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Intel Core i5-14400 on the ASUS Prime B760M-A D4

Pairing the Intel Core i5-14400 with the ASUS Prime B760M-A D4 puts 65 W through a 223 W power stage array — 29 % of what the board holds — for an estimated VRM temperature of 57 °C and no measurable clock loss.

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No throttling expected

Estimated VRM temperature: 57 °C
Stress ratio: 0.29
Capacity score: 83/100
Clock loss: 0 %

Estimated VRM temperature

Sustained: Sustained 57 °C
Peak boost: Peak boost 81 °C

Power delivery

Each bar is one Vcore power stage, filled to the share of its capacity this processor asks for. The dashed line is the 85 % mark where our model starts predicting clock loss.

This pairing is not close to any limit. 65 W against 223 W of capacity leaves the ASUS Prime B760M-A D4 running its stages at 29 % load, and our model puts the VRM at 57 °C in a closed case. Nothing about the Intel Core i5-14400 pushes this board into the region where clocks start dropping.

The ASUS Prime B760M-A D4 carries 6 Vcore power stages rated 50 A each, teamed in pairs off a shared controller channel, with a thin heatsink that helps at idle more than under load. That works out to about 223 W of sustained core power once the design and the cooling are accounted for, which is the number the Intel Core i5-14400's 65 W is measured against.

Buy it on the rest of the specification rather than on power delivery, because at 29 % of capacity the VRM has stopped being the interesting variable. Count the M.2 slots you need, check the rear ports against what you actually plug in, and let the ASUS Prime B760M-A D4's 6 stages get on with it.

Note: PCIe 5.0 from the CPU runs at 4.0 speeds here

The Intel Core i5-14400 provides PCIe 5.0 lanes but the ASUS Prime B760M-A D4 wires its slots for PCIe 4.0. Nothing stops working; a Gen 5 SSD simply runs at Gen 4 speed, which no game notices.