Scythe Fuma 3 CPU Air Cooler, Intel LGA1700, LGA1151, AMD AM5/Ryzen 120mm, Dual Tower, Black Top Cover

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Customers find the CPU cooler performs exceptionally well, staying below 60°C during gaming and handling loads silently. The product is easy to install with clear instructions, fits perfectly in Corsair 4000D cases, and matches well with black and gray themes. They appreciate its build quality and value for money, with one customer noting it performs as well as Noctua coolers.

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429 customers mention "Cooling capacity"390 positive39 negative

Customers are satisfied with the cooling capacity of this air cooler, noting it stays below 60°C during gaming and under 79°C during machine learning model training.

"…to stay under 95°C even after 3 straight hours of prime95 with no thermal-throttling, in fact, the performance in Cinebench r23 30-minute stress…" Read more
"…an hour with the CPU running at 65% utilization the CPU temperature never exceeded 65 C and the computer remained whisper quiet, with the two air…" Read more
"…The cooler with the two Kaze Flex fans it came with dropped my temps significantly, and I never go over 60c playing games like Monster Hunter World…" Read more
"…A very cool (no pun intended) design that doesn't stand out. One obvious lack of a feature is the RGB. If that's what you care about, stay away…." Read more
326 customers mention "Quietness"292 positive34 negative

Customers appreciate the air cooler's quiet operation, noting that it handles loads without excessive noise and remains inaudible during normal PC usage.

"…they are not whisper quiet by any means, their sound was not too loud nor distracting…." Read more
"…the CPU temperature never exceeded 65 C and the computer remained whisper quiet, with the two air cooler fans running at 350 rpm (1200 rpm max)…." Read more
"…The Kaze Flex fans that come with the Scythe Fuma 2 cooler are very quiet but still do a great job pushing a great amount of air, while maintaining…" Read more
"…but feels much nicer and has very nice quality fans for relatively low noise and very good cooling…." Read more
300 customers mention "Ease of installation"238 positive62 negative

Customers find the CPU cooler easy to install, with clear instructions and straightforward mounting of the heatsink. One customer notes that it doesn't require removing the backplate during installation.

"…than the abovementioned motherboard mounting troubles, installation was straightforward, and the excellent magnetized Philips screwdriver included…" Read more
"…I couldn't be happier. The directions were pretty clear except for the guidance on which direction to place the fans so they push air…" Read more
"…Excellent value. The setup itself was actually very easy…." Read more
"…one, followed the instructions on mounting it, which is pretty straightforward, and in a literal sense, there is a part where you have to screw in…" Read more
181 customers mention "Value for money"175 positive6 negative

Customers find the CPU cooler offers good value for money, particularly as a budget option.

"…the cooler to perform as advertised or even better, and to be well worth the money, especially when compared to the NH-U12A, which is of similar…" Read more
"…Very pleased with the noise level, price and ease of installation. There was no need to remove the motherboard, the RAM, or the GPU…." Read more
"…Excellent value. The setup itself was actually very easy…." Read more
"…And at $60 USD (at this time) that is an insane value! If you are on a budget for building a PC for gaming, editing, drawing, etc…." Read more
177 customers mention "Performance"169 positive8 negative

Customers find that the CPU cooler performs exceptionally well, particularly with processors like the 5900x and 10700k.

"…was pressing against the VRM heatsink, however no adverse effects on the performance of my components (VRM, SSD or CPU) has been observed…." Read more
"…the HDD to see if the CPU temperature was the problem.. The HDD workEd fine, with no loss of data…." Read more
"…you are gonna do, the Scythe Fuma 2 is an absolute steal, with its performance, noise and flexibility! I highly recommend it!" Read more
"…Ran the stability test in Prime 95, my machine ran through without any errors or crashes, this was looking good…." Read more
144 customers mention "Build quality"136 positive8 negative

Customers praise the build quality of the CPU cooler, noting its solid construction and quiet operation.

