I5 8400

Two years ago I bought an Acer Aspire XC-885 with i5 8400 and 1x 8GB 2666MHz RAM after my previous system stopped working, as I was desperate to get a new computer asap after my old system (which was pretty outdated by then) had stopped working and I was unable to figure out the problem. Because...

Hello everyone, I am having a peculiar problem with a i5 8400 Coffee Lake cpu that I recently acquired from eBay. Upon installing the CPU the system booted normally, however Windows 10 install would crash within 1 or 2 minutes with either MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION or the system would just...

Can i update my Gpu to MSI GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER VENTUS XS OC ?? my spec: CPU: Intel Core i5 8400 @ 2.80GHz RAM: 8GB 1197MhZ MOTHERBOARD: ASRock H310M-DGS GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Palit) STORAGE: Toshiba hard...

I recently bought G.Skill Ripjaws V F4-4000C18D-16GVK (2x8gb) memory in anticipation of a CPU/mobo upgrade a while from now. The replaced memory sticks are 2400/2666 respectively. It says my CPU (i5 8400, Z370P D3 mobo) only supports a maximum of 2666mhz memory, so 4000mhz seems overkill and...

I planned on buying an rtx 2070 super paired to a 1440p resolution set to 144hz on any games from what I understand having your monitor set to 144hertz increases your frame rates but puts an impact on cpu or gpu usage. Therefore, I would like to know if it will bottleneck the specs listed below...

Hi Everyone! I have $350 budget for upgrades on my build... what would you suggest i get. I am a video editor (using premiere and after effects) and currently my build has an i5-8400 stock cooler GTX 1060, 16gb DDR4 2666mhz (I know kinda slow), 500gb ssd, 1tb ssd, 2tb hdd. I have a pretty cheap...

I have noticed my cpu running at 80-98° and my windows will start warning me. Load is low and I'm pretty sure 64° is too high to be just running google chrome with just 2 tabs. I had just reformat my pc to make sure there are no viruses and when I run games thats when the temp spikes up to 98°...

My CPU has pretty much always struggled at keeping up with games. Everything will run fine and smooth, good temps, good usage percentages, but the moment I start up any game i'm being throttled at 100%. Now I just assumed my CPU was just low end by now and maybe I should upgrade, Ill watch some...

I had a RTX 2070 and it stopped working. Red Dead Redemption 2 will release in a week and I really want to play it since day 1 on PC. Should I buy a RTX 2060 or a RTX 2070? I game on a 1440p monitor with a i5-8400 and 2x8GB RAM. I want to play games on Ultra with more than 60 fps (Anti aliasing...

Sup everyone! Please share your thoughts om my build what I’ve chosen so far: Motherboard: Gigabyte B360M-HDV PSU: Corsair TX650M Semi 650W Gold+ RAM: 2x8gb 2666 MHz Corsair Vengeance LPC Case: Corsair Spec Delta 1tb + 240gb SSD And I can’t decide between: I7 8700 + 2060 Super or i5 8400 +...

Hi folks Im going to buy i5 8400 with TUF h370 and 1060 O6gb I haven't decided on ram yet. some guys telling me that I had better buy 2x8gb Hyperx 3000mhz cl15. the speed will reduce to 2133. Should I change it to 2666 or let it runs at 2133? or is it better to buy 2x8 gb 2666 rams? I just want...

I want to upgrade my system but i am not sure that worth it. My system specs: Asus Mobo H81 chipset CPU i7 4790 GPU MSI ARMOR 1660Ti 12 GB ddr 3 at 1600 Mhz PSU Seasonic 650 W I am thinking to update it to i5 8400 or ryzen5 2600 with 16 GB ddr4 I also can sell my current i7 4790 and go with...

I bought an i5 8400 back when it was first released. Since then i have been having heating issues with cpu temp going to 90 degrees Celsius and above. After turning off the turbo boost from bios resolved the issue. I think it could be improper installation and it had preapplied thermal paste on...

Hello everyone, Its been around 5 months and i build my first pc, i got i5 8500 with h310m-k ( i know not the best mobo but that all i could affort at the time, im planing to change it), i was checking my cpu temp and they all look fine for example my idle is around 33-35 c but when i start...

Hi guys! So I have i3 8100, and I'm planning upgrading to i5 8400. But is it worth it? I mean will I see difference? In most of modern games i get 50 fps. Ubisot games like AC and Watch dogs 45-50. I was told those games were demanding more cpu and upgrade would fix it. but will it? Or should I...

which one is better for a 1080p monitor? i curently have the 1050ti , but games like assassin's creed odyssey , shadow of tomb raider run on 40-50 fps , and i want an upgrade. My current setup : cpu :i5 8400 GPU : 1050ti 4gb RAM : 8gb

Hi, I recently decided to upgrade my old GPU/CPU to a GTX 1060 6GB and an i5-8400. I did consider a Ryzen 5 2600X too but as my motherboard is stuck at AM3+ socket CPUs I guess I couldn't get any better than what I currently have. Long story short, I need to upgrade my motherboard to get a new...

my rig is like 1yo .it has following parts: cpu:i5 8400 motherboard : msi b360m mortar ram: huperx fury 2666 4x4gb gpu:msi gtx 1070 gaming x psu: corsair cx600 (green) hard drives:total 4tb WINDOWS 10 64BIT gameplay goes fine untill suddenly I get a lag spike which my fps goes 0 clean windows...

So heres the short story. A few weeks ago my pc suffered a power surge. I bought a new power supply but it stil didn't work. I took it to a repair shop to get the problem diagnosed and the components tested. The diagnosis was as follows: CPU - Untested (he didn't have a suitable motherboard)...

Hello im making a gaming pc for the first time and i wonder if this build will be ok mobo: GIGABYTE B360M DS3H cpu: Intel Core i5 8400 BOX 2.8GHz LGA1151 Coffee Lake ram: G.Skill AEGIS 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 F4-2400C15D-8GIS gpu:ASUS GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Cerberus OC, 4GB GDDR5, PCI-E 3.0 hdd:TOSHIBA...