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According to an announcement today, from Scythe, they will continue the Shuriken as an LGA1366 cooler. They will also be re-releasing the Zipang and Katana 2 as LGA1366. As of now there is no availability date or any indication of what other adapters they will include with these coolers. We do currently stock LGA1366 adapters for Reeven and Scythe coolers (excluding Orochi).

Generally when Scythe removes an item from their price list they have discontinued it. As such I had previously announced the Shuriken was discontinued. It will be back sometime soon…

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A Scythe shipment is in today. Scythe LGA775 & AM2 stabilizer kits, Kama Flex 120mm and Kaze Jyu Slim 92/100mm are online and available for order. Hopefully we got enough stabilizer kits this time to keep them in stock for more than a few days. I almost didn’t stock the kits and they turned out to be much more popular than expected and Scythe has had a hard time keeping up with demand. The fans are all new stock additions with 5 new models and we got additional stock of type A fan clips and 40mm fans.

Anartik has been open a year and in appreciation to all that have helped us grow we have put almost everything in the store on sale at discounts of 10% or more. Thanks again to everyone who has shopped with us.

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We have some more Scythe LGA775 stabilizer kits on the way and they should be in next week. The black Kaze Master Ace 5.25 fan controller is backordered but we should have more early March. We are also adding some more fans including the Kaze Jyu slim 92/100 x 12mm and Kama Flex 120mm series. Shortly we will also be carrying the new Scythe Chouriki power supplies in 600/700/850/1000 watts.

Scythe LGA1366 adapters for Scythe (and Reeven) coolers are in stock. They are available for sale individually and as a specially priced combo with Scythe coolers. PLEASE NOTE: The adapters do not work with the Scythe Orochi. The Scythe LGA775 stabilizer kits are backordered and we only got two more in the shipment. Of course we also have the Scythe Mugen 2 (AKA Infinity), in stock, that works out of the box with 775/1366/AM2.

Scythe has announced today variations of two existing coolers which we stock. First is the Kama Angle which they now call “Kama Angle Rev B”. The cooler and contents have not changed other than they threw a non-vtms 1366 adapter in the box. In the past “Rev B” has always represented a physical improvement in the cooler. We will offer discounted 1366 adapters with our existing stock.

They have also released a new Reeven core contact cooler which is for LGA775 only and does not include the adapter for AMD or socket 478. Here again the cooler is identical but you will see two levels of pricing on the net. We currently carry the RCCT-0901SP and the new part is RCCT-0901SP-775.

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I don’t really deal with cases but being a Scythe dealer I was thinking about carrying them. As of today though Scythe USA has announced they will no longer be selling the Fenris Wolf because of unspecified issues. I don’t really know what the issues are but at a quick glance I see they have not received favorable reviews because of some material issues and difficulty of drive bay assembly. I must applaud Scythe for their quick action in suspending sales. I have been dealing with Scythe a year now and have had zero quality or defect issues with any of their products. I would suspect the Fenris Wolf will be back after the issues are resolved… although it may be some time with the lag of product flow from Japan.

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Scythe LGA1366 adapters are finally on the way (after being delayed many weeks) and should be available sometime next week. There is a VTMS and Non-VTMS version. The real distinction is that VTMS is 2 piece and non is 1 piece. Each item lists what coolers it supports. Between the two they cover all Scythe coolers and the Reeven core contact. While these types of push pin mounts work and have been in use by Scythe for sometime I’m a little disapointed they have not gone to bolt thru kits for better stability (at the expense of ease of installation with push pin i.e. no mobo removal required). They just recently started offering CPU stabilizer kits (bolt thru kits) for 775 and AM2 and I would hope they release one soon for LGA1366. Also be sure to take a look at the new Mugen 2 which offers a rather unique universal bolt thru kit that fits LGA775, LGA1366 and AM2 all in one installation kit.

This is a new series I will periodically do where I pick an item and do a pricing snapshot. The first item is the Thermalright LGA1366 bolt thru kit for the Ultra series. IMO this has been an item many shops have gouged people on. That of course often happens with new items on the market and a reseller is the first to have a new item in short supply (now abundant). Of course it does not do a lot in furthering customer relations. This product is somewhat unique in that it allows the reuse of a previous generation heatsink at minimal cost which a lot of shops probably don’t like because the mainstay of a cooling shop is usually the burst of sales from coolers for a new CPU platform. It is what it is though; some will reuse and some will buy a new cooler.

Just to be clear the reseller price on this item has not changed since day one. I base my pricing on the cost of the item and a fair markup (not 200-400%). Below is today’s snapshot for pricing on this item. I won’t point anyone out but some sites have just recently dropped from a pricing level of $15-16. This is a listing of shops readily found in Yahoo search selling in the US. You will note some well known sites conspicuously missing but either they don’t carry the item or don’t carry Thermalright at all.