When did Intel retail CPU's stop coming with a cooler

[mrgubby]

Just bought a load of kit to upgrade my old system (2013) and was surprised when my retail 12700K CPU turned up with no cooler.

I could have sworn "in the good old days" the advantage of the retail kit over OEM was the Intel designed cooler ?

Now the royal pain in the **** trying to find a cooler that comes with the 1700 mounting kit

 

[Hawk Tuah]

When they required more cooling than would fit in a retail box.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Quite a few kits on OCUK come with the 1700 mount now. I believe it's relatively easy to request one from most manufacturers also.

 

[mrgubby]

Quite a few kits on OCUK come with the 1700 mount now. I believe it's relatively easy to request one from most manufacturers also.

I've found one, now I've got the frustration of having to wait until Tuesday before I can get building

 

[Troop]

Wait, you have yet to find the MB will come with no manual probably!.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

They dropped coolers from K CPUs quite a few years ago now IIRC.

 

[Caracus2k]

Intel coolers were never the best often ended up as instant e waste, significantly increase shipping volumes, weights and costs and are little use for CPU's sold on the basis of them being higher performing units.

 

[EsaT]

When they required more cooling than would fit in a retail box.

That's been the case already for many many years.
But since AMD returning to competition and Intels turning to nuclear hot Intel finally gave up pretending those tiny buzzaws are any good.

 

[Grim5]

Happened in like 2014 or something

it's a very good thing because they were creating a lot of waste ending up in landfills.

Around 2013 everyone was already using proper coolers and I saw a dumpster at a pc store filled with Intel stock coolers that no one wanted