Thursday, August 6th 2009
Core i5 750 Retail Package Unboxed
The folks over at Coolaler and XFastest took one of the first public pictures of the retail packaging of Intel's Core i5 750 processor. The pictures reveal what is typically expected of an Intel retail package: a blue box with branding in the front, a sticker on the bottom-right corner that shows which model it is, windows that let you see the processor and its cooler. Inside, is the usual molded plastic cover that holds the processor and cooler, and some documentation.
The cooler design hasn't changed at all from several previous generations. It consists of a copper base with pre-applied thermal compound. From the base, several forked aluminum fins project radially. Size-wise, the cooler is roughly the same size as that of Core 2 Duo E8000 series processors. One of the first socket LGA-1156 processors to hit the market, the Core i5 750, along with Core i7 860 and 870 (both LGA-1156 processors too), will launch in under 5 weeks from now. More details about the processor can be read in our older article here.
Sources:
Coolaler, XFastest
The cooler design hasn't changed at all from several previous generations. It consists of a copper base with pre-applied thermal compound. From the base, several forked aluminum fins project radially. Size-wise, the cooler is roughly the same size as that of Core 2 Duo E8000 series processors. One of the first socket LGA-1156 processors to hit the market, the Core i5 750, along with Core i7 860 and 870 (both LGA-1156 processors too), will launch in under 5 weeks from now. More details about the processor can be read in our older article here.
28 Comments on Core i5 750 Retail Package Unboxed
imho they should really trash that plastic packaging for the cooler and replace it with something like recycled cardboard.
Do you know when the estimated release date is?
That cooler should be an indication to those people that still don't believe that it's enough to cover just the cores, not the whole IHS.
honestly, i cant even think of an awesome comeback/sarcastic comment to go with that.
Shit did I just blurt that out ? :roll:
Excuse me for not being so specific. But i think you know exactly what i meant.
And i think you could maybe take the opportunity to teach someone and explain the difference besides just being rude about it.
From what little i know, the newer chips are more efficient (clock for clock) than their 775 counterparts - but since they've got everything up to six core CPU's with hyperthreading, 775 has no direct comparisons.
No one has perfomance numbers for a socket thats not released yet - closest we have is running a socket 1366 i7, and disabling HT or some cores (or both) while in dual channel mode.
i7 coolers what do you mean i7 comes in 2 different sockets now so calling something an i7 cooler is redundant.
Personally i dont know. didnt pay that much attention to the leaked motherboard pictures.