Scythe Kabuto - Initial inspection
Clearly visible in both shots are the six heat-pipes, a pair of which each cool one of the three towers of fins.
At the bottom is Scythe's M.A.P.S. technology, which looks like a small heatsink sitting underneath the cooling towers.
Although the substantial length of the heatpipes on the Kabuto has its advantages in terms of compatibility, it will obviously have its disadvantages, too - with our above image showing that that there's a good chance the cooler could become bent out of shape.
Scythe, aware of this concern, packages the cooler with a thick cardboard shim between the base and the cooling towers.
Unlike the other heatsink-and-fan combos on test, the Scythe Kabuto has a fan which blows toward the motherboard - this should help directly cool the VRMs around the CPU.
Since the start of 2008 Scythe has shipped its coolers with a nickel plating on the copper base to minimise corrosion. However, they don't pre-apply any T.I.M. to the base before shipping.
Suffice to say, Scythe, like most of the others on test, provide only what's required in the box.