That’s £33 less than it is on Amazon UK.
The Core i5 12400F is a surprisingly excellent gaming CPU, offering the power of Intel’s new Alder Lake architecture in a simple six-core twelve-thread configuration. The CPU supports PCIe 5.0 and DDR5, but it also works with cheaper DDR4- and PCIe 4.0-based hardware.
It’s normally £200, but it’s down to £167 on AWD-IT which is a pretty decent deal if you want to build a powerful gaming PC on a budget.
The 12400F is an RPS favourite, withJames' 12400F reviewstating that “even without E-cores, the Core i5 12400F is a gaming CPU bargain”. It outperforms the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X in games likeShadow of the Tomb Raider, Total Warhammer 2 (yes that’s the real name of that game), Total Warthreekingdoms (also correct),Forza Horizon 4,Metro Exodus, AC Odyssey, AC Valhalla andWatch Dogs Legion. Normally it’s a fairly close contest, but in AC Valhalla the differential is a solid 19fps - 98fps average for the 12400F and 79fps for the 5600X.
If you’d like to see how the 12400F compares to your existing CPU, you can run theCinebench R20 benchmarkto get a rough sense of things. The 12400F got a score of 4764 in multi-core and 643 in single-core results, with the former being the limiting factor in many games while the multi-core results are a decent indicator of content creation performance for tasks like 3D rendering or video transcoding.
Overall, the 12400F is a strong option at £167, with the 5600X normally more expensive at £170. If you’re interested, check out the link above, and if you have any more questions get in touch via the comments below!
