radeon HD4850, Radeon HD4870
• Radeon HD3650, Radeon HD3850, Radeon HD3870
• Radeon HD2600, Radeon HD2900XT
• Radeon 9xxx, Radeon X1300, Radeon X1600, Radeon X1650, Radeon X1800, Radeon X1900, Radeon X1950

* Not compatible with ATi RADEON 9550/9600

nVidia:

• GeForce 9600, GeForce 9800GTX
• GeForce 8500, GeForce 8600, GeForce 8800GT, GeForce 8800GTS
• GeForce 7300, GeForce 7600, GeForce 7800, GeForce 7900
• GeForce 6600, GeForce 6800
• GeForce FX5900

* Not compatible with nVIDIA GeForce 6600 AGP