Intel Displays Self-Branded Water Cooling Solution for Sandy Bridge-E

[Tank]

there were rumors that AMD were gonna do this with Bulldozer and here Intel sommer goes and does it

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[/URL] Sandy Bridge-E Core i7 LGA2011 processors will not pack the certified cooling solution like Core i7 LGA1366 processors do. It was also reported that Intel will sell its own-branded cooling solutions separately. It became a little obvious right then, that Intel won't selling dinky-little heatsinks that cost a couple of dozen Dollars. At the ongoing IDF event, Intel displayed its first retail-packaged cooling solution that's not only LGA2011-compatible, but also supports older socket types such as LGA1155, LGA1156, and LGA1366.

The cooling solution is a closed-loop (self-contained) liquid cooler made by water cooling OEM Asetek. Called the RTS2011LC, the cooler is rated to cool processors with TDP of up to 130W. The cooler consists of an exposed-copper block that also houses the pump, tough and flexible tubing that runs to the radiator assembly, which houses a reservoir, and a fancy-looking 120 mm fan. Along with the fan, the Intel logo on the block lights up blue. The radiator used looks similar to that on the Hydro Series H70, a popular cooler by Corsair, which is also made by Asetek. Expected to be available around the same time as Core i7 LGA2011 processors, the Intel RTS2011LC could command a price over $99.

http://www.techpowerup.com/152042/I...ater-Cooling-Solution-for-Sandy-Bridge-E.html

 

[DenSweeP]

Me wants one! Wonder if it will work on my i7 870.

Never mind, just saw it will!

 

[Techead]

love ease of use for these things... and becoming so much more affordable!!

no more windmills!!!

 

[The Joker]

Well tech its a little daft. I'm not gonna go into the whole explaning, unless someone wants me too..but top spec air coolers are better than these closed loop coolers, especially when it comes to serious overclocking and running you're rig for long gaming sessions ect. These coolers are only really awesome if one, you live in a country where temps dont generally go above 25..the room the pc is kept in is air conditioned or nice and cool..What people don't seem to get is its all about the ambient room temp.

Anyway, going on the uselesness of intel air coolers I wouldn't trust their water coolers to be any good either.

 

[HavocXphere]

when it comes to serious overclocking

I don't think that is the market their aiming at.

 

[The Joker]

I don't think that is the market their aiming at.

Ok let me explain.
People that run closed loop water coolers tend to oc their pc's, So let's say a 4.5ghz oc a i7 sandy cpu as a 24/7 clock. So what happens, you boot pc, seeing as everything green is switched off to oc, the cpu is running at 4.5ghz from the get go. So you game and you dl ect ect, what happens is the water in the loop actually gets warm, then add our SA temps with it and you're soon sitting with a cpu at 50C or more under load after a few hours and seeing as the water in the loop is quite warm by then it takes a long time to cool down. Heat is bad for a cpu, especially when you're giving it to you're cpu constantly over long periods of time. Anyway boring shit over, its a cool idea but not meant for the avg user.

And again...Intel air coolers are incredibly shit xD So I'm not holding my breath for these.

 

[HavocXphere]

So let's say a 4.5ghz oc a i7 sandy cpu as a 24/7 clock.

That exactly is my point. Its not intended for that imo. This Intel move smells like they are hitting the limit of what air can do for planned future processors so they are starting to move over to a something that isn't quite air but also isn't hardcore water OC gear.

And again...Intel air coolers are incredibly shit

Good enough for a modest 0.5ghz OC.