The Scythe Fuma 3 Review - Amazing CPU Cooler, INCREDIBLE Price!

full white/black coolers were set to be released Q4 this year
sadly, still not a competitior to least pricy PA120 ;/

The ba120 from thermalright is the same Ultra 120 extreme but with one fan for 23 bucks. Amazing Value. Too bad thermalright doesn't have any longer the TA 140 EX ... that was my favorite for 28 bucks.

There are quite a lot of fins being added, so that's expectable it would improve...
But going neck to neck with Peerless Assassin & Assassin III are something that we didn't expect...

Will the fuma 2 work with the 7800x3d?

Scythe fuma 3 or Deepcool AG 620 ??

I think GN stated in one of their videos that they are making a black and white version that will available near the end of 2023.

ag620 or scythe fuma 3?
saw u get only 1 fan on ag620 and 2 fans on fuma 3 - ag620 slighty lower version than ak620 so think fuma 3 better then

Thanks for bringing this up. Now I've added to my list of fans that Im planning to buy
TR Frost Spirit 140
TR Phantom Spirit
Scythe Fuma 3

I'll only pick one of the three

the description says "Peeless Assassin" lol.

One of your best reviews ever 🙂
Excellent work, and thank you for your effort!!

Air coolers are just so massive that I can’t see myself getting another one.

I love the frost spirit 140, only costed me 45CAD

I strongly considered this cooler for my 5800X3D, but I really wanted an all-black tower so I ended up going with the AK620 Zero Dark and I have no complaints about that cooler at all.

I JUST BOUGHT the TR Frost Spirit come on !

I bought the Fuma 3 for my 7700x and its been great. Granted I undervolted my 7700x so its easier to cool. But I love how quiet it is, and the super easy install was so darn nice. Plus the free long magnetic screwdriver is great to for other applications!

I appreciate you noting USD, it was confusing before. (Not sarcasm)

I am more interested in the Assasin III

For the 3rd fan, which Kaziflex 2 to get? They have 3 of them: Low Noise, Regular, High speed. Which ones come with the cooler?

Thanks for the great video, the butter comparison is both funny and relevant.

Still too expensive compared to the TR Peerless assasin 120 SE on Amazon. Many people already have good fans laying around that can be used on the cooler if the ones that come with it fail

Please welcome the Thermalscythe FOMO 10! Get the same performance at a similar size as it's competitors for $1 less!! In a store near you soon!

Makes me feel good about buying the TR FS 140, quieter, and better performance than the Fuma 3. Size isn't an issue in my case and I paid $31 for it a while back.

Good value? You must be kidding with double the price of the Thermalright Peerless Assassin.

all those extra fins just for 2c difference lol

My old box still has Scythe Kabuto which runs around 315 rpm when the system is idling and 500–600 rpm under load. 1500 rpm sounds high for my ears already.

Could this CPU Cooler keep the Ryzen 5800x at decent temp ?

Great stuff, but at just $38 the TR FS140 blows everything else away.

Not having good luck with the Fuma 3 on my 7800x3d. First mistake I missed the plastic on the heatsink face. That was easy to spot when I noticed the processor running about 70C in BIAS. After fixing that I have been testing the last few days. So far at 900RPM I get around 40db 18" from the case at full idle. Running Cinebench R23 single core I get 1300 RPM, is about 50db. Running Cinebench 23 multi I get 1600RPM 53db and 89C/4800Mhz all cores, 17800ish score. As far as I can tell the iGPU is disabled but it does not seem to have made any difference.

Could you check out the Alpenföhn Brocken 4 Max?

Liking my Fuma 3 with my 13600k. I intentionally went for the i5 to have less wattage and hence less cooling needed. Working well, in the 60s when gaming.

Thanks for the great review. I have ordered Fuma 3 with extra High Speed Model fans, is it good idea to swap the default fans with High Speed Model?

Why NOONE, actually NOONE speak about one change from Fuma 2 - asynchronous in second axis. FUMA 2 was asynchronous in 1 axis (RAM clearance is above every other air cooler with dual fans). Now they introduced second axis, which is vertical - FUMA 3 is now sligthly further from GPU. This is something important, really important if you want to reach PCIE clip (or lock).

I feel like all the graphs need to swap their X & Y axes

Scythe is my favourite cooler maker it's a pity they don't get much attention at all. Though I think their fans might be worth replacing with something like discounted gray line noctuas. I wish they made some new kama cross cooler as it was a pretty unique and well performing design

I put this cooler on my i9-14900KF and my temps are going crazy 90-100c sometimes my pc will restart (and yes i know how to install it 😁)

Anyone who says they can put noctua fans anything should have just gotten a noctua heatsink. Scythe makes good fans, TT doesn't (anymore). You wont need to fanswap here. For all intents, this is the real value heatsink.

I looking for 100% Ram clearance , good cooling performance , compact design for my mid case , good price. SCYTHE Fuma 3 win on all sides and beat competitors. Just ordered for my AMD 7 5700X because its so hot for aftermarket lowprice 2heatpipe cooler. Good Job SCYTHE

Fuma 2 rev 1 not b was better

FUCK YOU,i thought this cooler is good,but you tested with FUCIKNG HALF OF THE CORE DISABLED (1p=2e)

Please review and test scythe grand tornado fan

compare with this cooler please "PCCOOLER BK G6 TDP 260W $40"

Great info but I have a question . Would the FUMA 3 be enough for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-core CPU?

Well I bought this after seeing reviews on it from all the major tech channels. However it doesnt seem to do a good job at all for my R9 5900X, as while gaming is constantly reaches 90 celsius and that is bad. I originally used Arctic MX-6, then tried again with the much more viscous included paste from Scythe and nothing changed. The case doesnt even have the side panel and ambient temps are ~25 celsius. Not sure if its a cpu issue, like these R9 run hot and need water cooling, but Im sure that is not the case. Now I can either undervolt the cpu or spend more money and get the good old and tried Noctua big boys.

Will the Scythe Fuma 3 work well with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D?

died in like 2 yrs

I've been running the three-fan setup on a Fuma 3 for a while now (a year?) and it's impressive. I have everything in a Fractal Torrent case so the third fan just dumps straight out of the back (back of case is all large mesh and open) instead of using a rear case fan. I used a Kaze Flex II fan to match the standard fan in the stack and connected with a splitter. I'm running a 9800X3D undervolted, PBO +200. Cinebench R20 pegs my cpu at 165W and my cpu temps hover at 87*-88* solidly. It does get kind of loud in such an open case when all three fans run at 1500 rpm, most of the time it's pretty quiet though. I'm still experimenting with case fan speeds too.

I wonder what's your comment about completely different results GN posted on deep assassin 4? Does deep cool have some serious QC issues or your tests somehow are not favoring new model ?