Best Budget CPU for Gamers? - Intel i5-12400 Review (Esports & AAA Games Tested)

The Intel Core i5-12400 takes on the i5-12600K and the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X in Games.
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Intel Core i5-12600K - https://geni.us/oTBAqUl
Intel Core i9-12900K -
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X -
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X -

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Test rigs:
Intel:
CPU: Intel Core i5-12400, i5-12600K & i9-12900K https://geni.us/8ew3
Motherboard - ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 HERO https://geni.us/rMCmKs
Memory - Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-5200 https://geni.us/JZwWwvz
Cooling - ASUS ROG Ryujin II 360 https://geni.us/Fl1MeT
GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X https://geni.us/lyexj
PSU - Seasonic Prime Platinum 850W https://geni.us/hqKXxw
OS - Windows 11 PRO

AMD:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / AMD Ryzen 9 5950X https://geni.us/0T74gI
Motherboard - ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero https://geni.us/4gfEr6e
Memory - Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4-3600 https://geni.us/7LNXlg
Cooling - ASUS ROG Ryujin II 360 https://geni.us/Fl1MeT
GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3090 SUPRIM X https://geni.us/lyexj
PSU - Seasonic Prime Platinum 850W https://geni.us/hqKXxw
OS - Windows 11 PRO

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:02 - Intel's Questionable Product Naming
2:08 - Multi-Threaded Workloads
2:58 - Power Consumption
3:06 - Single Core Performance & Boost Speeds
3:37 - Gaming Performance
3:53 - Far Cry 6 1080p & 1440p
4:20 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p & 1440p
4:54 - Cyberpunk 2077 1080p & 1440p
5:24 - Esports! COD Warzone (Caldera) 1080p & 1440
5:58 - Overwatch 1080p & 1440p
6:19 - Rainbow Six Siege 1080p & 1440p
6:51 - Apex Legends 1080p & 1440p
7:23 - Valorant 1080p & 1440p
7:51 - CS:GO 1080p & 1440p
8:32 - Motherboard Choice - B660 is the way to go
11:02 - DDR5 or DDR4?
11:59 - Talking about the new Intel Boxed Cooler
12:26 - Buying Advice - Intel Core i5-12400 or Ryzen 5 5600X?
13:09 - Buying Advice - Intel Core i5-12400 or Intel Core i5-12600K?
14:14 - Outro

Disclosure:
- This product was provided by MSI for the purpose of testing. As per my own guidelines, they don't get any say about anything in this video or any of my other reviews. It's not sponsored by them, they also didn't get to preview this video beforehand, or any other nonsense like that. My (p)reviews reflect my own views, nothing more, nothing less.
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