Intel to Bundle Liquid Cooler with Sandy Bridge-E CPUs

[spoofedpacket]

[citation][nom]mouse24[/nom]cool! but im wondering how much higher this will push prices[/citation]

Reading fail. This is a bundle deal and not a standard offering. You'll be able to buy a bare/OEM CPU without a packaged cooler for years to come.

 

[schiwing]

[citation][nom]amk-aka-phantom[/nom]... We got our 2500/2600K and we're happy, now give us more games that will push these CPUs to the limit.[/citation]

How about more games that utilize the GPU instead of the current console-ported garbage?

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

How about more games that utilize the GPU instead of the current console-ported garbage?

You mean, utilises GPU more efficiently. For example, TimeShift loads the GPU the same way Crysis 2 does but looks much worse. And I'm sure that if the games would utilise all 4-8 cores/threads fully, they could probably even offload some of the graphics processing onto the CPU.

 

[nikorr]

[citation][nom]c123s123[/nom]Is it me or when Intel admits that they need a liquid cooler for their CPU it would indicate a design problem?[/citation]
Dude, are u for real???

 

[justchuck69]

[citation][nom]amk-aka-Phantom[/nom]Oh, such BS... I'm not an AMD hater, but the latest Bulldozer benchmarks showed that 2500K kicks that Bulldozer's ass for $20 less. U mad bro? Doesn't mean we're gonna have more $500-1000 CPUs... we will, but they're not for gamers. We got our 2500/2600K and we're happy, now give us more games that will push these CPUs to the limit.BTW, $350 mobos? Nah man, Intel mobos are cheap. Both in price and quality. You want a real mobo, go ASRock/Gigabyte/Asus/MSI - $120-200.[/citation]

i think what he was getting at was that if intel does not have any competition their cpu prices will climb as they will have no incentive to lower prices ..... in short competition is good and helps lower prices ! but that is just my common sense and i could be wrong !

 

[justchuck69]

it will cost about 100 to 150 usd for the cooler as intel has to pay 50 bucks for it ..... but packaging cost are so expensive these days ( last part is being a little sarcastic )