Intel's Gulftown Ships With Improved Heatsink

[PeterStoba]

The upcoming 6 core'd processors will feature a much improved heatsink and fan combo.

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[I Hunta x]

that looks like its actualy half decent, me thinks we need a mini review on them when there out, tho a seperate fan would have been nice imo, if you want a small upgrade just buy a new fan instead of a whole new hsf.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Looks like it may add a few quid to the cost though.

 

[D-Cyph3r]

Looks like it may add a few quid to the cost though.

I dont think an extra £5-10 is gonna make much of a difference on a £600+ CPU.

 

[I Hunta x]

very true there about cost, it wont be to much more i wouldnt have throurt as its all metal, no need for a seperate machine line to make the plastic shrouds ect

 

[Zoot]

Certainly a lot bigger than the previous ones, but then again you'd want it. 6 cores, methinks you'd be looking at 150W+ of thermal power, so no surprize really.

 

[Luigi]

Looks like it may add a few quid to the cost though.

agreed.

I'd rather just buy my own rather than paying for a HSF twice.

 

[VonBlade]

Meh. OEM for the win. We all buy 3rd party sinks anyway.

 

[Munkypoo7]

I think its a pretty good idea IF it performs as well as other aftermarket HSF's... definately needs a review

 

[theelusiveyoda]

finally intel listens to people, this should stop people not attaching the heatsink properly and complaining about crashes.

 

[Ghosthud1]

i dont think its matter of intel actually listening too people, i think its just a matter of the cpu been that increadibly hot shipping it with the small heatsink would be crime in itself, but yeah ive never really bought a retail chip its nearlly always been OEM as ive re used my true black sooo many times

 

[iceie]

I think the overclocking done on stock cooler is gonna be better

 

[Ducky Spud]

Yea, im impressed with te look of that! I was expecting just a taller version of the current useless thing haha. That actually looks like it might work quite well, just upgrade the fan.

 

[JN]

Looks really quite nice. I cant help but think there's going to be a lot of HSF manufacturers out there that aren't going to be best pleased at Intel for this move though.

 

[Sihastru]

Yeah, I'm expecting the whole fiasco with MS and IE all over again. 3rd party HS manufacturers will sue Intel for "abusing" it's "monopoly" in the market )

They will loose in the free world, but in EU they will surely win. D'oh!