Cooler Master Improves Geminll S524 With Copper Base

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Cooler Master unveiled a new CPU cooler targeting compact desktop cases.

Cooler Master Improves Geminll S524 With Copper Base : Read more

 

[TNT27]

SO what is the best budget cooler sub 40$?

I keep hearing the 212 EVO, but are there any better out there?

 

[junkeymonkey]

too bad it don't use the latch system for amd as there vortex plus cooler -- just latch it down like the stock cooler set up -- made that part so easy

 

[Saberus]

From the looks of it you have to remove the heat sink if you have to replace or add RAM, and with it lopsided it might be a bit of a pain to install. It may work for folks who do a one-and-done build and never upgrade. As I plan for repair-ability and upgrade-ability, this cooler would be a no-go for me.

 

[Mr5oh]

An article that talks about improved base, yet no pictures of this improved base?

 

[junkeymonkey]

the vortex plus takes a 90mm fan and theres room for tall memory in the close slot

ya,know you see that issue a lot. sure seems the manufactures would see that the memory may hit the cooler but do nothing much about it ??

 

[iPanda]

From the looks of it you have to remove the heat sink if you have to replace or add RAM, and with it lopsided it might be a bit of a pain to install. It may work for folks who do a one-and-done build and never upgrade. As I plan for repair-ability and upgrade-ability, this cooler would be a no-go for me.

Hmm, perhaps with taller heatsinks on RAM. Seems like enough room in the picture to barely clear after disengaging the retention clips. Definitely have room if you use low-profile ram / heatsinks.

 

[balister]

Problem is, for a number SFF cases, this cooler is still too tall. The sweet spot for a number of SFF cases is around 65mm to 70mm. So they need to decrease the height on this cooler even more than it already is

 

[cats_Paw]

Anyone else cant also comment on the post about skype ?
Its the only one that does not load the discussion part .

 

[ahnilated]

My question is why not have the cooler suck air through the fins. This way you are not blowing hot air down onto the memory chips which you are trying to cool. The cooler accelerated air would be much better than blowing down hot air onto the components.

 

[junkeymonkey]

if that's what you want just flip the fan over

 

[ahnilated]

if that's what you want just flip the fan over

I understand that and it isn't the point. My point is why would you ever blow hot air on something you are trying to cool?

 

[junkeymonkey]

I'm sure you learned that in school on how that works ?? that's like 8th grade science

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_management_of_electronic_devices_and_systems

it all about transfer hot air can still ''blow away'' heat

 

[ahnilated]

Yes, I am well versed in it but when you are doing low end cooling, you don't use hot air to try and cool things. Now when you are getting into liquid nitrogen cooling things are a bit different but that heatsink setup isn't liquid nitrogen, it is air. Just strikes me as funny as to why companies would keep choosing to do it this way. I think Tom's should do an article on this and see if blowing down or sucking air off the heatsink actually makes the components around it cooler or warmer.

 

[junkeymonkey]

''low end'' cooling been working fine for a many year -- if you feel you need over the top then that a personal preference call or just crank up your ac in that room ?????

anyway the vortex plus is a smaller stepbrother to this cooler and may cover the posted concerns from above

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103084

 

[Dan414]

So... could I get a benefit by turning my fan downward on my CM vortex? It shipped to pull air up, away from the CPU. I'll have to think about this.

 

[junkeymonkey]

according to the arrows on the fan on my vortex plus its blowing down toward the board [you can also see that in the pics at newegg [pic 3 ] ] unless you got it already upside down ??

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103084

 

[endeavour37a]

Isn't that the point of putting it over the DRAM, to blow on them a bit?