Scythe Big Shuriken 3 Review

Scythe’s Big Shuriken 3 (Rev. B) is 67mm tall low profile cooler with comparable performance to the Noctua NH-L12 Ghost Edition.

SPECIFICATIONS

MODELScythe Big Shuriken 3 (Rev. B)
DIMENSIONSL: 122 x W: 122 x H: 67mm (including 15mm fan)
MATERIALS5x copper heat-pipes & copper base (nickel plated), aluminium cooling fins
COMPATIBILITYIntel: 115X/1200/1700
AMD: AM4
FANS1x Kaze Flex II Slim PWM (1800RPM)
RAM CLEARANCE39mm
THERMAL COMPOUND (INCLUDED)N

TEST SYSTEM

Testing is carried out on BC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench), using the following hardware in 20°C ambient room temperature.

CASEBC1 Mini v2 (Open Testbench)
MOTHERBOARDRog Strix B650E-I Gaming WiFi (paid link)
CPUR5 7600X / R7 7700X (paid links)
CPU COOLERScythe BS3 rev.B (paid link)
PSU Extreme 850R (paid link)
RAM32GB Gskill DDR5, 6000MHz, CL30 (paid link)

THERMAL BENCHMARKS

We use Cinebench R23 multicore (stability test), for CPU thermal testing. This provides worse case scenario for given CPUs thermal output.