Nicholas P. Dakin - Posted: 23 Jun 2010 10:38
 (9/10)

If your motherboard has cooling fins surrounding the CPU socket, then many standard heatsinks are likely to foul on them. I had this problem, and found that the Samurai ZZ was the ideal solution. It rises neatly above any motherboard fins so that fouling was not a problem.

Once the BIOS fan settings were set, I found it to be almost silent in operation and very effective at keeping the CPU comfortably cool.

In common with the other reviewers here, the installation procedure was not altogether straightforward and is best done with the motherboard out of the pc case. There is a very useful video on the Scythe website guiding the purchaser through the best fitting procedure. It's worth watching BEFORE you get stuck in! ;)

The Samurai ZZ is great value for money and whatever your CPU, won't let you down.

Anonymous - Posted: 30 Oct 2009 22:16
 (9/10)

I bought this for my 775 motherboard. I tried to fit it initially with the MB in place, but this was impossible. The overhang of the heatsink makes it extremely difficult to access two of the push pins properly. However, having removed my MB I got it in place OK, though it was still tricky.

Luckily, it runs very well, far better than the old heatsink/fan I had which was noisy with noticeable increases in volume as the rpms went up. This one is near silent, running below 600rpm and keeping my Quad core CPU at low 30s temp.

Very happy despite the fiddly install.