Cooler Master Goes Efficient and Silent with GeminiII S524 Cooler

One would think that cooler makers would lunge at the chance to make serious powerhouses now that Intel let slip a critical bit of information, but Cooler Master maintained its usual cool when it made the GeminiII S524.

Intel may or may not have taken people by surprise when its supposed decision to drop coolers for high-end Sandy Bridge-E CPUs was discovered.

Naturally, this is bound to spawn a whole line of air and water coolers on the part of all the companies that make a living off cooling solutions.

Still, the news is, nevertheless, rather too recent for anything of the sort to really yield results yet, though this doesn't meant companies haven't been working on projects anyway.

In fact, Cooler Master only just released the GeminiII S524, an air solution, although, rather than raw effectiveness, it focuses on versatility, silence and efficiency.

With a top-down approach, it has six 6mm heatpipes that draw heat out of the electroplated copper base and send it to an aluminum heatsink.

The fan which then disperses said head has a diameter of 120 mm and features the sleeve bearing, although it is not the only option (those customers that would still like some extra kick can go as high as the 140 mm form factor).

For those that want extra numbers, the rotary speed of the fans ranges between 800 RPM (rotations per minute) and 1,800 RPM, leading to a sound output of 15.1 to 31.6 dBA.

Already described in full on this official product page, the newcomer works on AM2(+) and AM3/FM1 processors from Advanced Micro Devices, as well as LGA 775/1155/1156/1366 units from Intel.

All in all, it measures 144 x 144 x 105 mm, has a weight of 592 grams and comes with a recommended price tag of $39.99. Listings should show up worldwide soon, I they haven't already.