Battle of Coolers! (for Q6600 but in general too)

[halutzparilla]

is that a reliable site to buy.... nver heard from them around the computer forums before...

[Kent10]

I believe so. I ordered half my stuff from Newegg and half from them. Check out their ratings. ClubIT Customer Ratings, Reviews and Prices at ResellerRatings That is extremely high. I had no problems with them but I only ordered a few things so far.

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by Kent10

Maybe this will help with your decision

ClubIT Product - COOLER MASTER GeminII CPU+Board Cooler RR-CCH-ANU2-GP Intel LGA775 & AMD Socket AM2/754/939/940 CPUs

OMG! It's FREE! I'd check that out if I were you, ST!X!!!!!!

[Stormcrow]

Two rebates? Figured they'd try to scam you since you only get one UPC code, but the second 7 dollar rebate only requires a copy of the UPC, not the original. Still, even if you dont count the rebates its about half of the price at Newegg. A few buddies of mine have ordered off that site, had no problems.

[gvblake22]

Those coolers are all so expensive. For the same price (or less) you can get a Thermalright Ultra 120 and get customized performance that is just as good (if not better) than the others. The Ultra 120 Extreme, Ultra 120, or Ultima 90 are my recommendations. You can get them at Sidewinder Computers and they ship to Canada. I've ordered from Sidewinder a couple times, great store!

[halutzparilla]

still that GeminII is way too good to be true how on earth would they sell it without making profit...

[Quakindude]

The Gemini hasn't reviewed outstandingly well over other high end coolers. The CNPS9700, Thermalright Ultra 120, Tuniq Tower, and a few others, have had better performance numbers without taking up quite so much space.

Don't get me wrong, the Gemini is a good cooler and for the prices they're going for now, they are even more of a bargain. But if you looking into ultimate air cooling performance, you can do better.

[Kent10]

I wonder if some of the poor reviews for the GeminII were because the fans were installed in the "wrong" direction. The air should be going down on the processor I think. If I remember correctly from the instructions, they look wrong too or maybe it depends on the direction the fans are spinning. But just looking at the directions could cause confusion. Here is one site where they were initially put on upside down. He compares the various installations.

DriverHeaven.net: Coolermaster GeminII

I have seen several reviews online where it looks as though the fans are pointing in the "wrong" direction. I don't know however what direction the fans are spinning and that may matter. Do you think this could account for the mix of reviews. Some say this is the best cooling while others say it is middle of the road. Kent

[Quakindude]

Originally Posted by Kent10

I wonder if some of the poor reviews for the GeminII were because the fans were installed in the "wrong" direction. The air should be going down on the processor I think. If I remember correctly from the instructions, they look wrong too or maybe it depends on the direction the fans are spinning. But just looking at the directions could cause confusion. Here is one site where they were initially put on upside down. He compares the various installations.

DriverHeaven.net: Coolermaster GeminII

I have seen several reviews online where it looks as though the fans are pointing in the "wrong" direction. I don't know however what direction the fans are spinning and that may matter. Do you think this could account for the mix of reviews. Some say this is the best cooling while others say it is middle of the road. Kent

The large majority of reading I've done about this cooler usually mentions the fact the Gemini blows air onto the chipset and surrounding caps and such. Now that observation isn't an absolute indicator that these review sites had the fans installed properly, but you'd think if they noticed that, then the fans were pointing in the right direction.

[Kent10]

This review was not particularly good. Are these fans on backwards or can you even tell. Does it really depend on the direction they spin? You would assume the experienced reviewers would know the proper installation but the directions were not clear to me (I'm inexperienced) when I put mine together and I looked at Rich's review to be sure I was doing it correctly since I had the same fans that he used and he got great results.

AnandTech: Cooler Master GeminII: Performer or Poser?