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Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Desktop Processor 6 Cores 4.1 GHz Turbo Without Graphics

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CPU Model Core i5
CPU Speed 2.9 GHz
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  • 6 Cores/ 6 Threads
  • 2.90 GHz up to 4.10 GHz Max Turbo Frequency/ 9 MB cache, Bus Speed: 8 GT/s DMI3
  • 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. Max Memory bandwidth - 41.6 GB/s. Max Memory Channels - 2
  • Intel Optane Memory supported
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    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

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    9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400F desktop processor
    9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400F desktop processor
    9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400F desktop processor
    9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400F desktop processor
    9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400F desktop processor

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    108 customers mention108 positive0 negative

    Customers appreciate the value of the computer processor. They say it's an incredible processor for anyone on a budget, or building a secondary PC for gaming. They also mention that it'll be the cheapest way to get 6 cores and above 4GHz for a decent mid-range system.

    "...say that as of right now (May 2019) this is probably the best performance CPU for the price." Read more

    "Works great without any issues. I got this for a great price. Very happy" Read more

    "...Overall? Incredible processor for anyone on a budget, or building a secondary PC for gaming/streaming/whatever and don't want to spend a ton on it...." Read more

    "...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..." Read more

    83 customers mention77 positive6 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the performance of the processor. They mention that it performs great for everyday use, runs games fine, and is a good value in today's market. Some say that the stock cooler will work fine.

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    "Works great without any issues. I got this for a great price. Very happy" Read more

    "Have had this processor installed about a week now and am very pleased with performance and cool running.For approx...." Read more

    "...The thought going into it was that I wanted something very efficient, low cost, and powerful enough to run a few programs at once...." Read more

    79 customers mention65 positive14 negative

    Customers like the quality of the computer processor. They say it has solid performance, is a great CPU, and is powerful enough to run a few programs at once. Some mention it's a good mid-build CPU and better than the old one. Overall, most are happy with the quality and performance of the product.

    "...I get a decent frame rate on high settings in most games like war zone, pubg, insurgency sandstorm...." Read more

    "...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..." Read more

    "...that I wanted something very efficient, low cost, and powerful enough to run a few programs at once...." Read more

    "The 9400f is a great cpu. It has 6 cores and 6 threads and it locks at 3.9 all core while gaming and I never had a problem with FPS...." Read more

    45 customers mention42 positive3 negative

    Customers like the computer processor for gaming. They say it's a great chip for gaming and work, and runs games like butter. It's outstanding for any tidal of game you throw at it, and provides a good 1440p gaming experience. Some recommend it for new low budget builds and casual gamers.

    "The CPU is great, my only issue is that what I ordered was listed as "New" and received, what I assume is, an opened box i5...." Read more

    "...for the money, you can't beat the value and performance, it runs games like butter at 4.1ghz max...." Read more

    "...had to get one locally due to shipping issues, but this chip is great for gaming...." Read more

    "...Added an XFX RX580 graphics card and gaming is beautiful!..." Read more

    39 customers mention39 positive0 negative

    Customers find the installation of the computer processor to be easy. They mention that the installation went quickly and easily, and that the OC was easy and fine. They also say that everything is much snappier using this cpu and even productivity runs much faster. The processor arrives fast and runs smoothly.

    "...streaming and gaming on this particular processor yet, but it runs so smoothly and with the recent optimizations to OBS, I'd dare to say this..." Read more

    "...Everything is much snappier using this cpu and even productivity runs much faster...." Read more

    "...a damn good chip for gaming and work, runs low temperatures and no need to overclock.. it is simple to put a system together for this chip, made the..." Read more

    "...The processor works well and is decently fast. I haven't tried overclocking it, but I probably will end up doing so...." Read more

    23 customers mention20 positive3 negative

    Customers like the temperature of the computer processor. They say it runs cool, keeps fine temperatures constantly, and does not overheat with the stock cooler that came with it. The thermal paste on the heatsink is good, and the stock cooling fan is more than enough. The processor is cold, stable, and has quiet cooling.

    "...Master Hyper 212 Evo and some Arctic MX thermal paste and it runs very cool...." Read more

    "...My only con to this cpu is the heat sink. Yes it keeps cpu cool, but I have had a problem with the 4 retention pins came loose at one point and..." Read more

    "...installed about a week now and am very pleased with performance and cool running.For approx...." Read more

    "...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..." Read more

    7 customers mention4 positive3 negative

    Customers are mixed about the noise of the computer processor. Some mention it's very quiet and doesn't hear up much, while others say the stock cooler is a bit loud.

