Cooling

Scythe Shuriken 2 Low-Profile CPU Cooler Review

Performance

So, being a cooler primarily designed as a low-profile solution, this clearly was never going to top our test charts and, as you can see below, at a glance the performance figures do look mildly disappointing. Remember though, this is an amazingly slim low-profile cooler. It’s designed to be small, not high-performance! As such, you do have to adjust your expectations accordingly. Suggesting this should top our charts would be like saying a Fiat Panda should win a monster truck derby!

So, with that out of the way, how did it do? Well, in the grand scheme of things, surprisingly well. While it does top most of our result charts, you will see that the overall results are close to a certain beige associated manufacturers design. Not quite as good, but (let’s be honest) damn close!

It should, however, be noted that the Scythe Shuriken 2 does have an ace up its sleeve. Namely, that you can ‘upgrade’ that fan (if you wish). Specifically, with the supply of additional screws, you can remove the existing ‘slim’ fan and replace it with a larger version if you wish. While we didn’t, of course, do that in our testing, if enough people ask in the comments, we could be tempted into exploring this possibility.

So, what are our overall thoughts? Well, at the glance, the results don’t ‘look’ great, but for a cooler this small, trust us, they are!