RTX 3070 + i5 12400F - Good Budget Combo in 2026?!

In this video, I'm testing the Intel Core i5-12400F with the in different games like CS 2, Minecraft, Cyberpunk 2077, Valorant in 1080p, 1440p and 4K gaming. The i5-12400F came out in 2022, it has 6 cores, 12 threads and has a base clock of 2.5GHz and a turbo frequency of 4.4GHz. Timestamps: Main Games: ➤ PUBG: Battlegrounds: 0:00 ➤ Red Dead Redemption 2: 0:26 ➤ Black Myth: Wukong: 0:52 ➤ Counter-Strike 2 (High): 1:18 ➤ Counter-Strike 2 (Low): 1:44 ➤ Rust: 2:10 ➤ Assetto Corsa: 2:36 ➤ Dota 2: 3:02 ➤ Forza Horizon 5: 3:28 ➤ Rainbow Six: Siege: 3:54 ➤ Apex Legends: 4:20 ➤ Marvel Rivals Low: 4:46 ➤ Cyberpunk 2077: 5:12 ➤ Cyberpunk 2077 DLSS: 5:38 ➤ Cyberpunk 2077 DLSS RTX: 6:04 ➤ League of Legends: 6:30 ➤ The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: 6:56 Quick Games: ➤ BeamNG.Drive, War Thunder Pacific Bench, War Thunder Tank CPU: 7:22 ➤ Civilization VI AI Bench, Civilization VI Graph Bench, Naraka: Bladepoint: 7:45 ➤ Marvel Rivals Ultra, Marvel Rivals Ultra DLSS, Minecraft Java: 8:08 ➤ Conclusion + Proof of Tested Hardware: 8:31 Test PC: CPU: Intel i5 12400F https://geni.us/NzW5HBc GPU: Gigabyte Aorus RTX 3070 8GB (591.86) https://amzn.to/3sKIXsV RAM: Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5 (2x16) 6000MHz CL30 https://geni.us/a8y9yFh MOBO: ASUS TUF Z790-Plus WiFi COOLING: Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 420 https://geni.us/iMWHvY PSU: Corsair RM1000X (2021) https://geni.us/Y2tlT0 SSD: Lexar 4TB M.2 NVME NM790 Gen4x4 OS: Windows 11 Pro (25H2) 🎵 Music outro: • Lakey Inspired - Chill Day 📧 Contact: • Email: [email protected] Extra Info: Some settings might show a different GPU than the one used in the video. That’s because I pre-record them and reuse the same setup in most of my videos. ** Apex Legends cannot exceed 300FPS due to engine limits. Tests were conducted in Firing Range for consistent and repeatable results. *** This video contains affiliate links. Purchasing through them helps support the channel at no extra cost to you.