high speed fan will bring noise and make home consumers complain Intel su*x.. Intel bising
other than size, Intel also change from copper /aluminium "block" (not sure the proper term) to plain aluminium heatsink. check out those old type for Pentium D use.
oh ya, maybe low height for SFF /HTPC case use.

This post has been edited by ktek: May 28 2009, 01:11 PM