Tuesday, September 23rd 2008

Core i7 965 XE Unboxed, Stock Cooler and Processor Exposed

Intel would be rolling out an elite fleet of desktop processors based on the new Nehalem architecture soon. The first derivative, the Bloomfield core, is supposed to be the architecture's flagship for the desktop PC market. And for it, Core i7 Extreme 965 is supposed to be the leading processor. Priced at US $999, the processor is clocked at 3.20 GHz and features four cores and eight logical processors thanks to HyperThreading Technology (encore). Details of it are covered here.

Mobile01, unboxed the i7 965 before launch. The contents show a massive stock cooler and the processor itself. The stock cooler is composed of the same fins projecting radially, just that they are much thinner, and more in number (to boost surface area of dissipation). The cooler uses 50% of fins made of copper and the rest 50% made of aluminum. The large CPU contact base is made of copper and pre-applied TIM. The box pictured is the "white-box" part, expect the retail box to be of that exact size.
Source: Mobile01
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74 Comments on Core i7 965 XE Unboxed, Stock Cooler and Processor Exposed

#51
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
i know a girl who blew $1200 on a Qx6700 not long ago. people do exist who buy the ridiculous hardware.

This is not fake - its an ES, but thats what the CPU's look like and what the coolers look like. Thats enough for the rest of us.
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#52
Wile E
Power User
Musselsi know a girl who blew $1200 on a Qx6700 not long ago. people do exist who buy the ridiculous hardware.

This is not fake - its an ES, but thats what the CPU's look like and what the coolers look like. Thats enough for the rest of us.
Count me in that group. If these prove to OC as well as the current chips, I am buying one.
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#53
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
OnBoardMy retail is nicer ;)
doubtful that oc was on a ECS mobo
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#54
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Moar:

Size comparisons between s478, LGA 775 and LGA 1366 packages:


Size comparisons between standard LGA 775 stock cooler versus i7 XE stock cooler:



You can also see that the i7 XE fan rotates counter-clockwise.
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#55
DrPepper
The Doctor is in the house
Clear fans look tacky imo then again they are not much worse than black.
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#56
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
dear god, that fans on BACKWARDS.

wouldnt it be silly if it blew the air up off the heatsink, lol.
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#57
btarunr
Editor & Senior Moderator
Musselsdear god, that fans on BACKWARDS.

wouldnt it be silly if it blew the air up off the heatsink, lol.
no no...it blows downward, but rotates counter-clockwise to do so, look at the shape of the blades :)
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#58
Octavean
Its just mounted differently. The i7 XE stock cooler fan has its rear stationary hub facing down whereas the LGA 775 stock cooler has its rear stationary hub facing up thus the differences in rotational direction. I’m assuming in both cases air is forced down into the sink fins.

Yeah I think its an ugly design but I’ll take two ;)

Actually I’ll be going for a Core i7 920 and I wish it came with that cooler too. I’ll probably go with sock cooling at first and move up to better cooling later. Lord knows those push pins make installation and removal easy but you never really get the feeling that its secured right (at least not big heavy coolers).
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#59
Morgoth
Fueled by Sapphire
zads1. i7 is delayed until Q1 2009
source or stfu
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#60
Solaris17
Super Dainty Moderator
InnocentCriminalThey also use those stupid push-pin(s) connectors again. >.<
i saw that and got sad inside
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#61
Thrackan
It's stunning how many people curse the pushpins, while I have had no trouble at all installing 3 or 4 systems with stock coolers :roll:
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#62
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
ThrackanIt's stunning how many people curse the pushpins, while I have had no trouble at all installing 3 or 4 systems with stock coolers :roll:
its mostly because push pins provide inferior temps to screw down designs.
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#63
Thrackan
Musselsits mostly because push pins provide inferior temps to screw down designs.
Most people I've heard had problems actually pushing them in correctly:wtf:
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#64
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
ThrackanMost people I've heard had problems actually pushing them in correctly:wtf:
thus the bad temps :laugh:
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#65
DaMulta
My stars went supernova
EX fans kick ass!!!!

I use one!

Wile can I oc the crap out of your cpu with it?....?please
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#66
Melvis
I just looked up were i get all my PC parts from, and they now have the new i7 in stock, but only the 2.66GHz ones, and the only mobo i could also find that supports it was Gigabyte and the price was insane, the CPU was just under $600, and the mobo was $400. Then i saw the price for the 3.2GHz and it was $2.777:eek: now thats just OMG ridicules, how in the world is anyone goin to buy one of these new intel CPU's? I cant see intel selling many of these new i7's at all if there at that insane price tag, if the new AMD CPU's come in alot lower, and they will, i can see AMD getting alot more sales then intel this time around.
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#67
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
MelvisI just looked up were i get all my PC parts from, and they now have the new i7 in stock, but only the 2.66GHz ones, and the only mobo i could also find that supports it was Gigabyte and the price was insane, the CPU was just under $600, and the mobo was $400. Then i saw the price for the 3.2GHz and it was $2.777:eek: now thats just OMG ridicules, how in the world is anyone goin to buy one of these new intel CPU's? I cant see intel selling many of these new i7's at all if there at that insane price tag, if the new AMD CPU's come in alot lower, and they will, i can see AMD getting alot more sales then intel this time around.
every new launch has the prices this insane. they go down rather quickly... the profit is in the people who cant wait.
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#68
Melvis
Musselsevery new launch has the prices this insane. they go down rather quickly... the profit is in the people who cant wait.
Yea to true, i just don't remember any new CPU being that high in price at launch ever?

And if i see someone that has one of these new CPU's in the next 3weeks im going to bitch slap them lol

Or ask them for a loan? hehe :p
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#69
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
MelvisYea to true, i just don't remember any new CPU being that high in price at launch ever?
athlon FX and all the intel extreme editions.
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#70
Melvis
Musselsathlon FX and all the intel extreme editions.
Yea i know they was high in price, but i don't remember seeing them getting past the 2grand mark? most of the FX's was around $1500 ish, and the extreme's was closer to 2grand, but that 3.2GHz is closer to the 3grand mark, crazy:shadedshu
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#71
DrunkenMafia
ThrackanIt's stunning how many people curse the pushpins, while I have had no trouble at all installing 3 or 4 systems with stock coolers :roll:
Have you tried sticking one of those suckers on one of your own $400 mb's. You do have to exert a fair bit of force and when its on your new shiny cost a arm,leg and both nuts motherboard you tend to get a little sweaty.

I know I did. :o
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