CPU/Mobo What's the best possible cpu for gigabyte b760 ds3h ddr4 (atx)
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Would be tough to recommend something without knowing budget. There are various good options at various prices. And what is your primary usage, gaming or productivity? And knowing rest of your rig specs including monitor resolution, will also help.
Last point - 12400f is a decent processor for the money. Do share where you see that it is lacking.
Last point - 12400f is a decent processor for the money. Do share where you see that it is lacking.
The_King
Explorer
The "best possible CPU" will be the 14900KS if you don't want the IGP then 14900KF. 
dhyan12s
Contributor
it may be under 22k , i wanted to ask the best cpu which that motherboard can even handle
it wont lack maybe in the coming year if i would need to go for 8 core cpu
yeah , but will the board can it even handle those?The "best possible CPU" will be the 14900KS if you don't want the IGP then 14900KF.
The_King
Explorer
Under 22K the 14600K or 14600KF will be more than enough for the foreseeable future.
Cant comment on that because I don't own the motherboard it but it is listed on the official Motherboard Support page. If you stick the stock intel limits and have good cooling it
should work fine.
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OMEGA44-XT
Innovator
I had the B660M DS3H (same VRM setup). With 80W of i5 12400, its VRMs were crossing 80C for me in extended runs easily (like 10mins of Cinebench). Technically, you have no upgrade path as even undervolting is locked in B760 mobo. Also note that i9 12900K draws like 200W or so I think, whereas i9 14900K can easily draw over 250W. Sure power draw while gaming is not 250W, but it touches 125W easily & even that gets throttled.
IMO don't consider upgrading the CPU. Use it as long as you can, then get a new set of CPU, mobo & RAM.
IMO don't consider upgrading the CPU. Use it as long as you can, then get a new set of CPU, mobo & RAM.
dhyan12s
Contributor
yeah, will non-k cpu work , like a i7 14700f or something , or i may just switch to am5 in that year
why is this cheaper intel motherboard this bad , i only went with intel becuase i bought a intel gpu so, in the coming year when i reach collage i might some money somehow so i guess at that time i should just switch to amd
YeAhx
Galvanizer
The "best possible CPU" will be the 14900KS if you don't want the IGP then 14900KF.
I think 80C is just about how high you will want the VRMs to hit while having some safety margin. Technically 90C is the safe max limit and I'm sure it will run a bit higher just as safe (like 95C) but it must affect lifespan in long run. A fan throwing air directly on the VRM (or just better overall airflow in the case) would improve the temps. I remember seeing overclock enthusiasts putting 80mm fan over their PC's OC'd RAM for their high voltage OCs tests and it works lol.
OMEGA44-XT
Innovator
Say i7 14700F at its full performance will still draw 200W+, UV can reduce the power draw but not possible with B760.
Cheap Intel mobos have low quality VRMs but same is the case with AM5 mobo. Bigger problem is power draw of Intel CPU & lack of UV in B series mobo. I have a 9800X3D which draws 150W at max load & was drawing 80-90W in gaming load. Now after UV, full load power draw is like 125W & 60-75W while gaming. So even the 10k MSI B650M Gaming WiFi can run 9800X3D w/o throttling.
But realistically, you won't cheap out on mobo if buying a 40k+ CPU. So as I said, just be happy with i5 12400F. For gaming, jump to i7 14700F with DDR4 RAM won't be too big.
Technically you can. I did observe better VRM temps with Intel stock cooler than my AK400.