![]() ![]() The LGA 1700 is real chonk, but is also finally now available on motherboards outside of the hyper-expensive hyper-reality of the swathe of Z690 DDR5 boards we've seen since the 12th Gen launch last year. It requires a new chipset and socket, a really big new socket. It does bear saying the Core i5 12400 does still represent a full platform upgrade for anyone picking this new processor. You're not necessarily restricted to Windows 11 to get the most out of this CPU either. The Core i5 12400 isn't really made for multithreading, so those six powerful P-Cores are more than enough for a dedicated budget gaming chip, but it also means you don't have to reckon with Intel's Thread Director and hope that the OS is apportioning work to the right cores every time, though Alder Lake's compatibility issues have supposedly been ironed out now. So yeah, the P-Cores are present and correct, but the fact it's missing those E-Cores may actually be a bit of a boon at this end of the market, rather than a glaring omission. It also offers a healthy instructions per clock (IPC) enhancement over the Cypress Cove bastardised backport architecture that came with Rocket Lake last year. Memory support (up to): DDR5 4800MT/s, DDR4 3200MT/s
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