Friday, February 13th 2026
Scythe & ASUS TUF Gaming Alliance Launch Special Edition Mugen 6 CPU Coolers in Taiwan
Last month, Scythe started to promote two Mugen 6 ASUS TUF ALLIANCE edition models. A handful of social media posts provided an early look at the Japanese PC cooling hardware specialist's slight reworkings of the existing Dual Fan ARGB designs. Throughout mid-to-late January, the staggered release of promotional renders showcased newly co-branded white and black units. Scythe's social media accounts teased the latest Mugen 6 revisions leveraging a few improvements. The powerful proprietary Wonder Tornado 120 mm ARGB fans have been updated with anti-vibration pads, and the main block's aluminium fin-stack sports a different type of coating.
Scythe's Q1 2026 revamp of premium-tier single-tower air coolers has just launched in Taiwan, according to an ITHome news article. Yesterday's report outlines a day one release price tag of NT$1790 (~$57.10 USD). Apart from Scythe's typo-laden online marketing of improved features, the newer SKUs are decorated with familiar military themed TUF Gaming patterns and logos/text. Oddly, there is no actual Scythe branding present on the heatsink or Wonder Tornado fans—we hope that they get a shout-out on the finalized Mugen 6 X ASUS TUF ALLIANCE retail packaging, at least.
Sources:
ITHome, Scythe Global on Facebook, Hardware & Co.
Scythe's Q1 2026 revamp of premium-tier single-tower air coolers has just launched in Taiwan, according to an ITHome news article. Yesterday's report outlines a day one release price tag of NT$1790 (~$57.10 USD). Apart from Scythe's typo-laden online marketing of improved features, the newer SKUs are decorated with familiar military themed TUF Gaming patterns and logos/text. Oddly, there is no actual Scythe branding present on the heatsink or Wonder Tornado fans—we hope that they get a shout-out on the finalized Mugen 6 X ASUS TUF ALLIANCE retail packaging, at least.
20 Comments on Scythe & ASUS TUF Gaming Alliance Launch Special Edition Mugen 6 CPU Coolers in Taiwan
Sounds like snake oil to me :rolleyes:
Imagine Gamming with a Fan Peed of 2500, that is basically cheating.
You can even Hardcode those fans it seems. Its quite amazing when I can post #12 and still find a typo. This is one for the books!
I'm actually amazed they didn't screw up Lighter & Tougher. They need an awardRather, imagine peeing at 2500 rounds per minute!
And what goes up must come down you know.....
Garden hose sold separately, some assembly required.
- Huh?
:roll:
Fans peeing, HardCode gamming, and ARGB: ON, what an impressive product! I can't wait to go out a purchase one, my only question is if the fans come pre peed or if that is not included?
I sure hope this product is remembered. Something tells me that Steve at GN should put it on his Disappointment T-shirt, Asus already is on it enough.
Snake venom has basically no effect, if you ingest it. It needs to be injected into the bloodstream to unfold its potential lethal toxicity.