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Intel Core i5-12400 Alder Lake CPU Review Ft. MSI B660M Mortar WiFi Motherboard – Undoubtedly The New Budget King!

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU & VRM Temperatures

In terms of packaging, Intel Alder Lake CPUs ship with a Solder TIM interface and higher-quality gold-plating under the IHS. The thermal testing was carried out with the Corsair H1150i AIO liquid cooler:

Temperatures (Stock)
Gaming Load
VRMs
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Intel Core i5-12400
44
53
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
45
48
Intel Core i9-9900KS
50
56
Intel Core i5-8600K
51
51
Intel Core i5-10600K
51
57
Intel Core i9-9900K
52
59
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
52
55
Intel Core i5-12600K (Z690 AORUS Master)
54
52
Intel Core i5-12600K (MPG Z690 CARBON)
54
54
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
52
56
Intel Core i7-8700K
56
58
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
55
50
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
56
56
Intel Core i9-10980XE
58
59
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
59
50
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
64
64
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
66
58
Intel Core i7-10700K
68
52
Intel Core i9-10850K
68
54
Intel Core i9-12900K (Z690 AORUS Master)
71
55
Intel Core i9-12900K (MPG Z690 CARBON)
70
58
Intel Core i9-11900K
70
51
Intel Core i9-10900K
72
55

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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