A report from Chinese-language site XFastest contains a slide reportedly showing Intel's cooling strategy for upcoming retail HEDT (High-end Desktop) Skylake "K" processors.
Typically Intel CPUs (outside of the current high-end enthusiast segment on LGA2011) have been packaged with one of Intel's ubiquitous standard performance air coolers, and this move to eliminate them from future unlocked SKUs makes sense for unlocked "K" series processors. The slide indicates that a 135W solution will be recommended, even if the TDP of the processor is still in the 91-95W range. The additional headroom is certainly advisable, and arguably the stock cooler never should have been used with products like the 4770K and 4790K, which more than push the limits of the stock cooler (and often allow 90 °C at load without overclocking in my experience with these high-end chips).
Aftermarket cooling (with AIO liquid CPU coolers in particular) has been essential for maximizing the performance of an unlocked CPU all along, so this news shouldn't effect the appeal of these upcoming CPUs for those interested in the latest Intel offerings (though it won't help enhance your collection of unused stock heatsinks).
Makes sense I’m sure for 90%
Makes sense I’m sure for 90% of people it just sits in the box and never gets used.
Really? I always use them
Really? I always use them because theyre actually very nice. I think mines a Delta. Im not sure if all intel ones are.
Agree, the only time it gets
Agree, the only time it gets used is when your RMAing your AIO liquid cooler…..again lol
The original unlocked
The original unlocked Lynnfield i7 875k shipped without a heatsink and it wasn’t a problem. Didn’t really understand why the Sandy Bridge k’s and later came with one.
This means that the Skylake chips will be ~$20 cheaper then they would have been, right? (If it wasn’t Intel we’re talking about.)
Has it been mentioned if
Has it been mentioned if socket 1151 will still be compatible with 1150 socket heatsinks/waterblocks? It’d be so much easier for me to keep the same loop parts and not have to additionally add a cpu waterblock to my purchase of a new mobo & cpu..
I asked Corsair and they told
I asked Corsair and they told me their H100i will work with socket 1151 without a new bracket, so… maybe?
Makes sense on higher end
Makes sense on higher end chips unless bought in bulk for some reason I suppose and heat/noise isn’t too big of an issue.
Who will make the Intel
Who will make the Intel branded coolers in the picture?
It’s another way of reducing
It’s another way of reducing cost for Intel. Let’s face fact, assuming they will sell 100000 CPUs X with cooler which in most basic form weight like 300g (just a number, don’t quote me). That tons and tons of aluminium. So we will all pay the same for less. Yay. Just like sport cars which cost let’s say 120000USD and then you want ‘sport’ light-weight version which is basically the same except they left tons of useful stuff in the factory warehouse and car is suddenly 180000 USD. 🙂 Modern economics!
This is the wrong move,
This is the wrong move, Intel. Wrong.
If you think about it,
If you think about it, unlocked processors are marketed, or actually bought, by people who are more willing to buy aftermarket coolers to actually use the “unlocked” feature of the processors. Intel are taking advantage of the customer’s pattern to pinch a little bit more penny by not having to spend on the cooler.
In all honesty, the standard intel cooler didn’t make sense for an unlocked processor, anyway.