Intel's New Boxed Desktop CPU Cooler Revealed

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"The much more basic RM2 cooler is designed for 65 W TDP CPUs and it measures 100 x 100 mm, but it only stands 47 mm tall. Here only the base of the cooler is made out of copper, the fins are once again made from aluminium and this results in a lower weight of 340 grams. The fan speed range is 600 to 3250 rpm and we're looking at a PWM controlled fan here too. The downside is that the fan has to run at 2400 rpm to produce the same 40 degrees at the inlet with a 65 W CPU underneath it, which results in a noise level of 30 dBA, which is a lot louder than the RH2. Unlike the RH2, the RM2 uses standard Intel socket push-pins for mounting. The RM2 will ship with the Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 225, 225F, 235, 265 and 265F CPUs, but according to the product page, it will also ship with some Core Ultra 7 desktop chips. Both coolers come with a three-year warranty. Design wise, both of the new coolers are a lot less flashy compared to the previous generation of Intel CPU coolers."

Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/intels-new-boxed-desktop-cpu-cooler-revealed.330938/
 
Yeah its pretty sad, we had better coolers back in the socket A days. I would think an old zalman cooler from back then would outperform this turd of a cooler.
 
Starfalcon said:
Yeah its pretty sad, we had better coolers back in the socket A days. I would think an old zalman cooler from back then would outperform this turd of a cooler.
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Very much so, even and even the Zalman aluminum+copper heatsinks would do a much better job.
Intel is getting as low-cost as it can get due to its dire circumstances that it has found itself in.

Starting to think those garbage Intel heatsinks from the early 2010s would do a better job, and certainly had a much lower profile.
 
Red Falcon said:
Very much so, even and even the Zalman aluminum+copper heatsinks would do a much better job.
Intel is getting as low-cost as it can get due to its dire circumstances that it has found itself in.

Starting to think those garbage Intel heatsinks from the early 2010s would do a better job, and certainly had a much lower profile.
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There is a major opportunity cost here, though.
A better cooler can increase the performance by 10-20%.
I guess the challenge for them are the Dell's of the world that have limited room in a slim case.
Intel has to design to the lowest common denominator. They can't say "X" processor can run at this speed, because they have to say it can run at that speed in every cooling configuration.
I don't know all the details, but I think I see Intel's limitation here and it may not be Intel.

It is clearly a crappy cooler, though. Looks like many of their old ones and from AMD as well.
 
The only stock cooler I’ve used in the past few decades that wasn’t an absolute piece of crap is the Wraith Prism. I understand not every processor needs that level of cooling, but I am saying a lot of these will end up in the trash.
 
HockeyJon said:
The only stock cooler I’ve used in the past few decades that wasn’t an absolute piece of crap is the Wraith Prism. I understand not every processor needs that level of cooling, but I am saying a lot of these will end up in the trash.
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probably cheaper than all the returns, complaints and bad press from all the people who don't understand "DOES NOT INCLUDE COOLER" on the box. I used one of the original AMD Wraith coolers when they came out, I'm pretty sure that was the first and only time I've used a stock cooler in the past 20 years. Probably only amounts to 5 or 6 builds, but still. Generally don't even consider it as an option.
 
I am sure it make a lot of senses (not sure for the: it will also ship with some Core Ultra 7 desktop chips part too..) in many ways to continue with that design style, but there is something about this image vs Nvidia stock cooler tech for the 5090 that was just announced, that feel a bit like an analogy of their respective last 2 years... (or decade)
 
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