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Cooler Master Gemin 2 M4

Overview

Pros & Cons

Reviews

  • Cooler Master Gemin 2 M4
  • Cooler Master Gemin 2 M4
  • Cooler Master Gemin 2 M4
80

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews
  • Excellent:
    2
  • Good:
    4
  • Average:
    2
  • Bad:
    0

Pros:

  • Excellent cooling at idle and under load on lower powered processors.
  • Very easy and solid install.
  • Excellent build quality and finish.

Cons:

  • Unable to cool 125W Phenom II within thermal limits at stock speed.
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Last revision on June 6, 2014

Editors Liked

  • Excellent cooling at idle and under load on lower powered processors
  • Very easy and solid install
  • Excellent build quality and finish
  • Extremely quiet at all fan speeds
  • 59mm height fits in almost any case
  • Cooling exceeds expectations for size
  • Excellent

Editors Didn't Like

  • Unable to cool 125W Phenom II within thermal limits at stock speed

Expert reviews and ratings

By FrostyTech on January 23, 2013 78

The Coolermaster Gemin II M4 heatsink measures just 61mm tall, from the base of its exposed copper heatpipes to the tippy tip of its translucent vaneaxial fan. How does manage to squeeze in a fan and enough cooling surface area in a package so thin?...

By TechRadar on November 20, 2011 80

The Cooler Master GeminII M4 uses the direct contact method of shifting heat awat from the CPU. Instead of the heatpipes passing through the contact base, in this method they are flattened and become an integral part of the bottom of the contact...

By SilentPC Review on July 14, 2012

While the Cooler Master GeminII M4 resembles the Scythe's Big Shuriken 2, its performance does not. At comparable noise levels, the Big Shuriken 2 beats it handily, with temperature differences in the double digit range. If the M4 had fared any...

By MadShrimps on February 06, 2012

Even though the Coolermaster GeminII M4 looks gigantic when being assembled on a micro ATX motherboard. In comparison to eg a Thermalright VenomousX it looks more like a little dwarf. Yet it's cooling performance makes the boxed Intel solution...

By XSReviews on January 31, 2012

So the testing results were good while the CPU was set at stock speeds but went downhill when the overclocked load test was performed. These results were mostly expected. Mixing small/low profile with very quiet cooling normally equals lower...

International Review By PCBrain on November 12, 2012 85

La dissipazione nel mondo dell' informatica sta facendo passi da gigante, raggiungendo traguardi fino a qualche anno fa utopistici. Questo ha consentito ai vari produttori di Cooler di migliorare sempre di più le Performance dei loro Heat Sink,...

International Review By insidehardware.it on March 25, 2012 73

Cooler Master nasce nel 1992 a Taiwan con la missione di garantire le migliori soluzioni termiche sul mercato. Negli anni, la continua ricerca ha permesso la produzione di soluzioni ad alto contenuto tecnologico e con elevati standard qualitativi, che...

International Review By Technic3D on March 19, 2012 80

Zusammenfassend kann man behaupten, dass es Cooler Master mit dem GeminII M4 zwar gelungen ist einen wirklich kompakten und sehr schmalen Kühler zu liefern, der auch stärkere CPUs unter Standardwerten kühl hält, doch Leider gibt es...

International Review By Sabios del PC on February 10, 2012 70

Tenemos ante nosotros a una de las soluciones de Cooler Master de perfil bajo destinado a equipos cuyas dimensiones sean reducidas y necesiten un disipador de escasas dimensiones, ahí tenemos el Cooler Master Gemin II M4 con un sencillo y...

International Review By HardWare AnĂ¡lisis on February 10, 2012 93

Cooler Master nos presenta una solución muy atractiva para todo usuario que desee mejorar la refrigeración stock de su HTPC y/o cajas compactas donde el espacio suponga un serio problema y no se quiera privar de soluciones aftermarket. En tan...

International Review By BitCity on November 25, 2011 83

Cooler Master rinnova la propria famiglia di dissipatori multipiattaforma, introducendo le unità Hyper 212 EVO, Hyper TX3 EVO e GeminII M4. Si tratta di radiatori attivi ad alta efficienza, pensati per poter essere installati su tutti i Socket più...

International Review By Hardware Factory on April 18, 2012

Der Cooler Master Gemin II kann sich im Test behaupten und liefert eine beachtliche Leistung für seine geringe Größe. Im Vergleich mit dem wesentlich teureren Samuel 17 von Prolimatech (min. 36 Euro ohne Lüfter!) offenbaren sich kaum...

International Review By Noticias 3D on February 27, 2012

No podemos decir que haya un disipador mejor que otro en este análisis. Todos tienen su público, su sector, su plataforma y hasta su momento. Además, aunque los hemos colocado todos a la vez e incluso se han comparado los resultados, tampoco era...

International Review By CowcotLand on December 06, 2011

Aujourd'hui, la Ferme redonne dans le ventirad top-flow, mais pas n'importe lequel. En effet, le modèle du jour provient de chez Cooler Master, et vise les petites configurations. Avec 60mm de hauteur, le GeminII M4 devrait parfaitement...

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