    "...You can use this chip with the stock fan confidently. And it is also very quiet...." Read more

    "...maximum is 55-58C. In idle state it's 30-33C. If the frequency is throttling un idle state, turn off the turbo boost. But definitely I recommend it." Read more

    "...This thing screams for such a small, quiet system...." Read more

    "...Just the cpu cooler is a bit loud. Amd Fanboys be crying now!!" Read more

    17 customers mention0 positive17 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the graphics of the computer processor. They mention that it does not have an integrated graphics card and that it requires a discrete GPU for display. Some customers also say that the cooler is very ugly and that the product looks weird.

    "...It looks unused, the pre-applied thermal pad on the fan was still there, untampered with and I didn't see any thermal paste residue on the CPU itself..." Read more

    "...1. This is a processor only (No onboard or integrated graphics) so you will need a GPU...." Read more

    "...Overall I would recommend this to gamers only really as there's no integrated graphics, so you'll need a GPU for any display...." Read more

    "...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...." Read more

    Stock Cooling Fan is more than enough - it works very well
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    Stock Cooling Fan is more than enough - it works very well
    I am going to set the record straight on the stock cooling fan for this processor. I built a $650 gaming rig and installed this Intel i5 9400F. I was worried about using the stock case fan based on negative reviews on amazon. Let me testify that I'm running 4X120mm case fans with the stock fan, and the max core temp my CPU has reached is 68 degrees while playing Modern Warfare on max settings at 130 fps. The chip idles at 38-41 degrees when surfing the web. You can use this chip with the stock fan confidently. And it is also very quiet. People here reporting humming noise need to go more carefully through their rig and look for a different source. I've been building PC's since 1998 by the way.My gaming PC setup:Intel i5 9400F processor16Gb Patriot DDR6 ramGigabyte Geforce GTX 1660 TiSATA SSD drive4 120mm case fans
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    Seabee1968
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fast
    Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2024
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    Worked as expected
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Mother broad
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    Mark Anthony
    5.0 out of 5 stars Intel or AMD budget wise. well i chose the I5 for all my at home needs and games Mostly.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2020
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    besides despite AMD releasing the ever affordable Ryzen series for that low of a price, God Bless you BTW, but i just dont want to be a Beta guy. Sorry AMD, but INTEL right now will always have fastest and best core per performance over Ryzen, minus the beta issue where bugs and glitches and kinks aren't really all worked out, intel to me is more stable right now, but they better stop trying to be like apple and lower their damn prices cause AMD and Ryzen is going to sweep them under he rug if they hadn't already,
    believe it or not i replaced an i3 8100. ikr i play world of Warcraft and its a CPU intensive compared to being a graphical game. since i already have a graphics card, a msi rx 580 my old cpu just couldnt get my graphics to run full steam, what i mean is the cpu was the bottle neck, for budget wise i went with the i5 9400f. i got the asrog b365 pro 4 mobo and i am loving this setup, the 6 cores and 6 threads have future proofed me for the next couple years intel chips have the best cores hands down, amd has more threads and will rule the near foreseeable future but i am totally content with this i5 9400F. if the price dropped a little more for the 9600k that woulda been the way to go, pair that off with a z-board and the rest of the world could future proof themselves. if you are a multi tasker and streamer, video encoder or work station geared i wouldn't suggest getting this chip, rather get the AMD ryzen series, you get more bang for the buck going that route. AMD is ruling right now. BUT i feel great about this purchase cause now my only issue will be getting a better graphics card but for world of Warcraft mmo i am all set. well i hope i helped GL all,
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely great gaming value
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020
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    This is probably the cheapest processor on the market that won't bottleneck your graphics card. I did some early testing with an RX 5700 to see if there was any sign of bottlenecks caused by the CPU. What I found is that I was getting the exact same performance as tech sites were with the RX 5700 where they were using the i9-9900k processors. Its possible that perhaps a RTX 2080 might be too much for it, but even that I doubt and if it were, the bottleneck would probably be minimal. I'm seeing 100% GPU bound in games like Gears 5/Gears 4 (where that rating is available). I now have my RX 5700 overclocked with custom power tables to 2024mhz. I still see 100% GPU bound ratings so the CPU is definitely strong enough for the RX 5700 XT as well. I did put a larger CPU cooler and 120mm fan. From what I can tell the CPU runs nearly 100% of the time (in game) at the boost speed, which is 3.9ghz for all cores. The temperature with the cooler I have on it does not exceed 52C, I know the boost clocks will slowdown if the CPU gets too hot, so that was my reason for installing the better cooler, although I'm not sure it was entirely necessary. For less than $150, I'm not sure there is anything that currently beats this CPU provided you are using a discrete graphics card. I nearly bought an i3-9100f with the plan to upgrade the CPU later, but after doing the research determine the i5-9400f would be a better value and last me much longer before the need to upgrade, especially since this was a gaming build. At present, I don't believe there was any reason for a more expensive processor for gaming. Obviously if you are building at the top end, you would probably be going with a higher end processor anyway. I was trying to get bang for my buck and I think the i5-9400f and RX 5700 build (esp since I got the RX 5700 for $280) accomplished that.
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    O. Grant
    4.0 out of 5 stars CPU is great, only one issue.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2022
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    The CPU is great, my only issue is that what I ordered was listed as "New" and received, what I assume is, an opened box i5. It looks unused, the pre-applied thermal pad on the fan was still there, untampered with and I didn't see any thermal paste residue on the CPU itself. I needed the CPU and it works so, I have no intention of returning it, but just wanted to make folks aware of my experience.

