AMD's top bulldozers or will bring their own water cooling package

As high-end processor performance continues to rise, power consumption becomes more and more difficult to control, so that Intel, AMD are considering directly equipped with water-cooled radiators.

According to sources, AMD intends to abandon the original air-cooled radiator on the eight-core bulldozer FX-8000 series processor, but directly bundle a complete water-cooled radiator, including copper bottom water head, large heat exchanger, cooling fan, etc. And so on, and completely self-contained, like the Kühler H2O 620, but it's unclear whether this is for the entire FX-8000 series or only for the highest-end model (FX-8150TM). Nor does it know which AMD solution will choose.

The price of the top bulldozer processor should be around $300, while the closed water-cooled radiator needs a minimum of $60-70, so the bundle is still entirely possible.

AMD this move is to enhance the bulldozer's overclocking ability on the one hand, on the other hand, it is also to enhance its high-end image in the eyes of DIY players and enthusiasts.

Earlier it was reported that Intel is also preparing to install a water cooled heatsink for the boxed version of the LGA2011 Sandy Bridge-E processor, but no further information has yet been received.

In addition, AMD will publicly discuss the Llano APU and bulldozer processor at the HotChip 2011 semiconductor conference on August 19, but the details are unknown.