Intel Revises Heatsink Design For Desktop, Xeon CPUs

[Guest]

Intel said it is changing the heat sink and fan shroud design for the majority of its desktop and server processors.

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[geekapproved]

Now that's news!!

 

[phatboe]

why?

 

[mopman411]

why?

Can't you tell, it's geekapproved

 

[KelvinTy]

Reverting back to the 775 platform design?

 

[chaz_music]

It's engineering: This is a cost reduction exercise on the heatsink and a user install improvement for the frame. They can take out a slight amount of metal from the heatsink fin area that has little effectiveness (saves metal), while also using a simpler manufacturing technique that is circular. The plastic change appears to help people install it easier. In reality though, the heatsink thermal resistance will go up, ever so slightly due to the total fin surface area reduction. But overall, a good move for Intel.

 

[Be0wulf22]

Journalism 101: Who, What, Where, Why, When, How.

You failed.

 

[COLGeek]

If it still uses the nearly useless "push-pin" connectors, then the new ones will go where my old ones go.....to the recycling bin. I have found Intel OEM HSFs to be pure junk because they don't mount as securely as I require.

 

[freedom4556]

They can take out a slight amount of metal from the heatsink fin area that has little effectiveness (saves metal)

I betcha the reason they did it now is that they upgraded the assembly robot so that it can now safely grab circles.

 

[InvalidError]

Funny how Intel makes a "visual change" to stuff that is impossible to see once the HSF is mounted.

 

[tobydruHot]

I got the new design with my I5-2500k at around October.

 

[A Bad Day]

So, what about the pushpins?

 

[master_chen]

Like I'd ever uze stock Intel CPU coolers ever again.

(Look at my configs) I don't need any of that anymore.

 

[crysex]

I never used these shyts. I got like 10 of these throw around my house. I use it for cool down my balls some time.

 

[blazorthon]

If they're changing the cooler, why not change it for the better than a change that no matter how much they say it is visual, seems to just be a way to reduce the BOM slightly? Even AMD can make some pretty good stock coolers, but Intel refuses to make anything half-decent.

 

[Arlen10]

Goodu

 

[eddieroolz]

More like returning to the design of Core 2 days. My E7200 came with a boxed cooler that was round, not square.

 

[razor512]

The change is made so that people with older CPU's can buy a boxed set instead of the lower cost OEM packaged CPU's and simply use the old intel heatsink.

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.

 

[freggo]

if there is no improvement or other advantage than what's the point?
Needed to keep the design department busy ?

 

[Supernova1138]

This isn't really news. My i5 760 I got over a year ago had the "new" design. It had the round base rather than square.

In any case, *yawn* wake me up when they come up with a better mounting solution than the craptacular push pins they have now.

 

[Vorador2]

Drat, i was expecting them to license the Sandia CPU Cooler.

 

[nebun]

don't see the point...if it works the same i don't see why it needs to be changed

 

[invlem]

[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]don't see the point...if it works the same i don't see why it needs to be changed[/citation]

If it has no effect on performance, then its most likely a cost based change, companies don't generally do design changes unless it improves product performance or reduces manufacturing costs. In this case I'll go with option B.

 

[g00fysmiley]

[citation][nom]nebun[/nom]don't see the point...if it works the same i don't see why it needs to be changed[/citation]


save a tiny bit of metal and plastic. its the same reason most dice have pips and rounded corners, it saves plastic and thus thier materials cost goes down. if they can save .01 cents per cpu fan and sell 1,000,000 cpus then they save 10,000 bucks

 

[mavikt]

Who uses them? I have two unused Intel stock coolers sitting here at home, any takers? When you buy a processor, this is probably the most costly thing in the box, in terms of material and shipping. It's the heaviest and most spacious thing in the box. When I'm buying an Intel processor, I'm buying their know-how in processor design. I'm not shopping for their "splendid" stock coolers (although I'm sure they get the job done). I'd say, separate them from shipping with the processor and subject them to the free market!