Saturday, December 21st 2024

Retail Boxes of Intel Core Ultra 200-series "Arrow Lake" 65W Processors Surface

Here are some of the first pictures of the retail boxes of the Intel Core Ultra 200-series "Arrow Lake-S" 65 W desktop processors. Intel debuted the series with Unlocked K-series SKUs in October 2024, and will expand it in January 2025 with 65 W models that lack unlocked multipliers. The unlocked models lack any included stock cooling solution, while the 65 W models come with them. There's no word on what the coolers look like, but if we were to guess, Intel will reuse its Laminar series fan-heatsinks that it debuted with its 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake."

The new Socket LGA1851 retains cooler compatibility with the previous LGA1700, which is why the company could reuse the Laminar series. The Core Ultra 9 65 W retail box appears the largest, and so it could include the Laminar RH1 cooler that's capable of cooling the processor as it draws its maximum turbo power. This cooler comes with some blue LED illumination. The Core Ultra 7 and Core Ultra 5 65 W retail boxes appear to have the same thickness, which means the two could include the mid-tier Laminar RM1 cooler. The RM1 has a slightly thinner heatsink, but comes with an illuminated ring along the bore of the fan-frame. If Intel launches a Core Ultra 3 series (successor to the Core i3), Intel will likely include the Laminar RS1, the lightest variant, which lacks any lighting. The first three pictures (below) show boxes of the standard variants of the 65 W SKUs, the 4th and 5th pics show the boxes of the "F" SKUs which lack integrated graphics.
Source: momomo_us (Twitter)
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5 Comments on Retail Boxes of Intel Core Ultra 200-series "Arrow Lake" 65W Processors Surface

#1
yfn_ratchet
I thought the naming convention was going to delienate between performance segments, i.e. higher wattage/boost clock parts would be the "Core Ultra ___ (K/KF)" and lower end parts would just be "Core ___(F)". What purpose does the 'Ultra' serve if it says nothing of what the product's target audience would be? "Core [Architecture] ___(K/KF/F)" would have been better. "Core Arrow 285K" says a lot more about the product than just a generic "Ultra" moniker.
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kondamin
Shame they are bothering with the entire lineup, it’s not going to be a successful series.
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yfn_ratchet
kondaminShame they are bothering with the entire lineup, it’s not going to be a successful series.
It's the expense of the platform compared to the performance of the chips, IMO. If Arrow Lake came out swinging with ~$110 B-series boards and ~$160 240F chips it would have been a great early-adopter package for whatever they have cooking for the socket later down the line (so obviously Intel would have to commit to the socket for at least a gen and a half for the sell to work). Passable punch at passable wattages, at a passable price. Not a game-changer, but hey, you don't have to wait years to buy in cheap like with AM5.
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Chaitanya
kondaminShame they are bothering with the entire lineup, it’s not going to be a successful series.
They have already sunk the money in the series also these lower end chips are the bread and butter for OEM and SIs.
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TheDeeGee
kondaminShame they are bothering with the entire lineup, it’s not going to be a successful series.
I went with a 11700 non-K thinking it's fine for gaming, which it is to an extend. But when you also try to do some basic streaming on the side even though it's on the NVENC encoder it tends to not be enough.

I currently have it unlocked to 110W (not ideal for non-K) instead which fixes it all, and it's stable. But my next upgrade will be a K model again which is designed for higher wattage.

Sometimes you just got to find things out for yourself in life you know ^^
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