"…magnetized Philips screwdriver included in the box was of great quality, and proved very useful not only for the installation of the cooler, but for…" Read more
"…Excellent manufacturing quality. It looks so very sleek in the case, especially with that nice looking black metal plate at the top…." Read more
"…this was one of the highly recommended coolers out there that was solid performer and was not a Noctua (don’t get me wrong, those are fine too)…." Read more
"…TLDR: this is a super nice quality cooler that performs within a few degrees of a Thermalright Phantom Spirit for ~$10 more…" Read more
139 customers mention "Size"100 positive39 negative

Customers appreciate the size of the CPU cooler, noting its relatively compact footprint and compatibility with mid-size cases, including the Corsair 4000D.

"…for RAM slots and the IO cover that was on my motherboard, plenty of room to install it with nothing touching…." Read more
"…case previously, the performance is great, and it has a relatively compact footprint. Hard to go wrong with that." Read more
"…It has officially replaced my old D15 for me. It's more compact by being smaller, weighs less, doesn't block the first PCI-Express slot, has…" Read more
"…My LL Corsair fan blocks the first RAM slot. This cooler is very large but looks so aggressive and imposing, once in your build…." Read more
105 customers mention "Design"93 positive12 negative

Customers appreciate the air cooler's design, noting its terrific appearance and well-crafted construction, with several mentioning how it matches their black and gray theme.

"…Excellent manufacturing quality. It looks so very sleek in the case, especially with that nice looking black metal plate at the top…." Read more
"…A nice sleek design with the company's logo etched into the fans and top of the radiators, with various what look like rivets on top to give it even…" Read more
"…Installation is super simple, and well thought out, and its one of the few twin-tower coolers that will not cover your RAM. I say buy it!" Read more
"…bang for your buck coolers avail, with great performance and a terrific look. Highly recommend!" Read more





