Wednesday, September 14th 2011
Intel Displays Self-Branded Water Cooling Solution for Sandy Bridge-E
Back in August, it was reported that the retail packages of some, if not all, Intel's 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.
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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.
35 Comments on Intel Displays Self-Branded Water Cooling Solution for Sandy Bridge-E
^ unless its overclocked, then will crank out much more than 130w, but then this cooling setup will be grossly insufficient as rated to a max of 130w.
I'm not sure who this product is targeted at, other than suckers.
Now if it was Apple, they'd charge $300 for the similar kit with a glowing Apple logo ;) :laugh:.
As for my opinion on this cooler even though it's suppose to be the same as a Corsair H50 (just looks like a slightly modified and rebranded version) I would say the Corsair one is slightly better than this Intel one.
The poll gave no stipulations as to the environment, clocking, or other situations, so, I voted yes; and, because, from my personal use of this category of cooler, I have noticed better or equal cooling performance over most other types of finned air coolers (with the exception of custom water loops or exotics), with less intrusion on other components (I can actually, get to the memory modules and fan headers without slicing fingers open).
The Intel branded solution looks good from the pics, but before I bash the cooler or berate Intel... I will wait for some test results(comparisons) and, also, wait to see at what price point the retail market sets.
If all things being equal and/or cheaper at the same perfomance level, I would use one.
Just my opinions.
Never thought we'd see a boxed Intel watercooling solution, kind of sends mixed signals. Lets hope it's performance is competitive.
Although i admit i personally like all these closed loop coolers so i am a little bias towards them.
How they will screw Asetek on this development?
NONE of this is actually Intel designed (or produced) tech.
And by the way, water cooling is better soltion for X79 cpu i see, cuz the two side of ram's slots make the big heat sink cover it all and that's mean extra heat for ram's-mosfites-phases.
Have any of you looked on the forums of brands offering these types of coolers... theres a lot that can go wrong with them and loads of DOA, leaks, breakdowns.
I'm guessing that Intel will regret bundling this with their CPU's as people will end up RMA'ing the lot and as everything gets returned back with the RMA they will end up with loads of opened boxes and fully working CPU's returned.
Anyways its a nice idea.. hell I even bought into the whole "all in one" watercooling with my Corsair H100, but having done that I now realise just how many things can break on that kit and it dosent feel like a long term reliable cooling solution compared to a solid metal one with a fan.
EDIT: im not dissing the cooler atall, im just saying that I have concerns about its longevity as ive always used a large block of copper or aluminium fins to cool my CPU's in the past... nothing can go wrong with that.