Intel Core i5-9400F, 6 Cores & 6 Threads Desktop Processor Without Graphics Processor

Loving this processor so far. At first I was debating between this and the i5-9600k (same thing but has integrated graphics) and went with this. Very happy that I did, it's $100 less and if you have a good graphics card (which if you're building a PC, odds are you do) you don't need the integrated graphics anyways. This by far outperforms all of my other machines including my brand new 15" MacBook Pro with the i7 and my iMac 5k (2017) that has a 4.2GHz i7 as well. I encoded Fantastic Beasts in handbrake at highest quality settings (H.265 HEVC, 7.1 surround AAC, etc.) and it took about an hour and 45 minutes WITHOUT GPU hardware acceleration. Amazing! For reference, the same job on my iMac or MBP would have taken at least an hour longer.I didn't mess with the stock CPU cooler / thermal paste. Picked up a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo and some Arctic MX thermal paste and it runs very cool. Under full load for extended periods of time, my temps do not go above 52C. No need to liquid cool IMO even though everyone seems to think you do.Here's my build:Thermaltake Core V21 mATX case (w/ included 200mm case fan as intake)ASRock B365M Phantom Gaming 4 moboIntel i5-9400f (this product review) w/ the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler2 x 8gb Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz RAM2 x 256gb Crucial SSDs1 x 4tb Seagate Barracuda HDGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1660ti (triple fan version)2 x Corsair ML140 Case Fans (exhaust)Overall I am super happy with this build and I'd recommend any of the above components especially this 9400f. I extensively research anything before I buy it and I can definitely say that as of right now (May 2019) this is probably the best performance CPU for the price.

This says 4.1ghz at turbo but it really means if you do ANYTHING it's going big or going home at, AT LEAST 3.9ghz in chrome. But that's ok because it still only draws like 30 watts powere tops ever and the Intel stock cooler even heavily gaming on stock fan speeds hasn't let the chip go over 72c EVER and that was the hottest core. Too good for the money really this is a super solid option for a budget build the hardest part for me was finding the right mb in the price range and could take a 9th gen Intel processor and not just 8. Anyways all six cores kick ass couldn't have asked for more out of what I payed really really really good processor period. for sub $200 it's gosh darned amazing. (After the ryzen 3 launch however which came like a month after I was done building the PC, I kinda regret not going with AMD like I had originally planned.)

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