Is it advisable to pair an i5 14600k with the Prime B660-PLUS D4 even though its VRM performance is lacking?
Is it advisable to pair an i5 14600k with the Prime B660-PLUS D4 even though its VRM performance is lacking?
I was considering a CPU upgrade for this board, which is currently an i5-12400F. I found the benchmarks from Hardware Unboxed showing that the board gets very hot when running at 12600K (with a timestamp). Would this change be worthwhile or would it be strongly limited by the motherboard? I’m not planning to overclock and thought this CPU was priced similarly to the Non-K/F version.
You could make sure your BIOS on the motherboard is on the latest version to avoid degradation issues though I'd avoid spending anything towards the 13th and 14 Gen Intel processors. Sticking to 12th Gen would be a good idea.
Toi add, practically everyone has come to the conclusion that the Prime series of boards from Asus are akin to bottom of the barrel kind of boards, similar to the PC Mate series of boards during the 4th Gen Intel platform era and the Pro series succeeding it. The Pro series now is much better compared to a decade ago.
You could aim a standalone fan at the VRM area but that's a stopgap to a problem baked into the board, i.e, lackluster VRM design. This is why buying into a robustly designed board helps you in the long run.
Though, why are you looking to upgrade your processor? What sort of tasks do you tax your current system/platform with?
Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.
I have it matched with a 3060 12gb and plan to upgrade to a 9070 xt soon, which means I should also consider upgrading the CPU, though perhaps saving for a better board later. Prices for RAM are rising, so this unit might be useful until I switch to DDR5.
Current system details have been updated.
Motherboard: Asus Prime B660 Plus
CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 (12 GB VRAM)
RAM: VENGEANCE LPX 32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz
PSU: Corsair RM1000x
Monitor: Gigabyte G24F 2
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper H412R
Chassis: MSI Mag Force 100m
Bios: 3210
SSD/NVME: Crucial MX500, Crucial P3 1TB M.2
I haven't seen enough progress to be sure the Raptor Lake problems are resolved. I wouldn't go ahead with the upgrade.