Cougar Gemini M Mini Tower Gaming Case with Addressable RGB and Dynamic Lighting Effects

My very first Cougar product was the AF Military themed case way back in 2013. At that time, Cougar was trying to offer luxury features and unique styling for a low price. The Gemini M stays true to that mantra.Features: Addressable RGB lighting built in, tooless and removable drive cages, real tempered glass side panel, thumb screws everywhere appropriate, power supply shroud, magnetic dust filters, and slotted fan mounts for greater flexibility. Cougar literally hit every modern feature available. The amount of value you get for the price is astounding.Fit and Finish: The construction is more than decent. While the metal isn't the thickest I've seen, the edges are rolled over, panels fit well and easily snap into place. Drive cages are nice and the tooless action works great. Cougar was also nice enough to include a 3 pin 120mm fan. My only wish would be to have the fan be a 4 pin, PWM style instead. Cougar also nailed the motherboard cut outs, there are cut outs everywhere, more than any case I've ever seen. A big thumbs up there. I just wish Cougar would have included rubber grommets. I know that adds to the cost and there are a lot of cut outs, but they do really increase the internal appearance. I might be alone on this, but I'd rather have rubber grommets in all the cutouts than the rgb lighting or the 3pin fan, but rgb sells cases and Cougar knows that.Sound and Cooling: The metal is not super thick and there is no sound suppression material. Don't expect the case to compensate for noisy fans, it won't. If you would like to quiet down your rig, but don't want to pay the premium for Noctua fans, check out the Arctic P12 series. Don't let Noctua know, but they are just as good and a 5 pack is under 30 beans. The cooling side is just okay. The front panel is too restrictive to provide enough cool air for truly power hungry systems. For most mid range builds, it will be perfectly adequate though. Using a 2 intake, 1 exhaust setup, I was easily cooling a $500 machine.In Conclusion: Cougar has a very nice case and the price is incredible. I would strongly recommend the Gemini M for some low and definitely a mid-range built. I'm always looking to upgrade various components over time and I know this case looks nice enough for me to stick with it for a long time, saving money for the upgrades that increase performance.If you found my review helpful, please press that button and consider following me for more tech related products.

Decided to spice up my wife's computer with a new tower, and this was the one she settled on. I had seen Cougar brand cases come out these last several years, and some that really looked appealing, but never purchased one due to being stuck in my Lian-Li, Corsair, Thermaltake ways. So when my wife decided that this was the one she wanted, I was pretty excited to see what Cougars inexpensive cases could offer. Here were my Pros & Cons.Pros:- Inexpensive- Tempered Glass Panel- Front Panel RGB Lighting is a nice touch- Cable Management is a breeze- Love the mounting mechanism & brackets for the 2.5" drives(see pics)- Plenty of room for large Graphics Cards- Fantastic air-flow with plenty of fan mounting optionsCons:- Semi thin metal, definitely not the worst I've seen, but not great.- Side panel mounting is odd. Though I can't really say it's a major con. But be prepared to lay your case on it's side when you want to remove the side panel in the safest manner.- Comes with 1x basic 120mm fan. Most people buy their own case fans, but still, if someone was on a budget you could at least install 1 intake fan as-well.- No USB Type-C. Really more manufacturers need to get on thisSummary:When I purchased this case it was $60, and honestly overall it's a pretty nice case for that price. Would I pay more for it? No, I think it fit the bill just about right. If it was any more expensive, I'd expect a little thinker metal, and maybe an aluminum front panel(not plastic). But again at it's current price tag, it really is a nice case with plenty of style, performance, and features. My wife loved the way it all came together with the new case & fans, and at the end of the day, that is what matters. If a low-cost, stylish case is what you're after, look no further.

Overall I really like this case. It gets the job done and looks pretty good. I bought this for my very first PC build and had no trouble getting everything installed inside it. Only problem is that the RGB on the front doesn’t work. Not sure if the SATA cable is faulty or the lights are just dead, but cannot for the life of me get them to turn on. Kind of disappointing, but in the grand scheme of things it isn’t the end of the world.

I loved this case. When I decided to do an RGB build I wanted integrated RGB in the case itself. It wasn't long before I found the Cougar Gemini M met all of the requirements; namely that it must meet 3 key requirements, 1)built in RGB, 2)A tempered glass side panel to view all of the goodness, and 3) must be under 100 dollars.So I got this case in early May for 60 bucks and now I see it on Amazon for 95 so I would say I got a deal without even knowing it. Once I got it delivered and noticed the great quality and refinement, i KNEW it was a great deal.Everything installed and worked flawlessly using this case. My only concern was the noise from the CPU fan was louder than I had hoped, even with the side panel installed. Nothing terrible but you know it is running.The only other issue with the case is the front RGB strips are covered in acrylic and not glass. This will make it prone to scratches as time goes on. Unfortunate as I would have paid the extra 4 dollars to have glass there instead.