get this over noctua

5 out of 5 stars

get this over noctua
I've owned a Noctua D15 (dual fan version) for awhile now and when I finally saw that Scythe released a version 2 of the fuma I was curious and decided to get it and test it out. It's been years since I last used a Scythe cooler. Before installing the Fuma 2 I ran a thermal benchmark using an absolute worst case unrealistic, brutal load and for that, Prime95 AVX with "Small FFTs" option was the obvious choice. My processor is a Intel I9 9900K with a P1 TDP manually set to 140 watts and a P2 of 175 Watts manually set in the bios. For monitoring I used HWINFO64 and let the test run for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes these where the results: Noctua D15 (dual fan version): Core Max temp: 79C CPU Package temp: 77C Motherboard CPU temp: 67C After installing the Fuma 2 I ran the same benchmark again with the Fuma 2 stock configuration which is having the 15MM slim fan in the front as intake with the 25MM in the center for pull. Here are the results after 20 minutes: Fuma 2 (stock config): Core Max temp: 82C CPU Package temp: 80C Motherboard CPU temp: 70C So the difference between a stock config D15 dual fan version and a stock config Fuma 2 is about 3 – 4C. Which falls in line with the difference between a D15 dual fan version and a D15S with its single fan. That's actually incredibly impressive for the Fuma 2 matching a D15S considering it has a lower surface area heatsink compared to the D15/D15S. The D15 heatsink without fans is: 160MM height 150MM width 135MM depth While the Fuma 2 without fans is: 154MM height 130MM width 131MM depth And its even more impressive that it was only 3 – 4C difference compared to the D15 dual fan version considering the D15 has more surface area along with bigger, stronger fans compared to the Fuma 2. The Fuma 2 fans only offer 0.9 (15mm) and 1.05 (25mm) mmH2O static pressure vs the 1.5 mmH2O of the Noctua NF-A15 PWM fans. That means the Fuma 2 heatsink is incredibly efficient at removing heat. So after initial testing I decided to see how much better the heatsink would be if I swapped the front 15MM fan with a full size 25MM fan. Since I have an extra Noctua NF-A12x25 from my previous project I had as shown in an older pic attached to this review to show my previous D15, I opted to use it. The A12 has a static pressure rating of 2.34 mmH2O so its a nice increase over the 15MM 0.9 mmH2O. I was really curious to see how well it performs with just one on the Fuma 2 because in the past I tried two of the A12's on my D15 and it barely a made difference. Only a 1-2C drop. After another 20 minute test these were the results: Fuma 2 (A12 push, Kaze Flex 25mm pull): Core Max temp: 78C CPU Package temp: 76C Motherboard CPU temp: 65C So with a simple swap of the front 15MM fan with the A12 I saw a nice 3 – 4C drop across the board. Just slightly 1C lower than the D15. So close its within margin of error. This really shows the Fuma 2 actually benefits from having stronger static pressure fans vs the D15. The heat fin system Scythe has going on really does work and isn't a gimmick. So I had another idea to see how well I can push it and decided to take advantage of the extra fan clips Scythe includes by mounting the 15MM fan on the back of the heatsink for a triple fan setup. These were my results: Fuma 2 (Triple fan): Core Max temp: 75C CPU Package temp: 75C Motherboard CPU temp: 63C Pretty impressive but for my daily driving I decided to just keep the dual fan config with the A12 in the front and the Kaze Flex 25mm in the center. It's a much cleaner look. In terms of build quality the Fuma 2 is identical to Noctua. High quality materials, nickleplated copper, 6 heatpipes, amazing heat fin innovation that really does help increase static pressure, and a mounting system nearly identical to Noctua's. I actually prefer Scythes clone of Noctua's mounting system because its mounting hardware feels more durable than Noctua's. Its pressure bar is a lot thicker and heavier and the mounting bar system is thicker and heavier as well. I also like how Scythe added rubber padding underneath the mounting spacers. Noctua doesn't do this so you just have bare, hard plastic pushing against the PCB while the Scythe has the nice rubber to prevent any chance of causing scrapes or scratches against the motherboards PCB. Scythe also includes a much nicer screw driver as well. Its nearly identical to the nice one BeQuiet ships with its coolers. An actual, fully function screw driver. In terms of "defects" I didn't notice any with my Fuma 2. Nothing was bent. Nothing has dents, chips, "black stuff" or anything like that. I know one user here left a review complaining of having a bent heat fin and "black" stuff left over from the Nickle plating process, but mine didn't come like that. Funny thing is, he praised Noctua for "not having that" while my very own D15 actually has that same black stuff on the side of its base plate that was left over from the Nickle plating process, came with bent fins that I could never bent back perfectly, and "chips" on its base plate. Which is nothing major and that's the purpose of thermal paste. To fill in those imperfections. I never dinged that against Noctua because that stuff is normal. None of it affects thermal performance. My $80 Morpheus GPU cooler I have sitting next to me on my desk in its box has the same problems as my D15. Even my ancient Noctua D14 came with bent heat fins and even its heatpipes where bent enough to push the forward heatsink inwards a bit. Overall I'm extremely impressed and happy with the Fuma 2. It has officially replaced my old D15 for me. It's more compact by being smaller, weighs less, doesn't block the first PCI-Express slot, has excellent ram clearance, identical build quality to Noctua, and looks great. Scythe did a fantastic job with it. For $60 you cannot beat this cooler. Stock configuration it competes with a D15S in performance but for $25-$30 less and comes within the ballpark of a D15 dual fan version for $25-$30 less as well. If you have any spare 120x25MM fans laying around and don't populate all 4 ram slots you can replace the 15MM fan with that spare and get practically identical D15 dual fan version performance but for far less. As of right now, I cannot recommend the D15 anymore. The Fuma 2 is the way the go.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2022

    Bought this cooler in conjunction with a Gigabyte z690I Aorus Ultra DDR5 mini-ITX motherboard to cool an intel i7-12700K.

    Fitting this particular cooler on my motherboard was dicey because of the motherboard form factor; I was forced to remove the M.2 heatsink and the finstack was pressing against the VRM heatsink, however no adverse effects on the performance of my components (VRM, SSD or CPU) has been observed.

