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[hypeMarked]

My current computer is a C2Q 6600 OCed to 3.5ghz with 4gb ram. Last night it decided to BSOD and corrupted its boot sector. So I'm taking this chance to upgrade the Mobo+CPU+Ram. I have done some reading and decided to have a 2500K setup, but having a hard time finding a MB for it.

1. I'm not interested in CF or SLI.
2. I need to be able to OC 2500k to ~4.5ghz

Do you guys know what z68 board that is reliable and good for this?

Thanks,

 

[mfenn]

Pretty much anything can Sandy Bridge to 4.4GHz, even the stock cooler. So, if you want to get to 4.5GHz, all you really need is a Hyper 212+ (to be safe long-term). Something like an ASRock Z68 Pro3 will do the job unless you decide to go way past 4.5GHz. At that point, you'll be increasing the voltage and will want something with cooling on the VRMs like the GA-Z68X-UD3

 

[Morg.]

ANY air-cooler will do, 4.5Ghz is just lol with an i5-2500k.

If you wanna do 5Ghz however, you will appreciate buying your own TIM and something decent like mugen2 revb or hyper212+ or anything in that performance range.

Buying AsRock lol -> all you want is a basic p67 or z68 board from gigabyte/asus, you don't need anything more powerful for such a small OC.

And no you do not require cooling on the VRM's, for your OC you will probably remain under 125 130 watts and those things are largely specced for that - hell I even run 150+ watts on these without any issues (provided you have a decent case like antec one hundred with good airflow etc.).

All in all, if you plan to overclock, push it, force it, it won't happen naturally.

And more than anything, don't ever listen to those who lack the balls, they'll always tell you "stop here" or "buy this expensive mobo you need it" or "omg you put 1.45v on your sandy bridge that's too much"-> lol official Intel spec you're still under warranty -.

All you need for OC is good cooling and all the voltage tweaking options you can get in your bios, the rest is extra, like 37 phase CPU power.

And if you really think you do need coolers on your cpu power stage, just buy some it costs nothing compared to the price difference on those mobos.

 

[mfenn]

ANY air-cooler will do, 4.5Ghz is just lol with an i5-2500k.

If you wanna do 5Ghz however, you will appreciate buying your own TIM and something decent like mugen2 revb or hyper212+ or anything in that performance range.

Buying AsRock lol -> all you want is a basic p67 or z68 board from gigabyte/asus, you don't need anything more powerful for such a small OC.

And no you do not require cooling on the VRM's, for your OC you will probably remain under 125 130 watts and those things are largely specced for that - hell I even run 150+ watts on these without any issues (provided you have a decent case like antec one hundred with good airflow etc.).

All in all, if you plan to overclock, push it, force it, it won't happen naturally.

And more than anything, don't ever listen to those who lack the balls, they'll always tell you "stop here" or "buy this expensive mobo you need it" or "omg you put 1.45v on your sandy bridge that's too much"-> lol official Intel spec you're still under warranty -.

All you need for OC is good cooling and all the voltage tweaking options you can get in your bios, the rest is extra, like 37 phase CPU power.

And if you really think you do need coolers on your cpu power stage, just buy some it costs nothing compared to the price difference on those mobos.

1st: It's not the year 2000. ASRock is just as good as Gigabyte, ASUS (their parent company), and MSI.

2nd: Learn to read. I specifically said that you would not need cooling on the VRMs until you go "way past 4.5GHz".

3rd: Make up your damn mind about your points. First you say not to buy a cost-effective, featureful ASRock board, then you say "All you need for OC is good cooling and all the voltage tweaking options you can get in your bios".