Hey all, Random thought here (as there's very little on the internet), but I was dismantling old recycled systems at work yesterday, and I came across an Optiplex 3000 that was given to us, as Dell deemed it a throw away due to a faulty MB. I open it up and low and behold the ram and 12500T are still inside. I was actually thinking of buying a 12400 to pair with a 5700XT to run a system hooked up to my TV for some light lounge gaming, but I noticed that the Boost clock of the 12500T is exactly the same. I couldn't really find much on it, but if I used the 12500T would it perform similar to 12400, because of the same boost clocks, or am I missing something here? I know it has a much lower TDP, but if the clocks are the same, does that mean performance is similar (for gaming at least, when using boost) Many thanks
Only difference I can see is that the 12400 has a higher P core base frequency of 2.5ghx over 2. However, and what will make the difference is that the boost power limit on the 12500t is 74w vs 117w. So the boost duration may be shorter. I know on the 11 series you could disable the boost duration at the cost of higher power use, but I think they stopped that with the 12 series as it was far more competitive and thus they didn't have to leave anything free on the table. If you have the 12500t already you may as well at least try it. Just set up Afterburner or what not, and keep an eye on the CPU clocks.
https://chipguider.com/?p=intel-core-i5-12500-vs-intel-core-i5-12500t If that is for real and not an AI generated load of old codswallop you will be absolutely fine.
You lucky lad! Enjoy. The SFFN guys are fond of newer i5 and i7 T CPUs as tey are cooler in small boxes with not a lot of loss of performance
I often use the T variant CPUs in my tiny rigs - you're not losing that much performance and the cooling requirements are easier to satisfy; and they make for decent home server CPUs. Unfortunately, more and more people are realising this, and it's getting harder to pick up bargains in this area now. CEX used to be completely clueless in this regard, often selling uSFF desktops with i7 T chips at barely any markup on the i5 models, so you could grab one and swap out the i7 with an i5 and sell it on with barely any loss.
Aye, looks like Dell left him the best bits lmao. Rest would have been poo, but that's a brill little gaming CPU and the RAM also.
Yeah that was a good score tbh. If you want to avoid the jank with AMD's Expo Intel are a solid choice.
