Intel Cans Coolers of Upcoming Sandy Bridge-E Chips

Even though any CPU that can die from overheating comes by default with a cooler of its own, Intel is going to start making exceptions once its upcoming high-end units arrive.

Whether by chance or plan, Intel's high-end, upcoming consumer central processing units are making the news quite a bit, despite not having actually arrived.

There are three of them that have drawn attention so far, one with four cores and the other two with six cores each.

Their specifications have been known for some time already, but only now have they, at last, been given prices as well.

For those that want just a quick reminder of how much they have to save, the trio (Core i7 3820, 3930K and 3960X) will drain one's finances of $294, $583 and $999, respectively.

Regardless, there is a certain other shred of information that prospective purchasers will no doubt consider to be of import.

Basically, as discovered by the folks over at VR-Zone, the units will be shipped without any cooler of their own to speak of.

This will no doubt surpriser many, although one could also say that there is just as much chance of this rumor to be taken in stride.

CPUs stronger than those meant purely for low-end devices may not survive without a cooler of some sort, but there is also the fact that Intel's solutions aren't spectacular.

In fact, enthusiasts with enough money to buy one of them and the hardware to go with it are almost guaranteed to buy a third-party air or liquid-cooler anyway, especially if they have overclocking in mind.

What remains is to see if the final revisions of the threw processors can handle liquid nitrogen rigs without suffering from the so-called 'cold bug' which makes them unable to actually run properly in extreme overclocking scenarios.