Intel Comet Lake Core i5-10400 2.90Ghz 12MB Cache CPU Desktop Processor

The processor seems to do a great job for my support job of mentoring students and the way I have it setup with a tower cooler it stays a chilly 29 degrees C. On board video seems to do fine except when I do long or heavy Zoom call. That is the only issue I have it was the perfect buy for me.

Picked this and a B460 motherboard from Amazon outlet and everything went well. plays some games very good and some not so good. It can easily utilize a RX 6600 or a GTX 970 but i would guess youd want a better chip for a better graphics card.

I bought mine used, for $135. At that price, this processor is an excellent value. This was a pretty big upgrade over the i5 2400 it replaced. I didnt have a stock Intel heatsink, so I used an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro I had collecting dust. The temps stay well below 80C, and usually below 70C, even under stress testing.

CPU is a good entry-level gaming cpu, itll run pretty well on 1080p if not very good on most games. If you pair it up with a good gpu it will show the performance. Overall affordable and good beginner/entry level cpu that anyone could really get and use, awesome that it has a igpu so you could just run it on the cpu itself without a gpu needed.