Intel Revises Heatsink Design For Desktop, Xeon CPUs
Intel said it is changing the heat sink and fan shroud design for the majority of its desktop and server processors.
Intel said it is changing the heatsink and fan shroud design for the majority of its desktop and server processors. The revision is made immediately. According to the company, this is a pure visual design change that transitions from a partial square to a round shape with no expected changes to the cooling function. The fan shroud will get "slightly larger" openings.
The products receiving the new heatsink include:
- Xeon E3-1200 series
- Xeon L3000 series
- Xeon X3000 series
- Core i7-800 series
- Core i7-2600/2700 series
- Core i7-3700 series
- Core i5-600 series
- Core i5-2300/2400/2500 series
- Core i5-3300/3400/3500 series
- Core i3-500 series
- Core i3-2100 series
- Core i3-3200 series
- Pentium G600/800 series
- Pentium G2000/6000 series
- Celeron G400/500 series
Can't you tell, it's geekapproved
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I betcha the reason they did it now is that they upgraded the assembly robot so that it can now safely grab circles.
(Look at my configs) I don't need any of that anymore.
With this change, users upgrading their CPU will be forced to buy a new retail package. (more profitable for intel)
There are many people who use the stock cooler because they have no plans of overclocking.
Needed to keep the design department busy ?
In any case, *yawn* wake me up when they come up with a better mounting solution than the craptacular push pins they have now.