Monday, November 10th 2008
Core i7 Retail Packaging Pictured
Intel will be releasing its newest processor: the Core i7, in the days to come. The first releases of the i7 are based on the Bloomfield core, which happens to be the poster-boy for the Intel Nehalem CPU architecture. The processor uses Intel's new LGA-1366 socket, it is a quad-core processor with HyperThreading enabled.
Expreview pictured the Core i7 (non Extreme) package, which reveals a largely standard pack that's seen on Intel's processors these days. Also pictured is Intel's stock cooler for the non-Extreme i7 processors, which largely resembles the stock-coolers of most Intel processors. It consists of a central block made of copper, which makes contact with the CPU. The thermal interface material is pre-applied to it. Aluminum fins project radially from the block, which fork into thinner fins, to increase surface-area. Also included in the package is the related documentation, warranty declaration and bezel sticker. The CPU pictured by Expreview is the i7 920, clocked at 2.66 GHz, with 8 MB L3 cache. The processor has a QuickPath Interconnect speed of 4800 MT/s.
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Expreview
Expreview pictured the Core i7 (non Extreme) package, which reveals a largely standard pack that's seen on Intel's processors these days. Also pictured is Intel's stock cooler for the non-Extreme i7 processors, which largely resembles the stock-coolers of most Intel processors. It consists of a central block made of copper, which makes contact with the CPU. The thermal interface material is pre-applied to it. Aluminum fins project radially from the block, which fork into thinner fins, to increase surface-area. Also included in the package is the related documentation, warranty declaration and bezel sticker. The CPU pictured by Expreview is the i7 920, clocked at 2.66 GHz, with 8 MB L3 cache. The processor has a QuickPath Interconnect speed of 4800 MT/s.
27 Comments on Core i7 Retail Packaging Pictured
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I wonder when we get our first i7 system in at work. I'll make a post as soon as I've built it and stressed it. ^^
But none the less, looks better than the previous cooler!
I'd use an Ultra 90A-LGA775 but that seems a bit small now doesn't it?
120mm FTW!!!
Im not interested in using any of my old coolers. CPU Coolers have come very far in the past few years, and i will be looking at something along the lines of Coolermasters V12. I also consider any fan blowing onto the pci slots or motherboard invalid for my pc usage. I respect the fact that under minor overclocking settings a fan blowing onto the motherboard does cool down mosfets and other components, but i prefer to cool them individually.
Yeah, it's a pretty good standard cooler, when it works...
All the Intel systems we have at work have had their coolers changed because they either started making incredibly irritating noises or they stopped working altogether. Two systems got killed because of this "beauty".
On the other side, all the AMD systems (same age as the Intel ones) still have their standard coolers and work like a charm...
Needless to say we have a big stack of standard Intel coolers in the storage room from the latest mass upgrade!
The design does suck from a noise standpoint, as well as the pushpins, and how fast they clog.
D+ for intel.
Other than that, it looks like the standard intel heatsink we all love to hate.