Skylake K Series may not Ship with an Intel Stock Cooler

[WYP]

It looks like Intel's Skylake K Series may not Ship with an Intel Stock Cooler, but instead are expected to be used with higher end 3rd party solutions.

Read more on Intel not shipping a cooler with Skylake K Series CPUs here.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I'm not surprised, really.. It's a K cpu and the stock cooler won't even be able to handle it at stock turbos...

 

[Greenback]

Though I understand why they wouldn't bother, having the stock cooler does give you an option if for instance your pump dies or fan dies to use while you order and wait for delivery

 

[Feronix]

Though I understand why they wouldn't bother, having the stock cooler does give you an option if for instance your pump dies or fan dies to use while you order and wait for delivery

Yeah, or if you've not quite got the cash for an aftermarket solution yet so you run that for the first few weeks.

But I see where Intel are coming from, this saves them money and if they ship a cooler with the CPU that can't even keep up with it, users will blame Intel for it.

 

[KTM_RULZ]

Oh the new K series... The review samples are going to be brilliant and the ones we buy a one in a billion lottery...Think I'll be waiting on user input to get onboard with them...

 

[smilertoo]

But will they reduce the price by that $10 or just pocket it?

 

[Feronix]

But will they reduce the price by that $10 or just pocket it?

What do you expect :')

 

[barnsley]

But will they reduce the price by that $10 or just pocket it?

They'll add an extra £100 and an extra shiny sticker.

 

[NeverBackDown]

I'd rather just get the CPU alone and nothing else to save on costs tbh.

 

[cooperman]

Dont see much point in that if i whant a chip without a heatsink i'd buy the oem (i doubt intel will pass the saveings on to the consumer)

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Oh the new K series... The review samples are going to be brilliant and the ones we buy a one in a billion lottery...

That's simply unfounded and not true, ES parts are not cherry picked at all. TTL has pointed that out in a couple CPU reviews as well. They maybe could do that but imagine the response from the massess... Bad for business.

I, for one, am glad they're leaving the stock cooler out, horrible things them! As for the package being cheaper, I doubt it too. They'll find some sort of marketing maze to keep the prices up. My money is on leaving out the cooler whilst keeping the price the same.

 

[Dicehunter]

From early leaks it looks like Haswell K users will see a tiny improvement, I'll wait for the Skylake Refresh, Kabylake next summer

 

[TheF34RChannel]

From early leaks it looks like Haswell K users will see a tiny improvement, I'll wait for the Skylake Refresh, Kabylake next summer

With Skylake? How tiny are we talking about and in which areas, or did you mean overall/in general?

 

[Dicehunter]

With Skylake? How tiny are we talking about and in which areas, or did you mean overall/in general?

In general, From early benchmarks it will be the same as moving from a 3770K to a 4770K i.e not worth it, Good for new system builders though

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Yeah or those that are after a more energy-efficient system.

 

[BigDaddyKong]

Also keep in mind, its not all about the CPU. Check to see of the mobo offers features that you currently don't have.

I am getting bored and wanting to replace my 3770K. I can't find a reason to do it other than some features on new newer chipsets.

 

[Dicehunter]

Also keep in mind, its not all about the CPU. Check to see of the mobo offers features that you currently don't have.

I am getting bored and wanting to replace my 3770K. I can't find a reason to do it other than some features on new newer chipsets.

Very true but personally the Z170 chipset doesn't offer anything that I want TBH

 

[KTM_RULZ]

That's simply unfounded and not true, ES parts are not cherry picked at all. TTL has pointed that out in a couple CPU reviews as well. They maybe could do that but imagine the response from the massess... Bad for business.

Well I haven't seen a single reviewer that wasn't able to get a 4770K stable at 4.5GHZ at least. On the other hand there were a lot of ppl on several forums that couldn't get them stable at 4.2GHz. Now some of them might not have the knowledge to do it right. But makes me wonder.
I'm not questioning TTLs reviews in any way. And do not expect him or anyone else to go buy 10 random CPUs and test them. But he can't be sure if the sample sent to him was pretested. He just has to take their word for it.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Good point Kong! Anything specific you're after in a Z170 board?

 

[BigDaddyKong]

I would like to have an M.2 to play with. The LED lighting on a board similar to the new MSI board could be fun to play with.