![]() Check My Account for your most up-to-date reward balance. “Current rewards balance” amount may not reflect the most recent transactions. Rewards expire in 90 days (except where prohibited by law). Rewards are issued to your online Dell Rewards Account (available via your My Account) typically within 30 business days after your order’s ship date. * Rewards 3% back excludes taxes and shipping. Dell reserves the right to cancel orders arising from pricing or other errors. Free shipping offer valid only in Continental U.S. Dell may impose a purchase quantity limit (for example, 5 units per order). * Offers subject to change, not combinable with all other offers, while supplies last. Exceptions to Dell's standard return policy still apply, and certain products are not eligible for return at any time. Energy, Climate Action & Sustainabilityįootnotes * Returns: The 30-day return period is calculated from invoice date.Overall this board is a great pairing if you need to make every penny count and it will let you get the most out of the i5-10400 without costing the earth. It’s a smaller mATX design so you can keep costs and size down with a smaller mATX format case which tends to be cheaper. As it’s a value and work-oriented motherboard it makes do with a basic look but does include RGB headers and 3 fan connectors so you can customize your build and keep it cool. The Rear IO is acceptable at the price with 6 USB ports, basic Audio, gigabit Ethernet, and 3 video output options including HDMI, DVI, and VGA which is handy if you need to make use of an older monitor. There are 4 memory slots for future expansion and inbuilt Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to add value and connectivity. It has a good range of features such as two M.2 slots for NVME SSDs, with one supporting SATA m.2 SSDs giving you a number of affordable options for storage alongside the 4 SATA ports. To maximize the value of the i5-10400/F, the MSI B460M Pro-VDH Wifi is a great choice. So, if you’ve decided on the i5-10400 or 10400F for your PC, which motherboard should you choose? Here are our recommendations on the best motherboards for the Intel Core i5-1040F ![]() With these boards it’s best to opt for 3000-3200MHz RAM kits, as faster RAM will be more expensive, may not be stable at XMP settings owing to CPU memory controller limitations, and performance gains are limited after that. However, the B560 boards have yet to be released, and Z490 and Z590 boards are overclocking specific and tend to be expensive, negating the value of the i5-10400. Z490, B560, and Z590 motherboards all allow manual ram overclocking and will run RAM faster than the official maximum for the i5-10400. For that reason it’s advisable to purchase ram with a 2666Mhz rated speed, because a faster RAM profile will not be compatible leaving you at the default 2133MHz speed, and unable to improve RAM performance by manual overlocking. With H410, B460 and H470 chipsets you are limited to applying the pre-defined XMP memory overclocking profile stored on the RAM stick. This is actually dictated by the motherboard, and not the CPU although officially the coffee lake i5’s don’t support faster than 2666 MHz RAM. The other area where intel chips differ from AMD’s offerings is in their RAM compatibility. Otherwise the two chips perform identically. ![]() If you’d like to get a PC up and running or even just check that parts are working whilst you wait for your opportunity to grab a graphics card, this is an important consideration and the i5-10400 is the better option. The i5-10400F lacks this functionality and like a Ryzen 3600, you must have a separate GPU to get any video output at all. ![]() Importantly, the i5-10400 has integrated graphics meaning that you can get basic video output even without a dedicated GPU via the motherboards video outputs. With the same fundamental 6 core and 12 thread count it has very similar capability in general use and multitasking too. It’s a good option for a mid-range gaming CPU and with a 4.3GHz boost clock it is equivalent to the Ryzen 3600 in most gaming situations. The i5’s strength lies in its value and performance. They’re also compatible with the new Z560 and Z590 motherboards, using the LGA 1200 socket but they will not allow PCIe 4.0 compatibility – no great loss for a gaming or general-purpose build. They ship with a basic but functional CPU cooler and are compatible with the H410, B460, H470, and Z490 series motherboards. Using their aging 14nm process, these CPUs have 6 cores with multithreading and have a 65W thermal design power. The i5-1040F are Intels ‘mainstream’ mid-range CPUs of the Comet lake generation. ![]()
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