Scythe Orochi CPU Cooler Review

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Well guys, I decided to replace my Orochi with a OCZ Vendetta 2. You can check out my Mini review HERE

My cpu kept crashing, and I was fearing that the brutal weight of the Orochi was possibly causing my board to warp, or dent my cpu, or something. My temperatures kept going up...prolly due to dust, who knows.

I strongly advise that whoever is using an Orochi to have the gravity towards it's advantage. What i mean by that is, make sure your motherboard is flat on a surface is not in a tower position. The thing is just too damn heavy.

Also, when i removed the Orochi, I noticed that half the base wasn't even incontact with the CPU! fresh thermal compound (as5) wasnt' even smudged or attached to my Orochi! No wonder there was such a difference between the two cores in load temps, jeez.

Anyways, it was fun to experiment with. But technology is prooving that these days, bigger does not mean better.