    The box was sticky, covered in what felt like if soda spewed on the box and someone left it to dry up. Corners of the box were scuffed up and bent, the product itself was undamaged though. New Intel CPU boxes have "Intel Factory Sealed" tape on the corner of the box, opposite the side with the barcodes and it was completely gone, but you can see a couple scuffs on the box where someone carefully removed it, but still scuffed up and dented that part of the box in the process.
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    Taylor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best CPU for $$
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2019
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    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 mobo
    Intel i5-9400f (this product review) w/ the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler
    2 x 8gb Corsair Vengeance 2666MHz RAM
    2 x 256gb Crucial SSDs
    1 x 4tb Seagate Barracuda HD
    GIGABYTE 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.
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    magnumtripod
    5.0 out of 5 stars No issues
    Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2023
    Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase
    Works great without any issues. I got this for a great price. Very happy
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    Luciani Zamboni
    5.0 out of 5 stars Rapido
    Reviewed in Brazil on August 28, 2020
    Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase
    é muito rapido não decepciona em nada
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    Ronil De Jesus
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great CPU for gaming!
    Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2020
    Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase
    Arrived quickly in good condition and works perfectly.
    NOW.
    For my fellow gamers who are looking for an upgrade, and are only focusing on gaming performance, this is the BEST bang for your buck! I upgraded from an i5 3470 to this CPU and its working and performing just fine, and VERY noticeable improvements in gaming, especially those that are CPU intensive, note: I have and RX570 4gb and had to buy a new motherboard also.

    I highly recommend!
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    Héctor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Esta bien
    Reviewed in Mexico on July 26, 2019
    Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase
    Esta genial buen procesador, de gama media, esta aun precio correcto, lo único malo que tiene es el disipador que se ve muy económico, no le he usado con el disipador de serie pero por que le he podido ver mantiene buenas temperaturas, aun así es lo único malo de este procesador obviamente este porcesador esta pensado para usarlo con una gráfica discreta, así que mantiene buenas temperaturas al no incluir una gráfica interna, aun así el uso de un disipador de 4 tubos está más que de sobra y da buenos resultados en cuanto a temperatura al igual que ayuda con la estética del pc.
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    Rififille
    5.0 out of 5 stars Idéal pour monter un PC gamer modéré à prix compétitif
    Reviewed in France on February 20, 2020
    Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase
    Processeur reçu rapidement et très bien emballé. Très Facile à monter. Installé sur carte mère Msi Z390-A PRO neuve la compatibilité est parfaite. Le tout pour remonter une machine à ma fille dont le pc Asus venant à peine de fêter ses 2 ans est mort. Pour nous les PC de marque c'est d'ailleurs définitivement terminé. La machine obtenue a passé tous les tests sans broncher, tous les jeux de ma fille tournent sans soucis même les plus gourmands, le processeur fait bien son boulot sans montrer le moindre signe de "tu m'en demandes trop", pas de surchauffe, bonne régulation, bonne stabilité, bref absolument parfait. Reste à voir la durabilité mais bon ce ne sera pas pire que l'Asus payé plus de 800 € qui vient de lâcher et heureusement sur lequel on a pu récupérer quelques pièces essentielles.
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    Gabriele
    5.0 out of 5 stars Buon processore a buon prezzo
    Reviewed in Italy on September 12, 2019
    Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase
    Cercando un processore per un computer da budget sugli 800 euro, son finito per trovare questo processore, ed immediatamente deciso di costruirci intorno il computer. Sebbene venga presentato come un processore da soli 2.9GHz, può raggiungere i 4.1GHz, il tutto semplicemente modificando la velocità dal bios del computer. Sebbene arrivato provvisto di ventola di raffreddamento, inatteso in quanto non avevo letto tale cosa al riguardo e avendone presa un'altra ( https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B01KVNCEIG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ), non contiene alcun tipo di pasta termica all'interno.

    La temperatura all'accensione del computer è sui 40-41 gradi, in linea nonostante il boost alla velocità, si mantiene al momento attuale al di sotto delle soglie di pericolo per una cpu, nonostante le alte temperature esterne.
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