Sandy Bridge-E CPUs Not Shipping with Stock Heatsink and Fan?
It is rumored that the upcoming Core i7 processor from Intel, the 3820, 3930K and the 3960X will all ship without a cooler in the box.
Intel's next consumer CPUs — the Sandy Bridge-E range — will ship without a heatsink and fan. Intel will instead offer its own-brand cooling solutions for the new chips, but they will not be included in the CPU's retail box.
LGA2011 (Sandy Bridge-E) CPU
(Source: ComputerBase GmbH)
It is also reported that Intel has taken the unusual decision of shipping them without a reference cooler. Besides reducing expenses, the thinking is that this move will affect just a small subset of users, considering Sandy Bridge-E is targeted at enthusiasts and the majority of this crowd will install third party cooling solutions. The Sandy Bridge-E chips will also require a new LGA2011 motherboard that is powered by new the X79 chipset.
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