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Intel Core i5-10400F - Core i5 10th Gen Comet Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz LGA 1200 65W Desktop Processor $114.99 A/C Free Shipping @ Newegg $114.99

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Intel Core i5-10400F - Core i5 10th Gen Comet Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz LGA 1200 65W Desktop Processor

Coupon Code: HTSBS3A48

CPU Socket Type LGA 1200
Core Name Comet Lake
# of Cores 6-Core
# of Threads 12
Operating Frequency 2.9 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency 4.30 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 Cache 12MB
Manufacturing Tech 14nm
64-Bit Support Yes
Hyper-Threading Support Yes
Memory Types DDR4 2666
Memory Channel 2
Virtualization Technology Support Yes
PCI Express Revision 3.0
Max Number of PCI Express Lanes 16
Thermal Design Power 65W
Cooling Device Heatsink and fan included
Windows 11 Supported

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Intel Core i5-10400F - Core i5 10th Gen Comet Lake 6-Core 2.9 GHz LGA 1200 65W Desktop Processor

Coupon Code: HTSBS3A48

CPU Socket Type LGA 1200
Core Name Comet Lake
# of Cores 6-Core
# of Threads 12
Operating Frequency 2.9 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency 4.30 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 Cache 12MB
Manufacturing Tech 14nm
64-Bit Support Yes
Hyper-Threading Support Yes
Memory Types DDR4 2666
Memory Channel 2
Virtualization Technology Support Yes
PCI Express Revision 3.0
Max Number of PCI Express Lanes 16
Thermal Design Power 65W
Cooling Device Heatsink and fan included
Windows 11 Supported

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Model: Intel Core i5 (10th Gen) i5-10400F Hexa-core (6 Core) 2.90 GHz Processor - Retail Pack - 12 MB L3 Cache - 64-bit Processing - 4.30 GHz Overclocking Sp

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Blorg
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PS: Cheap B560 Mobo here, 59.99 A/R w/ $5 shipping
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E1681...6813145273

The pcie 4.0 m.2 slot will be useless with this cpu but there is another pcie 3.0 m.2 onboard
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This cpu is 2 generations older...just sayin
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Quote from produke :
This cpu is 2 generations older...just sayin
Not every application requires the cutting edge.
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TIM.MAE
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Quote from Blorg :
Not every application requires the cutting edge.
This is extremely true with 9 out of 10 people. I am always the one percent that grabs the new processor every year but only because I need it for work.
With my mother's desktop it still has a 3rd gen intel in it. Works extremely well and starts up twice as fast as my 12th gen. Security wise online it's not a great idea to run older stuff like that, so looking to upgrade that machine to at least 10th gen. This would be perfect if it had integrated graphics so I will continue to search for some good deals as they pop up.
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Quote from TIM.MAE :
This is extremely true with 9 out of 10 people. I am always the one percent that grabs the new processor every year but only because I need it for work.
With my mother's desktop it still has a 3rd gen intel in it. Works extremely well and starts up twice as fast as my 12th gen. Security wise online it's not a great idea to run older stuff like that, so looking to upgrade that machine to at least 10th gen. This would be perfect if it had integrated graphics so I will continue to search for some good deals as they pop up.
I agree! And, great idea to get a CPU with integrated graphics. That way if you have an GPU card that fails (happens more often than people may think), you could use the integrated graphics as a backup until you are able to replace the graphics card.
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Quote from tropicalb :
I agree! And, great idea to get a CPU with integrated graphics. That way if you have an GPU card that fails (happens more often than people may think), you could use the integrated graphics as a backup until you are able to replace the graphics card.
Exactly my thinking too! For my work machine I always get one with an igpu just for that same reason. People think they can save money with the f chip or amd non-g chip since they are using a graphics card but I have had a time recently where the igpu saved my butt when my gpu just started pixelating my screen and I switched to my motherboard for the igpu and finished/saved my work. Alot of offices I built pc's for couldn't live without an igpu as well. Some have had 25 to 50 pc's and if each one had a graphics card they didnt need/require for work and some randomly failed with no igpu I would be getting alot of calls vs the igpu always working. Most machines for small offices are intel just because of the igpu. I have heard Amd is adding them to their mainstream chips for next gen which is definitely a welcomed move.
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Quote from TIM.MAE :
Exactly my thinking too! For my work machine I always get one with an igpu just for that same reason. People think they can save money with the f chip or amd non-g chip since they are using a graphics card but I have had a time recently where the igpu saved my butt when my gpu just started pixelating my screen and I switched to my motherboard for the igpu and finished/saved my work. Alot of offices I built pc's for couldn't live without an igpu as well. Some have had 25 to 50 pc's and if each one had a graphics card they didnt need/require for work and some randomly failed with no igpu I would be getting alot of calls vs the igpu always working. Most machines for small offices are intel just because of the igpu. I have heard Amd is adding them to their mainstream chips for next gen which is definitely a welcomed move.
Definitely a great option and I'm glad Intel offers it. AMD does have more integrated graphics options lately & introduced a few more in the 5000 series. Not trying to sound like a commercial for AMD, but to learn more here is a good write-up on their website: https://www.amd.com/en/processors...h-graphics.

