Japan-based company Scythe has now released the second generation Ninja CPU cooler. Dubbed simply Ninja 2, the new cooling contraption is said to offer a 5% performance increase in fanless operation and 15% performance increase in active cooling operation over its predecessor and it features a heatsink with a generous aluminum fin array and six all-copper heatpipes plus an 120mm fan which works at 1000 rpm (rotations per minute).

Measuring 116 x 116 x 152 mm and weighting in 820 grams (fan included), the Ninja 2 is codenamed SCNJ-2000 and it is compatible with Intel LGA 775, socket 478 and AMD socket 754 939, 940 and AM2(+) motherboards.

Scythe is asking $54 or 30.95 Euro (without VAT) for the 'new' Ninja.