Administrator DKT27 Posted August 16, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2011 Three upcoming Sandy Bridge-E (LGA2011) processors will ship without heatsinks and fans claims reports.VR-Zone reports that Intel will ship its upcoming "Sandy Bridge-E" (LGA2011) Core i7 3820, 3930K and 3960X processors without a heatsink/fan combo in the box. The company will instead sell certified, compatible CPU coolers separately in a market that will already have readily available LGA2011-compatible solutions from big-name CPU cooler suppliers. The report also suggests that users may want to look into liquid cooling with these three upcoming processors. Although the rated TDP is 130W, all three are reportedly consuming closer to 180W. Even more, Intel is supposedly telling power supply makers to verify that "their Sandy Bridge-E PSUs can cope with a peak current of 23A on the 12V2 rail and [be] based on an 80-percent or better efficiency rating of the PSU." In addition to reports of the shipment and TDP rumors, pricing for the three CPUs supposedly leaked over the weekend. The Core i7 3960X high-end Extreme Edition processor will be focused on the enthusiast and priced at a meaty $999 USD, and will reportedly sport 6 Cores/ 12 Threads, 15 MB of L3 Cache and a stock clock speed of 3.33 GHz (3.9 GHz turbo). The Core i7 3930K will be priced at $583 and the "entry level" Core i7 3820 will be priced at $294. Beyond these three, the next wave of Sandy Bridge-E processors is slated to arrive in the first half of 2012. These will include the Core i7 3980X Extreme Edition flagship CPU, the Core i7 2800K which will replace the i7 2600K, and two others that will replace the 3930K and 3830 processors. So far it's unknown if these processors will also ship without heatsinks and fans in the box. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 it feels like as soon as you buy an upgrade a new CPU is on the shelf before you can even walk out of the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T4C Fantasy Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 thanks for update i have a 2600k an upgrade to this already powerful as hell cpu is awesome news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 intel getting greedier by the day. first with the frequent socket changes forcing consumers to upgrade not just the CPU but a perfectly good motherboard along with it as well and now this, selling just a bare CPU forcing customers to shell out for a separate HSF... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 intel getting greedier by the day. first with the frequent socket changes forcing consumers to upgrade not just the CPU but a perfectly good motherboard along with it as well and now this, selling just a bare CPU forcing customers to shell out for a separate HSF...No wonder I'm an AMD fan ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndoe Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 No wonder I'm an AMD fan ;)i am too and enthusiasts like you and me have benefited from the fact that amd continues to give competition to intel but if u look at it realistically, amd got left behind in the race a long time back. it's true AMD were the pioneers both in the field of dual core CPUs and the first to provide 64-bit consumer CPUs but they didn't manage to keep the lead in the price/performance sector which intel took over when they launched their C2D line and to-date have continued to maintain that lead. even with the upcoming bulldozer line, I don't think AMD will be gaining any ground over intel :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 i am too and enthusiasts like you and me have benefited from the fact that amd continues to give competition to intel but if u look at it realistically, amd got left behind in the race a long time back. it's true AMD were the pioneers both in the field of dual core CPUs and the first to provide 64-bit consumer CPUs but they didn't manage to keep the lead in the price/performance sector which intel took over when they launched their C2D line and to-date have continued to maintain that lead. even with the upcoming bulldozer line, I don't think AMD will be gaining any ground over intel :(Perhaps, but realistically most people do not *need* the performance difference offered by Intel products. In other words, the performance gap between Intel and AMD products is almost insignificant in real-life performance. Keep in mind I'm talking about NEED not WANT, there's a big difference ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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