Great Gaming Outstanding gaming experiences extend beyond personal gameplay to your entire gaming community. Share those experiences by live-streaming or recording, editing, and posting your epic highlights. To perform at your best, get a great gaming PC powered by an 8th Gen Intel Core processor that lets you live—and share—the ultimate gaming experience.
Incredible VR Great VR experiences involve the entire platform, not just any one component. The ideal combination of processor, graphics, I/O connectivity, display, and audio are required. A high-performance processor is key to achieving a balanced platform to make your VR experiences great. Attach your premium head-mounted display (HMD) to an 8th Gen Intel Core processor-based PC, and prepare to be amazed.
Ultra HD Entertainment To play premium movie streams in stunning 4K UHD, get an advanced platform that supports the latest media technologies and entertainment. Bring premium, high-quality content to your desktop, with smooth streaming of premium 4K UHD entertainment, including 4K video creation and sharing and 360-degree viewing.
Exceptional Performance Desktop PC performance is redefined with up to six cores for more processing power. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology1 delivers up to 12-way multitasking support. Intel Optane memory delivers amazing system responsiveness1 and Intel Turbo Boost 2.0 technology gives you that extra burst of performance for fluid gaming and smooth 4K video creation and sharing.
Unlocked & Overlocking For the enthusiast, the unlocked 8th Gen Intel Core processors provide you the opportunity to tweak the platform performance to its fullest potential and enjoy great gaming and VR experiences. An impressive portfolio of standard and unlocked devices for a broad range of usages and performance levels provides you more control and more granularity for overclocking2 your platform.
Scalable Portfolio of Processors The 8th Gen Intel Core processor family enable superior experiences, whether you are looking for a smooth gaming experience, 4K video viewing, or just for doing general work on your computer more efficiently. If form factor is your priority, the 8th Gen is designed for desktop PCs from high-performance gaming towers, to slick and stylish all-in-ones, to compact living room minis.
# of Cores 6 # of Threads 6
Processor Base Frequency 2.80 GHz Max Turbo Frequency 4.00 GHz
Cache 9 MB SmartCache
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
TDP 65 W
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 64 GB Memory Types DDR4-2666 Max # of Memory Channels 2 Max Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s ECC Memory Supported ‡ No
Processor Graphics ‡ Intel® UHD Graphics 630 Graphics Base Frequency 350 MHz Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 1.05 GHz Graphics Video Max Memory 64 GB
4K Support Yes, at 60Hz
Max Resolution (HDMI 1.4)‡ 4096x2304@24Hz Max Resolution (DP)‡ 4096x2304@60Hz Max Resolution (eDP - Integrated Flat Panel)‡ 4096x2304@60Hz
DirectX* Support 12 OpenGL* Support 4.5
Expansion Options Scalability 1S Only PCI Express Revision 3.0 PCI Express Configurations ‡ Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16
Brand
Intel
Processors Type
Desktop
Series
Core i5 8th Gen
Name
Intel Core i5-8400
Model
BX80684I58400

Details
CPU Socket Type
LGA 1151 (300 Series)
Core Name
Coffee Lake
# of Cores
6-Core
# of Threads
6
Operating Frequency
2.8 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency
4.0 GHz
L3 Cache
9MB
Manufacturing Tech
14nm
64-Bit Support
Yes
Hyper-Threading Support
No
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
Memory Channel
2
Virtualization Technology Support
Yes
Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Graphics Base Frequency
350 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency
1.05 GHz
PCI Express Revision
3.0
Max Number of PCI Express Lanes
16
Thermal Design Power
65W
Cooling Device
Cooling device not included - Processor Only