Now THIS is a cooler!!

[BigCharb]

SUP, i was checking out the web when i saw this monster, its the Cooler Master GeminII, this cooler his huge, 6 heat pipes with 2 120's blown right on them. Who's the king now? link, http://www.coolermaster.com/index.php?LT=english&Language_s=2&url_place=product&p_serial=RR-CCH-ANU2-GP&other_title=RR-CCH-ANU2-GPGeminII

L8er

 

[sirheck]

that thing is a monster 8O

no need for case fans anymore LOL.

 

[HotFoot]

I found a semi-review at Hexus.net. Unfortunately, they don't go so far as to benchmark it. You can see just how massive it is by this picture:

Looks like this cooler, when you add fans to it, would keep air going over your RAM, which is nice. I think you'd want to put this in a case with a couple top-mounted exhaust fans, though.

 

[sirheck]

I think you'd want to put this in a case with a couple top-mounted exhaust fans, though.

will it even fit in a case? 8O

 

[tekzor]

hole guacamole

 

[tamalero]

thats.. HUGE
that monster remiunds me of the dual fans for the Woodcrest x2 in some apple workstations.

 

[HotFoot]

Ah, here we go... some performance graphs.

Link.

EDIT: In light of more observant posters, I must note that the linked performance graph is for a previous edition of the product. Sorry for any misleading this post may have done.

 

[tekzor]

Ah, here we go... some performance graphs.




Link.

lol pwnd
5/10

 

[HotFoot]

Yeah... seems disappointing considering it's got 6 heatpipes and a gigantic amount of cooling surface. Maybe the problem is the direction the hot air is blown, so in-case performance could be poor. Then again, not all heatpipes are created equal either. Oh well. I do better with my current cooler, I'll stick with it until something better comes out.

 

[The_Interloper]

When cooling starts to get out of hand like that, water becomes more and more sensible.

 

[jt001]

When cooling starts to get out of hand like that, water becomes more and more sensible.

My thoughts exactly

 

[Howard_Stern]

It may cool ok, but god it's ugly. Seems like something you'd see sticking out of a mobile home.

Howard.

 

[Stork]

Would work horribly in my case (Antec P180), no side fans.

 

[djplanet]

Yeah... seems disappointing considering it's got 6 heatpipes and a gigantic amount of cooling surface. Maybe the problem is the direction the hot air is blown, so in-case performance could be poor. Then again, not all heatpipes are created equal either. Oh well. I do better with my current cooler, I'll stick with it until something better comes out.

Actually, there isn't that much cooling surface, those fins don't extend far below the fans. Blowing air over the mobo seems like a good idea, but the lack of fins removes that advantage. Besides, case fans are supposed to circulate air in the case, not the CPU cooler. Looks to be a white elephant IMO.

 

[MasterLee]

Makes swapping out your RAM a royal pain it seems.

 

[BigCharb]

i think this will work properly if it was used in an AMD FX case, like the Thermaltake Armor Xtereme Edition, the case has two side intakes with funnels that will connect right on to the 120's on the cooler. this does not mean it will work with a 4x4 set up because of the lack of room unless they were placed vertically instead of horizontally.

l8er

 

[sirheck]

so they make amd and intel cases huh. :roll:

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Ah, here we go... some performance graphs.

Link.

Very satisfying to know my SI-128 does a close second on that chart, right behind the titan amanda... which needs twice the amount of fans to get .5 degrees better cooling than the 128.

 

[everett]

Makes swapping out your RAM a royal pain it seems.

Very good point.

 

[enewmen]

Looks cool.
But does anyone know if liquid cooling will provide any significant temperature drops over good air-cooling?

 

[Lyom]

Ah, here we go... some performance graphs.

Link.

That link is for a testbed containing the old Geminii 1. Had me fooled for a sec

 

[MasterLee]

Looks cool.
But does anyone know if liquid cooling will provide any significant temperature drops over good air-cooling?

Yes, my M/B is 13C, my CPU is 15C right now. CPU runs 2 GHz stock speed, not anymore.

 

[ikjadoon]

Ah, here we go... some performance graphs.

Link.

That link is for a testbed containing the old Geminii 1. Had me fooled for a sec

Ha, good eye. I was getting damn suspicious of the pathetically low benchmarks....

~Ibrahim~

 

[apt403]

I dont care how it looks, or how big it is. All that matters is its cooling ability and its price.

 

[enewmen]

Looks cool.
But does anyone know if liquid cooling will provide any significant temperature drops over good air-cooling?

Yes, my M/B is 13C, my CPU is 15C right now. CPU runs 2 GHz stock speed, not anymore.

Impressive. What liquid-cool kit do you have?