Core i5-8400 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.0 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W

Momentan gibt es endlich wieder ordentliche Performance-Steigerungen zu bezahlbaren Preisen. Wer nicht übertakten will ist mit dem i5-8400 gut beraten. Die i7-8700 bringen noch mehr Leistung, kosten aber auch erheblich mehr. Im Vergleich mit dem Ryzen 5 1600 oder 1600x gibt es keinen wirklichen Sieger. Abhängig vom Anwendungsfall hat mal Intel, mal AMD die Nase vorn: -In Spielen bringt der 8400 deutlich mehr Leistung und rennt den Ryzen-Chips zum Teil deutlich davon -In Rendering-, Rechnungs- und ähnlichen Aufgaben bringen 1600/1600x mehr Leistung aber nicht immer und der Abstand zum 8400 ist eher gering Gamer sollten also definitiv zum 8400 greifen. Für den Otto Normalanwender macht es keinen Unterschied, auch beim Preis nicht, der Preisunterschied zwischen 8400 und Ryzen 5 beträgt momentan (März 2018) gerade mal 3€ bzw. 5€. Der beiliegende Lüfter funktioniert irgendwo zwischen okay und gut. Idle Temperaturen um die 30°C, unter Last Temperaturen zwischen 60°C und 70°C. Natürlich abhängig vom Gehäuse und der Umgebungstemperatur aber alles in allen besser als früher. Lautstärke schwankt zwischen leise und merklich hörbar, das ist aber normal bei für einen "boxed Lüfter". Es sollte bekannt sein das Intel keine besonders gute Wärmeleitpaste verwendet. Die vorinstallierte Paste auf dem Lüfter wurde mit der Noctua NT-H1 ersetzt. Eine wirklich Verbesserung der Temperaturwerte hat sich nicht ergeben, Idle dauerhaft bei 30°C und Last bei ~65°C. Lohnt sich also nur wenn die Wärmeleitpaste ohnehin vorhanden ist, ansonsten gleich einen besseren Lüfter kaufen.

Great CPU overall, six cores with an all core boost clock of 3.8 GHz makes it an amazing chip for more affordable gaming even with a more high end graphics card. I have it paired with a GTX 1070 for max. settings, 75Hz gaming at 1080p and this CPU handles it very well, reaching basically 100% GPU usage in most games (other than GTA V). The only problem so far is that in certain games, such as The Witcher 3, there is a fair bit of stuttering, although I'm almost certain that is down to the fact that I'm running a single 8GB stick of DDR4 memory, which I plan to add another stick to very soon to run in dual channel mode to reduce the CPU usage and stuttering as well as increase my FPS. The only other minor problem that I have had is with the stock cooler that Intel supplies, the problem that I have with it isn't with performance or noise, but with aesthetics, in my opinion it just doesn't look very nice in a windowed case which is why I replaced it with a Hyper 212X from Cooler Master, not only making my system look a lot nicer, but also dropping thermals whilst gaming by about 10C (roughly 65 to 55C). other than these two easily remedied problems that weren't even caused by the CPU itself, it is almost perfect and once I have upgraded to dual channel memory I think it will be even better delivering a smooth gaming experience even when paired with a GPU such as the GTX 1070.

At first I was thinking of getting the overclockable version, but coming from a potato laptop with a 4th gen i7 processor, I was okay with getting this version i5-8400, I like it, it's snappy fast, all works good so far, and i'm happy to say that, because I've never built a PC before and I just did 2 days ago by watching youtube tutorials lol, but I realized that if I wanted the i5-8600k I needed to get a more expensive motherboard, so I ended up saving lots of money to invest in the GPU and other peripherals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 2/25/2019 : After about a month of using my PC with this processor, I haven't had any issues with it! installed Extreme utility Tool for intel to verify the temps of the processor, Playing fornite after 1 - 3 hours, it has not exceeded more than 57 Degrees, so it was always pretty cool, I'm using the CPU cooler Deepcool Gammaxx 400 white LED. CPU usage never exceeded 75% I believe also while playing/rendering, used this processor with the Asus dual GTX 1060 6GB + 16GB 2400mhz Ram. For an 8 minute video in 1080p 60fps format, it took about 10-20 minutes of rendering ( of course load is both on the CPU and GPU during this process) , paired with the board : B360M DS3H + SSD Adata 240GB, the PC boots in 13-16 seconds from the moment I press the power on button on my computer. I am happy I went with this processor instead of the i3-8100 ( which I was thinking of at first ) but my friend suggested an i5 of the 8th gen at least for basic future proofing . ( BTW ) my YT channel is : Zealous Pumpkin check me out ! I do meme edits and funny videos about fortnite lol! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 4/17/2019: 3 months in using this beautiful underrated CPU! This thing is really nice , For any interested gamer , Fortnite 1080p Maxed out an i5-8400 CPU + GTX 1060 6GB will play from 60-90fps , I cap my fps to 120 with my custom settings and with unlimited fps, it can reach 200fps+ sometimes and minimum 120. this processor with the right cooler, has never gone over 60C for me , and I live in quite a hot country btw. got this for 179.99$ before black friday and have never seen it go lower than that ( Just once on May-August 2018) for the same price but never again , so it was a great deal.

hace cerca de 6 años que compré esta cosa y aún hasta 2024 seguia dando guerra para gaming. Eso si lo tuve que cambiar por update y me daba cuello de botella porque le puse una grafica muy potente. Lo maximo que puede soportar sin problemas es una 2070, 3050 quiza.

Best processor for the budget gamers. You cannot overclock it but you don't have to overclock it. This processor can do everything. Runs on 3.8 GHz. Smooth as butter. I can stream any game with no lag or stutter. If you want to overclock your processor then go for the unlocked processors such as 8600k. But for me, this does the job without the need for overclocking it.