mATX options for an Intel Core i5 12400F?

Space Monkey · 19 Jul 2024 at 00:16

Hey,

Looking to build my first mATX PC and I picked up the 12400F CPU in the recent sale, so I'm now looking for a decent motherboard to pair with it, does anyone have any experience or suggestions please, I believe it can either be a B660m or a B760m board, not too fussed on DDR4 or DDR5 but for cost reasons and all things being equal I'm leaning towards the DDR4.

Thanks in advance

Tetras · 19 Jul 2024 at 00:23

You can get Asus B660M-K (DDR4) for £85, or B760M-K (DDR5) for £105. Basic boards, but they'll do the job fine. Best avoided if you plan on upgrading to something beefy in the future.

Space Monkey · 19 Jul 2024 at 00:27

Tetras said:
You can get Asus B660M-K (DDR4) for £85, or B760M-K (DDR5) for £105. Basic boards, but they'll do the job fine. Best avoided if you plan on upgrading to something beefy in the future.

Thanks I'll take a look, and no I'm not really looking to upgrade for a while yet

mickyflinn · 19 Jul 2024 at 12:36

Space Monkey said:
Thanks I'll take a look, and no I'm not really looking to upgrade for a while yet

Could always put a thread in the wanted section of the members market.

Space Monkey · 24 Jul 2024 at 00:42

Hey guys,

Thanks for the info, I was struggling to decide on a board, mainly due to budget restrictions, but at the last moment I found a brand new ASROCK Z690M PG Riptide/D5 for less than the B series boards I had been looking at, so bought that, it's coming from the US but it'll be here very soon.

Board is a lot stronger with the VRMs etc so should give me a decent upgrade path if I need it?

Tetras · 24 Jul 2024 at 01:20

Space Monkey said:
Board is a lot stronger with the VRMs etc so should give me a decent upgrade path if I need it?

The lower-end prime boards are notorious for running hotter than Texas tarmac, so it can't be any worse

You've also given yourself more access to overclocking and undervolting features, which might come in handy if you buy a beast later.

Space Monkey · 6 Aug 2024 at 20:49

For anyone that may read this thread in future, I'm successfully running 32GB (2x16) at 6000 MT/s CL30 with an Intel 12400f

Nice and snappy!

Meaker · 7 Aug 2024 at 21:31

That is a solid combo, after hitting issues with my setup that's not a bad option especially considering the issues with the 13th/14th gen.

Space Monkey · 7 Aug 2024 at 21:44

Meaker said:
That is a solid combo, after hitting issues with my setup that's not a bad option especially considering the issues with the 13th/14th gen.

The system flies, I'm really happy with it, better than I had expected. Also glad I bought the 12400f on offer before I found out about the latest Intel fiasco!

Meaker · 7 Aug 2024 at 21:47

Space Monkey said:
The system flies, I'm really happy with it, better than I had expected. Also glad I bought the 12400f on offer before I found out about the latest Intel fiasco!

I'll be mini-ITX due to the parts I have lying around but a decent AM5 with 2xm.2 has a fairly high entry point.

Space Monkey · 7 Aug 2024 at 21:49

Meaker said:
I'll be mini-ITX due to the parts I have lying around but a decent AM5 with 2xm.2 has a fairly high entry point.

I would have loved a mini-ITX system but it was just too much this time for my budget, thankfully though I managed to grab some excellent deals on the parts which enabled me to get a better spec than I initially thought I'd end up with.