Intel has some really hot processors with its LGA1366 platform with power outputs specified up to 130W. When it announces the first hexa-core Nehalem processor next year the temperature will go up even higher. The new 32nm technology will do what it can to keep power consumption and heat development down, but Intel has still revised its box cooler. Gulftown will launch as an Extreme Edition CPU and cost $999, but Intel will at least ship with a new cooler.
When it ships the Gulftown CPU, if it will be called Core i9 we're not sure, it will be a new cooler from Intel. It has left the traditional design with a vertically blowing fan and instead go with a heatpipe-tower design. A design that has been used among third-party cooling manufacturers for years.
The cooler sports a temperature-controlled fan that sits on one side and blows out the air on the other. There are no detailed specifications, but it is at least clear that we will not see more of the tragic push-pins when installing, Intel's new Extreme Edition cooler use screws.
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Intel designs new cooler for 32nm hexa-core Gulftown
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