Installed and works fine with no problems. Value is better than anything local I could find. Turbos up to 4 Ghz during gaming and works great. I'm not an overclocker so my review doesn't cover that aspect. Worked fine with my new motherboard and memory. Wish all my builds had been this easy.
Awesome price point. Awesome power. I paired this with a gigabyte H310M A mother board, super easy install. Make sure you clean off all the garbage thermal paste that comes on the heatsink from the factory. Go buy your own arctic fox or Corsair paste. This CPU perfectly fit my budget build.
Other parts if any one is interested
Gigabyte H310M A motherboard
Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 graphics card
Adata SU800 256 SSD
Put in a Thermaltake H18
Some extra fans and a 450 BR power supply
The H310M A motherboard does need a BIOS update to be compatible with this CPU. But it will work for intitial startup/updating.
Great performance of a current generation processor at a bargain. Yes, an i5 is a little slower than the i7, but unless you want to play the newest releases on Ultra graphics, you should be fine. The F series means there is no graphics processing capability for this processor, but as long as you have a graphics card (which you 100% should for gaming) then it works fine, but it almost $100 less than other versions of the i5 9 series. So happy I got this.
If you plan to run any sort of graphics card, vs integrated graphics, this CPU just might beat anything anywhere close to the price including AMD's similarly priced but generally more power hungry and lower performing CPUs. This is a basic lesson in thermodynamics. If you have the GPU on the same die it has to compete with the CPU for dumping tens of watts of heat. But if it's just a CPU with no GPU Intel is free to crank things up while keeping the total design power below a modest 65 watts which means quiet cooling and energy efficient computing. In summary 4th gen to 7th gen Intel CPUs were shockingly similar and not very exciting. It took Intel far too long but the 8th and 9th gen versions, with 6+ cores, seriously kick butt and this is a good example.
Upgraded from a FX-6350, the improvement was amazing as expected from Intel. I dont overclock, so stock cooler will work fine. Used mainly for AAA gaming and light productivity work. I have it paired with a 1080 graphics card.
Feature Product
- 6 Cores/ 6 Threads
- 2.90 GHz up to 4.10 GHz Max Turbo Frequency/ 9 MB Cache
- Compatible only with Motherboards based on Intel 300 Series Chipsets: Intel B360 Chipset, Intel H370 Chipset, Intel H310 Chipset, Intel Q370 Chipset, Intel Z390 Chipset, Intel Z370 Chipset
- Discrete GPU required - No integrated graphics
- Intel Optane Memory supported
Description
9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400f desktop processor without processor graphics. Features Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 and offers powerful performance for mainstream gaming and creating. Discrete graphics required. Thermal solution included in the box. Only compatible with 300 Series chipset based motherboard. 65W. ddr4_sdram
Brought the i5-9400f processor was kinda a value price to me. Was easy to install but wish they gave us extra thermal paste instead of apply it on the heatsink. Great CPU no integrated graphics. So yes you gotta purchase a graphic card or not sure if some motherboard might have integrated graphic on them (I could be living in fantasy land). Advise make sure you do an extent of research before purchasing this CPU cause older motherboard won't support until you flash the bios to an update revision.
Installation went quickly and easily. A 6-core processor at $170 is a great price if you already have a dedicated graphics card. My 370 board required a reboot to install the newer processor and after that, things went pretty quickly.
You save around $100 by going with this processor vs i5-9600k. This i5-9400F is locked and cannot be overclocked. It runs at 2.9ghz and throttles up to 4.0. So far I love it but the overclocking demon in me wishes I would have spent more. When in actuality this CPU rocks and does everything I throw at it with ease. I paired mine with a Gigabyte Z390 UD and some 3200 MHz DDR4 thus speeding up my memory bus! Added an XFX RX580 graphics card and gaming is beautiful! $100 saved will mostly pay for your memory or an SSD or even your liquid cooler that by the way doesn't have to be a double-wide radiator because this CPU is rated at only 65 watts it runs cool so I went with a single radiator and all runs very cool, so if on a budget this CPU is the way to go!
This little guy is very strong. It does way better then my ryzen 5 2600 by far in gaming. Shipping was a little slow. This is one of the best cpus’ I have had in a long time. One of the best ones I have had. Just saying if you want a great cpu at a reasonable price you want this one. Outstanding for any tidal of game you throw at it!!!
Bought this CPU when it was at $175, and it was a pretty good deal, but now its better at $150 as of writing this review.
The CPU can handle pretty much everything I try to do, light to medium workloads, gaming gives makes heat up a bit but the stock cooler is great at keeping it under 60 degrees Celsius when gaming. Stock cooler is better than people make it out to be, might not be amazing when compared to other coolers on the market, but its more than enough for me and probably for many people, especially for this CPU that doesn't overclock.
Bad thing is that you need a discrete GPU because this CPU does not have integrated graphics, I already knew that and was buying a GPU anyways.
Haven't really had any problems with it in the two months I've had it.
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