Intel Core i5-11400 Review - NOT as Good as you Think!

A lot of Intel Core i5-11400 and i5-11400F reviews make these look like the best CPUs for the money right now if you are on a budget. But when it comes to benchmarks, there's a of things you need to know about ESPECIALLY when it comes to the i5-11400 heat, thermals, power and frequencies. It also points towards how its so easy for these motherboard enhancements to completely mess up your cooling. But that also might be a good thing too!

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Intro to i5-11400
2:09 – i5-11400 / 11400F Price & Specs
3:14 – i5-11400 vs Ryzen 5 3600X, 3600 & Ryzen 3 3300X
4:43 – Motherboard Shenanigans Continue
6:15 – Intel i5-11400 Power Levels
6:55 – What these Enhancements ACTUALLY Do
7:50 – More Power, More HEAT but Faster CPU
8:20 – Auto Settings = OVERWHELMED Cooling
10:49 – Real World Performance (Auto vs Intel Default)
12:18 – Gaming Benchmarks (Auto vs Intel Default)
12:57 – Memory Overclocking
13:36 – Motherboard Defaults...Positive & Negative

Review unit was purchase by Mike. This video is sponsored by Patriot. As per Hardware Canucks guidelines, no review direction was received from manufacturer. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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[rere]

"Yeah, we got one", Verge Guy

[Garrettdx]

That's right, we've got one. I love how that phrase has become a meme in the tech community

[DrearierSpider]

It's a very incremental step forward from the i5 10400, but considering the i5 11400 isn't much more expensive and both are cheaper than the R5 3600 (and faster in gaming), it's a decent buy. It'll be a great buy in a few months if it drops rapidly in price the way 10th gen did.

[muchlishsyaff]

"Yes guys, we got one!".

that reference

[Dobermanator]

It's very humble and honest that you would say "made a *rookie* mistake." Normally (with other Channels) we might expect to hear something like, "even with my highly elevated level of superior expertise, I might be misled into believing I'm thinking or doing something that is not absolutely correct." This difference is why I rely and appreciate HC, that and anything with even the slightest link to a hockey connotation (rookie) has to be from a highly elevated level of superior expertise.

[ulrika]

The problem with this video is the title. Among other things. The MCE you just explained doesn't make it worse than the competition or other CPUs, it's just an option you have to take into account, and it needs a little tinkering, and it is coming from the motherboards.
The i5 11400F is not 'plug and play' friendly with the B560 boards because of the MCE, but that's just about it.
This title is misleading and trying to confuse potential buyers from getting a good CPU.
A beginner into building PCs might not know one of the golden rules and that is never to use the stock cooler on a mid and high end CPU. The i5 is NOT a low-end CPU, like the i3. And also to not use it on small form factors like ITX or cases that do not have proper airflow.

[chronox]

Havent looked videos of this channel for a long time, first reaction was: "Oh wow who is this, they have a new guy".

"Yes, we've got one"

I like him.

[vinyfiny]

I run an 11400 on that ASRock B560 itx board. I set PL1 to 100W (the max allowed), PL2 to 150W (max allowed) and 224s for the PL1 duration (max allowed). I also set a -80Mv undervolt. CPU sits at 4.2GHz all core through multiple Cinebench runs even though it goes slightly over 100W. Temps max at 68° using an Alpenfohn Black Ridge in a SGPC K39 case. For the price I can't complain. I'm also using 32GB of ram at CL16 3466MHz.

[Zinchux]

Great content, thank you! This is the exact same thing happening on Z490 boards with the 10900K, for example, which has given it a reputation of a chip that "always" runs hot. Once you set the board to run at Intel defaults, that chip actually runs fairly cool.

[Baz]

I personally bought a 11400(F) as a replacement for my R5 3600 as I managed to damage my B550 Tomahawk motherboard. It's an absolute monster for the price, paid only £120 for it brand new a few days ago. I paired it with a Z590 MSI Gaming Edge Wifi board which doesn't restrict it to 2.6ghz when not under load like some budget intel boards - I get that this increases power consumption but the CPU is never requesting more than 1.17v and only goes over TDP by 2-3 watts. It sits at 4.2Ghz mostly and idles at 27-30c and under load never over 50. Probably around 10 degrees cooler across the board than my R5 3600. Worth noting I am using an iCue H150i 360mm rad cooler but realistically you're not gonna see more than a 5 degree difference to a cheap air cooler. It's insane value and I am absolutely delighted I chose to move to Intel.

I understand the concern with stock coolers, but given the fact that you can buy after market air coolers that run almost as cool as liquid coolers for like £30-40 then it's not really a big deal considering the price of the chip now.

[odinsplaygrounds]

TDP should be based on the maximum boost clocks.Right now this is a meaningless measurement.Even the 5800x is listed as 105 TDP.... while it's more like 140 in reality.

[deyeatdapoopoo]

Why didn't you guys undervolt to mitigate the high power use with MCE/power limits disabled? You can do it on B560 boards.

[perdomot]

Mike's videos have a lot of useful info. Just built my rig with the 11400 but used a Fuma 2 HSF so I'm gonna check my bios to see if MCE is on.

[matthieuzglurg]

0:41

"I understood that reference"

[jaysaur]

Coming back to this much later and after taking months to decide what to purchase and save. I just wanted to say the 11400, while not the perfect chip for everyone, and not the most future proof option, was the perfect budget friendly upgrade for me with how unpredictable the pricing of components had been. I came to it from a 4690k that ran overclocked at 4.8ghz and I was looking for a newer more up to date platform to support a modern GPU on a budget. In real world usage the 11400 has exceeded my expectations for such a cheap little CPU, it pushes well beyond the advertised clock speed with an adequate cooler and good thermal paste and puts the more expensive but now older CPU I came from to shame.

[danichillz]

These years I've been mostly seeing Iber and Dimitri, and an occasional Mike video... But I have to say this one was my fav from Mike. Super precise, clear and down to earth. Really great stuff. Keep up!

[SteveDonev]

Just buy a hyper 212 cooler and for a total of $218 you have a cpu that walks all over the r5 3600 in gaming. Plus you get an igpu as an added bonus and can actually use your pc while you wait for a dgpu.

[dazeen]

i5-11400 is good because you can remove power limits and it's as good as 11600K for $100 less.

[tamogauk]

Wait
Who uses the stock intel cooler? At least deepcool gammax 300 on any cpu just for silence

[JayzBeerz]

I have an 11400 and 1660ti build and it plays all games over 60 FPS in 1080P. Most games stay above 100 FPS.