I usually go with Intel as they seem to have better pricing. The last gen (was current gen when I did it last year Big Grin) I went with AMD for the first time and it worked out pretty good (Ryzen 7 5800X). Works just as nice as Intel though I think it ended up being a bit more expensive than Intel, but I wanted to try AMD as I had always been on "team blue." It was good to try out AMD and see how the other team does things.

The biggest frustration was getting the motherboard to work with the Ryzen 7 processor. Dumb Gigabyte B550 motherboard wouldn't BIOS flash no matter what I did. The box didn't indicate which version of BIOS was on the board and a recent version would have been needed to add support for my CPU. Out of frustration I just installed the CPU & RAM and booted it up, and thankfully the motherboard had a recent enough BIOS to POST. I then popped it into BIOS and upgraded to the latest version using the BIOS itself. No matter how easy they make things sound, I have heard of many folks having problems with motherboards that claim to allow you to flash the BIOS without connecting everything!!!

Was glad that worked, as I didn't have a prior version AMD CPU hanging around to boot the board if it had an old BIOS version on it (remember, I had never used AMD before!). Was an interesting learning experience for sure.

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Quote from tropicalb :
Definitely a great option and I'm glad Intel offers it. AMD does have more integrated graphics options lately & introduced a few more in the 5000 series. Not trying to sound like a commercial for AMD, but to learn more here is a good write-up on their website: https://www.amd.com/en/processors...h-graphics.

I usually go with Intel as they seem to have better pricing. The last gen (was current gen when I did it last year Big Grin) I went with AMD for the first time and it worked out pretty good (Ryzen 7 5800X). Works just as nice as Intel though I think it ended up being a bit more expensive than Intel, but I wanted to try AMD as I had always been on "team blue." It was good to try out AMD and see how the other team does things.

The biggest frustration was getting the motherboard to work with the Ryzen 7 processor. Dumb Gigabyte B550 motherboard wouldn't BIOS flash no matter what I did. The box didn't indicate which version of BIOS was on the board and a recent version would have been needed to add support for my CPU. Out of frustration I just installed the CPU & RAM and booted it up, and thankfully the motherboard had a recent enough BIOS to POST. I then popped it into BIOS and upgraded to the latest version using the BIOS itself. No matter how easy they make things sound, I have heard of many folks having problems with motherboards that claim to allow you to flash the BIOS without connecting everything!!!

Was glad that worked, as I didn't have a prior version AMD CPU hanging around to boot the board if it had an old BIOS version on it (remember, I had never used AMD before!). Was an interesting learning experience for sure.
Yeah I seen a few 8 core 5700g's in some builds on youtube and they are definitely good too see.
I had the same issue with a x470 board when putting in a 3700x it just would not post or boot. Mine unfortunately had no bios flashback / usb flash and required an older chip to flash. Then on a x570 board I had been using that was gigabyte it recommended an update for dram stability. I updated it and a few days after running fine it bricked itself. Nothing worked to fix it and it was because there was so many chips on that platform someone at gigabyte that made the bios and tested it (on a mainstream $250 board) forgot to include my processor in the bios so it wouldnt work and needed an rma as no processor or flash could do anything for it.

I havent been issue free after switching to intel after 10th gen though. Had a z490 tomahawk board brick itself on a bios update for an audio bug which I was having and had to rma that because of no bios flashback lol.
But from all that I have found what companies to trust to this point. MSI and asus are my main go to's for motherboards just because gigabyte rma experiences and issues with the products were much more frequent and more and more of them treating me like I was causing them issues with needing an rma rather than wanting to help and set up one.

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