The Kamaboko Z:::...
According to Scythe, Kamaboko means Scythe Halberd, a Halberd being a kind of combined Axe/Pick/Spear type of polearm. I'm glad they explained that, because a quick Google on the word left me with the distinct impression that a Kamaboko was a kind of fancy fish cake!
| Specifications | SCKBK 2000
Kamaboko Z CPU Cooler
Model Name: Kamaboko Z CPU Cooler
Manufacturer: Scythe Co., Ltd., Japan
Compatibility:
Intel:
Socket 478/775 P4 Prescott 3.6G+
AMD:
Athlon64/64+ Socket754/940/939 3800+ (Not for 370/A)
Fan Dimensions: 92x92x25mm
Combined Dimensions: 96x94x92mm
Fan Speed: 1000~3800rpm
Fan Noise Level:
14.0dBA @ 1000rpm (lowest)~46.0dBA @ 3800rpm (highest)
Air Flow: 18.0CFM@1000rpm~73.6CFM@3800rpm
Weight: 700
Main Features
Copper Based Heatsink
To maximze the cooling performance, Kamaboko CPU Cooler has the copper based aluminum heatsink
Easy Installation
Scythe's unique R.C.C.M. (Rigid Core Clamping Mechanism) makes installation quick and easy
92mm Quiet Fan
Great cooling & quietness areachieved with the 92mm fan
Cross-Platform Compatibility
Compatible with socket 478/754/940 |
| Features | Universal Socket Compatibility
For this type of Value-for-Money product, the Scythe Kamaboko CPU Cooler achieved the socket compatibility for socket 478/754/939/940 & the new LGA775!
Quiet 92mm Fan
Equipped with a large 92mm Quiet Fan to achieve both silence & performance in one package
Easy Installation-Just One Clip
Easy one clip and screwless design for the quick and easiest installation ever!
Super Great Value
Great performance for great value guaranteed! |
I like the box. Clean, simple and uncluttered and with a distinct lack of hype and just enough basic information on the front.
That semicircular cutout on the left would normally give a tantalizing glimpse of the integrated fan speed controller but the jarring it got during shipping had dislodged it and let it fall over backwards. We've all been there.
Once removed from the box the Kamaboko Z (The "Z" is important, Scythe also make a Kamaboko which has no heat-pipes) looks like a rather interesting beast. The lower section is a rather uninspiring thick-fin aluminium heat sink of the type rarely seen these days, while from it sprout a pair of heat-pipes feeding a copper heatsink suspended above it.
There are only two heat-pipes but they seems to be a good diameter. They could be empty copper pipes for all I know of course but I have faith.
The fan is a very plain and surprisingly beefy 92mm job with a top rating of 73.6CFM at 3800RPM, and while noisy at this setting it isn't deafeningly terrible measuring an okay-ish 46dBA.
The base was well machined, and although there's a circular machining mark visible I couldn't feel it with a finger nail. The old steel rule test suggested it was very flat too.
I've no real idea what a "Wave Stacked Fin design" is, but apparently we're looking at one in the image below. I've a feeling it's marketing speak for fins which have been given a fancy edge with a pair of pinking shears.
What ever the benefits may be, and turbulence is the only one that seems vaguely likely when I think about it, it sure looks the part. The copper fin matrix "floats" above the aluminium sink in that it's supported only by the heat-pipes and isn't attached to the main body.
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| Wave Stacked Fins |
It's almost hypnotic, in fact I've not smoked a single cigarette since staring trance-like at those rows of perfectly aligned ridges. Whether that's because I quit two years ago is hard to say.
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| Wave Stacked Fins |
