Intel's new stock cooler for Skylake processors has a very big heatsink

14nm CPU Desktop i5 i7 Intel Processor Skylake Stock Cooler

Intel's new stock cooler for Skylake processors has a very big heatsink

A few weeks back, Intel officially announced the arrival of Skylake CPUs with the first batch of high end overclocking i5 and i7 CPUs which has since then go on sale in multiple markets alongside the slew of new Z170 motherboards. Besides featuring a new 14nm die, the Skylake processors have also gotten a thicker new thermal interface material (TIM) as reports suggest. 

But beyond the microscopic changes, Intel also introduced a brand new box for the desktop grade CPUs which are similar to that of the extreme editions processors with a flat style box. With the new box design, Intel was basically selling you just the CPU itself without the stock cooler given that the first batch of Skylake CPUs are indeed targeted at overclocking enthusiasts which would likely use a third party solution.

While we have to wait a little longer before other Skylake CPUs arrive, this is our first look at the new CPU cooler that intel might be shipping with lower end Skylake CPUs. The TS15A Intel stock cooler is made for the new LGA 1151 socket and features the usual push pin locking mechanism, a copper base and the standard intel logo atop of the embedded fan.

What's interesting here is the sheer size of the heatsink, When compared to the existing stock cooler that came with previous Intel CPUs, the new TS15A cooler looks double it's size and is nothing like the low profile design intel has been pushing for the past few years. This new cooler looks a lot like the old LGA 775 stock cooler back in the day.

As for it's price, Intel is planning to sell this for a pretty premium $41 (RM 168).

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Intel's flagship Skylake desktop CPUs are here, DDR4 memory and NVMe support

DirectX 12 i5 i7 Intel LGA 1151 Skylake Windows 10

Intel's flagship Skylake desktop CPUs are here, DDR4 memory and NVMe support

After months and weeks of delays, today Intel is finally unleashing their new 6th generation core processors which has the company's new an improved 14nm die. As expected, first out of the line is the two flagship desktop SKUs which Intel plans to offer to their overclocking community. The new Core i7 6700K and the Core i5 6600K will be driving the first wave of Z170 motherboards coming out today.

The i7 6700K will have a quad core CPU with hyperthreading enabled (8 cores) and will feature a base clock of 4.0GHz with a turbo frequency of 4.2GHz. Also included in the package is 8MB of L3 cache and the new Intel HD 530 graphics processor that is clocked in a 1.2GHz. The more mainstream i5 6600K in the other hand comes with a quad core CPU (4 cores) that is clocked in at 3.5GHz with a 3.9GHz turbo frequency. It also comes with 6MB of L3 cache and the same Intel HD 530 graphic found in the i7.

All of these specifications is packed into a processor that features a 91w thermal design and is higher than the 85w TDP that came with the Haswell processors. But bottom line, the new unlocked Skylake SKUs supports the new DirectX 12 API that comes with Windows 10 and also includes support for DDR4 memory, NVMe drives, and the new Z170 motherboards which come with a broad range of I/O options.

As expected, the new Skylake CPUs will be using the new LGA 1151 processor but intel is shaking things up a bit by not including a stock heatsink for the overclocking SKUs. This choice can be clearly seen with the new box for the i7 6700K and the i5 6600K which feature a new hero graphic and the box looks flat like the extreme edition CPUs on the LGA 2011 platform. 

The i7-6700K has an MSRP of $350 (~RM 1,356) while the i5-6600K (~RM 941) is at $243. These two unlocked CPUs are now available for purchase but there's no official word as to when they will arrive in Malaysia. As for the rest of the Skylake CPUs, Intel says more will be revealed during IDF 2015 later this month and by then we will also know a little bit more about the other Skylake processors that intel has souped up. 

Here's a first look at the new retail boxes for Intel's Skylake desktop CPUs

Box Desktop i5 i7 Intel leak Processor Skylake

Here's a first look at the new retail boxes for Intel's Skylake desktop CPUs

Now that Windows 10 has officially hit the market, the next big launch in the PC market is Intel's new 6th generation core processors codenamed Skylake. There has been ongoing reports that Intel will be announcing the highly anticipated processors during a keynote at Gamescon later this week. But whether the ends up being the case or not, we'll just have to wait till the day itself to confirm these claims.

But in the mean time, the new boxes for Intel's new Skylake desktop CPUs has been leaked. Specifically, the i7-6700K and i5 6600K which is the top of the line SKU in terms of performance. The back of the box looks like a normal Intel processor box but the front has a new set of graphics that looks like a vortex of light.

These boxes also confirm that the new unlocked Skylake processors will come with the new Intel HD Graphics 530 and as usual, the i7 has a hyper-threaded quad core processor and the i5 just has a quad core processor. Both devices are based off the LGA 1151 socket and supports DDR4 memory.

ORIGINAL SOURCE: HEXUS