    As advertised, the finstack easily cleared my 34.9mm-high RAM sticks, and if not for Gigabyte engineers allowing their VRM heatsink to creep into the 95mm keep-out zone of the CPU, the cooler would’ve cleared the height of that heatsink as well.

    Other than the abovementioned motherboard mounting troubles, installation was straightforward, and the excellent magnetized Philips screwdriver included in the box was of great quality, and proved very useful not only for the installation of the cooler, but for the assembly of the entire PC.

    Strangely, the included fans spun faster than the advertised 1,500 RPM, reaching 1,625 RPM under high load, and although they are not whisper quiet by any means, their sound was not too loud nor distracting.

    The cooler performed well under realistic load. However, to avoid thermal throttling in synthetic benchmarks, I was forced to undervolt the CPU (adaptive voltage, V-core: 1.290 V, Offset: -100 mV). With the aforementioned undervolt settings I was able to stay under 95°C even after 3 straight hours of prime95 with no thermal-throttling, in fact, the performance in Cinebench r23 30-minute stress test with these settings was more than a thousand points higher than stock.

    In conclusion, I found the cooler to perform as advertised or even better, and to be well worth the money, especially when compared to the NH-U12A, which is of similar size and performance yet sells for almost double the price. I would whole-heartedly recommend this product, although I would advise some caution when seeking to pair this cooler with z690 mini-ITX boards, as there may be clearance issues.

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    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Excellent cooler at a competitive price

    Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2022


    Bought this cooler in conjunction with a Gigabyte z690I Aorus Ultra DDR5 mini-ITX motherboard to cool an intel i7-12700K.

    Fitting this particular cooler on my motherboard was dicey because of the motherboard form factor; I was forced to remove the M.2 heatsink and the finstack was pressing against the VRM heatsink, however no adverse effects on the performance of my components (VRM, SSD or CPU) has been observed.

    As advertised, the finstack easily cleared my 34.9mm-high RAM sticks, and if not for Gigabyte engineers allowing their VRM heatsink to creep into the 95mm keep-out zone of the CPU, the cooler would’ve cleared the height of that heatsink as well.

    Other than the abovementioned motherboard mounting troubles, installation was straightforward, and the excellent magnetized Philips screwdriver included in the box was of great quality, and proved very useful not only for the installation of the cooler, but for the assembly of the entire PC.

    Strangely, the included fans spun faster than the advertised 1,500 RPM, reaching 1,625 RPM under high load, and although they are not whisper quiet by any means, their sound was not too loud nor distracting.

    The cooler performed well under realistic load. However, to avoid thermal throttling in synthetic benchmarks, I was forced to undervolt the CPU (adaptive voltage, V-core: 1.290 V, Offset: -100 mV). With the aforementioned undervolt settings I was able to stay under 95°C even after 3 straight hours of prime95 with no thermal-throttling, in fact, the performance in Cinebench r23 30-minute stress test with these settings was more than a thousand points higher than stock.

    In conclusion, I found the cooler to perform as advertised or even better, and to be well worth the money, especially when compared to the NH-U12A, which is of similar size and performance yet sells for almost double the price. I would whole-heartedly recommend this product, although I would advise some caution when seeking to pair this cooler with z690 mini-ITX boards, as there may be clearance issues.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2020

    Style: Fuma 2Verified Purchase

    This air cooler saved my computer and let me continue to run folding@home 24/7.

    I recently started running my stock computer 24/7 with the distributed computation software called folding@home as part of a community of hundreds of thousand computers helping scientists calculate protein folding of the virus that causes COVID-19.

