Intel New Stock Cooler - 5ghz!

[FarFarAway]

Intel

Not a name you hear thats synonomous with "Overclocking", "good cooling" and certainly not "watercooling"

But it appears they have a department full of enthusiasts that have been working on some systems that make their Extreme Edition processors go sky high....and creating a new Intel "stock" cooler that does it easily for the consumer.

Bit-Tech Have the scoop on the new cooler, which is designed to last Three years without any topping up or failure.

Made of steel tubing, a copper base and a centrifugal brushless pump this thing was running a P4 EE @ 5GHz @ 61*C

 

[Phnom_Penh]

wtf, lol thats a little unusual for Intel. Perhaps this and the soon to be success of conroe would suggest that they're hoping to get a good lead over AMD.

 

[Ham]

Intel really are trying to fight back. I geuss they must be fed up of finishing second...out of two.

 

[nathan]

........cool

 

[FragTek]

That's pretty hardcore... I hope they post a press release with more details soon!

 

[llwyd]

Im with Ham, i think this is an attempt to catch up with AMD (not complaining by any means lol). Also, i look forward to AMDs response

 

[FarFarAway]

Intel are continually researching new stuff so it makes sense

Intels new chips are set to wipe the floor with AMD unless they have something uber amazing planned

 

[NoL]

Free extra radiator when you buy a chip!

I'm sure we'll figure out some pump mods and some block mods quickly.

 

[FarFarAway]

Here's a few more pics courtesy of Hexus:

 

[cybermaniac]

hopefully they will come out for something similar for the AMD platform soon

 

[NoL]

Eh, smart, but also a cunning ploy to force BTX!

 

[FragTek]

Eh, smart, but also a cunning ploy to force BTX!

Yeah I think thats the main reason behind this cooler....

 

[WC Annihilus]

That, I believe is what it is geared towards, as, apparently, Intel is dropping the ATX form factor completely next year and replacing it with the BTX form factor.

Link: Intel drops ATX next year at Bit-Tech

 

[FarFarAway]

I spoke to some of the Hexus bods and they confirmed that whilst Intel will only produce BTX reference boards...most companies will be making ATX boards for a looong time to come.

This cooler is specced for ATX too though

 

[FragTek]

They'll hafta ship it with something other than hard piping then so that it can be mounted in different cases.

 

[NoL]

They but do you think you can bend steel pipes for your atx computer?

 

[FarFarAway]

They'll do BTX/ATX kits afaik

 

[NoL]

yeah, I've been looking around and still no informaiton on the actual cpu block design. I have a fealing it may be either a square cut, an oddball design, or an apogee style.

 

[FragTek]

Yes I'd be quite interested to see the block design myself. From the looks of it they did a decent job with it.