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Sandy Bridge-E CPUs Too Hot For Intel?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the the-creams-do-nothing dept.

MrSeb writes "Intel's next consumer CPUs — the Sandy Bridge-E — will ship without a heatsink and fan. These new chips, which will feature up to 15MB of L3 cache and integrated four-channel DDR3 and 32x PCI 3.0 controllers will run very hot — potentially up to 180W TDP. Is Intel unable to cool these extreme chips, or is there another reason for the shift? Curiously, Intel will still offer 'sold separately' own-brand cooling solutions for the new chips — so is this merely Intel trying to cut costs for enthusiasts who don't need a stock cooler — or is this the beginnings of Intel branching out into the cooling business?"

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  1. P4 again? by Alex+Belits · · Score: 2, Funny

    Prescott 2: Electric Boogaloo.

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  2. no by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    this is the beginnings of Intel branching out into the HEATING business

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    1. Re:no by Hsien-Ko · · Score: 3, Funny

      Beginnings?

      1993's Pentium 60 says otherwise.

  3. Re:Warranty by robthebloke · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many stock fans and heatsinks will be saved from gathering dust because of this?

    None. The HSFs installed in a PC gather more dust than those still in their boxes :p