Intel Prototypes New Cooler for Gulftown CPU
Intel's heatsink and fan goes to the gym, gets beefcake.
Intel retail boxed processors always come packed with a heatsink and fan. While they aren't the most elaborate cooling solutions, they are quiet, efficient, and even adequate for some light overclocking.
Of course, those serious about keeping their hot chips cool will opt for aftermarket solutions. For the upcoming six-core Nehalem-based Gulftown CPU, Intel will be packing it with a tower-style heatsink.
PCWorld.fr snapped pictures of a prototype of the cooler that will be paired with Gulftown. Besides just a bigger heatsink with more fins, the proposed cooler also features four copper heatpipes.
Check out more pictures here.
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I would prefer a cheap CPU cooler wich cools the CPU with no OC than a more expensive one that still can't cool an OC'ed CPU. Therefor it at least brings the price down so my consumers are interested when they see the price. But then again that's just me.
I would prefer a cheap CPU cooler wich cools the CPU with no OC than a more expensive one that still can't cool an OC'ed CPU. Therefor it at least brings the price down so my consumers are interested when they see the price. But then again that's just me.
The coolers being better then they need to be allows for a margin of safety, remember that many consumers that use stock coolers won't regularly clean out the heatsink or even check the temperatures as they clog up with dust over time. If you have chips running hot they are also more pronr to fail which is more expensive for the company in the longterm with customer service and replacement.
They sure aint doing it because they love us you know. If they are supplying it with that heatsink then it must be one hot chip.
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Personally I would rather have greater access to the OEM chips which cost £12 less and then you can buy a much better heatsink / one that is better suited to your build & case design. I have a whole draw full of stock heatsinks which I have replaced with Zalman coolers. AND WHO AT INTEL STILL THINKS THAT THESE PUSHPINS ARE GOOD? They bend the board, they pop off, they are a pain to install. After market cooler mounts are a good enough reason on their own to change the heatsink, never mind the cooling capacity.
Look closely at the picture, those arn't pushpins.
Look closely at the picture, those arn't pushpins.
That heatsink is also only for a certain type of CPU. David is referring to the heatsinks which are still being shipped with every other Intel CPU.
Well evidently they have found that these are better because they are using them for new cooler designs. Ofcourse they arnt going to bother changing current stock.
I think it will be a welcome change to get heat sinks that are good enough for the job. I've been running an i7 with stock cooling and the temperature it used to get to was rediculous. Now I have TRUE 120 and temperatures have dropped by about 20C.