    I was pleased to be able to help out with my 7-year old computer. (Fractal Design Define R4 midtower case, Intel i5-3570 CPU, 4 x 4 GB RAM, 3 intake fans and 1 exhaust fan and Intel stock air cooler).. Everything started out OK but after a few hours the CPU’s temperature climbed to 90 C at 100% utilization. I adjusted folding@home to the medium power setting so CPU usage dropped to 65%. I reseated the stock cooler and used new thermal paste as the old paste was 7 years old. The CPU temperature dropped to 85 C but my hard drive was no longer recognized by the computer. Thinking the 2-year old HDD had failed, I installed a new SSD. After 1 day the SSD was no longer recognized by the computer. I shut down the computer overnight and the next morning the SSD worked fine, with no loss of data. My theory is that the CPU overheated enough to cutoff one SSD (I use 2 other internal SSDs and 2 external HDDs) without shutting off the computer.

    I purchased the Scythe Forma 2, installed it and resumed running folding@home at its medium power setting. After an hour with the CPU running at 65% utilization the CPU temperature never exceeded 65 C and the computer remained whisper quiet, with the two air cooler fans running at 350 rpm (1200 rpm max). I couldn't be happier.

    The directions were pretty clear except for the guidance on which direction to place the fans so they push air from front to back. However, there were excellent video directions on YouTube.

    The air cooler has dual towers and dual 120 mm fans so the cooling capacity increased dramatically from Intel's stock cooler. I have to say that until I started using folding@home there had been no problem with the CPU temperature. I don't use the computer for gaming but I often use several programs at the same time such as Adobe Photoshop Elements, Family Tree Maker, Microsoft Excel, and Outlook.

    When I upgrade to a new computer I will be able to take the Scythe Forma 2 air cooler with me since it can be used with either Intel or AMD CPUs. I will just put back the stock Intel cooler and donate a functional computer.

    I reinstalled the HDD to see if the CPU temperature was the problem.. The HDD workEd fine, with no loss of data.

    After 24 hours of continuously running folding@home at medium power the CPU did not exceed 65 C. My CPU has a 77 W TDP.

    I am now able to run the CPU at 65% utilization 24/7 so I am back to helping scientists calculate in their research of COVID-19.

    Very pleased with the noise level, price and ease of installation. There was no need to remove the motherboard, the RAM, or the GPU. This was the first time I installed an aftermarket air cooler on a computer and there were no disasters.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2020

    Style: Fuma 2Verified Purchase

    Right out of the box, this cooler has excellent quality in the parts. Excellent manufacturing quality. It looks so very sleek in the case, especially with that nice looking black metal plate at the top. The Kaze Flex fans that come with the Scythe Fuma 2 cooler are very quiet but still do a great job pushing a great amount of air, while maintaining good static pressure. Also, the cooler is designed with plenty of clearance for RAM slots and the IO cover that was on my motherboard, plenty of room to install it with nothing touching.

    If one truly desired, you could probably knock a few more celsius down off your CPU by going with more expensive high-static pressure fans (high end noctua's come to mind) but it really isn't necessary. The cooler with the two Kaze Flex fans it came with dropped my temps significantly, and I never go over 60c playing games like Monster Hunter World fully maxed out, and this is with a higher temp Ryzen cpu. Keep in mind, this is with my case having a simple setup of a single 120mm intake and a single 120mm exhaust fan (im using Meshify C stock configuration). With a better case fan configuration, say 140mm intakes, the temps could drop even more.

    Excellent value. The setup itself was actually very easy. You simply mount the fans with the clips to the heatsink wings, then mount the cooler with the screws (which are so easy to work with).

    One small gripe, the method I just explained wasn't what was specified on the manual. It actually tells you to mount the fans with the clips afterwards. Take my advice and mount the fans to the heatsinks first though before mounting to the CPU, it will make it a lot easier to install, especially if you have a smaller case (and it might save your hands from a cut, the heatsinks aren't dull, be careful).

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  • Henk
    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great buy!

    Reviewed in the Netherlands on September 16, 2021

    Style: Fuma 2Verified Purchase

    A great cooler, good fans as well. Its exactly what I needed.

    Even comes with extra fan brackets and the corners are rubberized to reduce any vibrations you might have.

    Gave me a solid 10-20c reduction on average.


  • Emmanuel
    5.0 out of 5 stars

    What a relief!

    Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2020

    Style: Fuma 2Verified Purchase

    So I've had this cooler for a while now. I feel like temps were better when I first installed it, cetrainly were better than my stock cooler. However temps weren't my primary concern as noise was. I need something that could get good enough temps at low noise for when I had to study. I was going to go for the Arctic 34 esport duo as they are perhaps among the best price:performance on the market. However, the noise levels would have been louder than this one according to reviewers. Not sure if the opposite directional fans do anything on temps, but it's meant to streamline the airflow. Honestly i keep on a normal profile for studying and the sound is minute background noise. I mean if you have an airflow case you will here it, but it its not anoying and won't distract you for work/studying. I forget it's even making noise. Will fit most ATX builds. ram clearance isn't an issue since i use only two sticks, but on my b550 aorus pro ac, i could see how it would be snug, doable, but snug fit for 4 sticks.

    the front rackmount sits pretty damn close to the cylindrical resistors, but they don't touch and sturdy enough it won't wiggle and touch by accident.

    Warning: not the easiest to install, probably why my temps were only good at first. I might have to repaste it. it is difficult to see what you are doing trying to screw the radiator on to the frontrack mount. if you don't care about noise i suggest looking at what Arctic has to offer. But I love this cooler.






  • DK
    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Trés bien sur un 5900x

    Reviewed in France on July 3, 2022

    Style: Fuma 2Verified Purchase

    Deuxième ventirad de la marque que je prend, et j'en suis toujours aussi satisfait, ca reste raisonnablement facile à monter, c'est assez silencieux, et c'est discret visuellement !
    Mais surtout, depuis plusieurs mois ca refroidi un 5900x parfaitement.






  • イけサン
    5.0 out of 5 stars

    虎徹から交換

    Reviewed in Japan on October 26, 2022

    本来ならDeepCool AS500購入してましたが干渉してむりだったので
    こちらに。5800X3Dだと虎徹60度超えてましたが40台におさまり
    回転数も抑えられてめっさ静かになりました。


  • kenny bertilsson
    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works perfect

    Reviewed in Sweden on March 7, 2022

    Style: Fuma 2Verified Purchase

    Works perfect on my 5800x.
    My CPU runs about 5 Celsius hotter during prime 95 load than my friends 5800x which has an Nochtua NDH15.
    During normal load like gaming the difference is less.
    So a very Good cooler





Product Summary: Scythe Fuma 3 CPU Air Cooler, Intel LGA1700, LGA1151, AMD AM5/Ryzen 120mm, Dual Tower, Black Top Cover

From SCYTHE
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 7 x 6 inches; 3.6 Pounds
Item model number ‏ : ‎ SCFM-3000
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2023
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Scythe
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C9PXRK1C
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ China

The Fuma 3 state-of-the-art sturdy radiator structure combines with premium-quality aluminum fin array with higher fin density which increases the surface area of thermal dissipation and maximizes the cooling efficiency during the operations.
The improved asymmetrical design allows unrestricted use of any front high RAM slot, and the cut-out fin design gives highly clearance(54mm) of the rear RAM slot(LGA2011/2066). Standing only 154mm tall, the cooler fits most Mini ITX motherboards on the market such as ROG Strix Z690I.
Using Kaze Flex II 120mm quiet fan(Fluid Dynamic Bearing), FUMA3 uses two different thickness(25mm & 15mm) PWM fans rotating in opposite direction. This generates higher static pressure as well as stable airflow thus pushing cooling performance to maximum while keeping silent operation. Addition fan clips is included to add 3rd fan.
Premium HPMS V provides Fuma 3 with an easy-to-install experience, making installation a breeze and is highly secure for CPU cooler socket INTEL LGA 1700 / LGA1200 / LGA115x / LGA2066 / LGA2011(V3) AMD AM5 / AM4

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