I got the worst 2500k of all time!

[Rvenger]

I ended up with the 70 dollar Asus - I checked out all of those and the only one that microcenter carried (tz68a+) was really lacking in the rear I/o department. Only 4 USB ports, I need more than that. Anyway windows booted right up after the swap and installed all drivers, currently testing the new chip at 4.2ghz with 1.24v full load according to hwmonitor and it seems stable. Llc is off so maybe it will help lower it. So 4.5-4.7 should be doable safely now not bad for half the price of my other board!

Great! Glad it worked out for you.

 

[tweakboy]

Those temps are fine but not ideal

 

[Joseph F]

Dude, my 2500k gets to 74C+ at 3.3GHz with turbo disabled and voltage set to 1.050v.
Now, that is a dog.

 

[TidusZ]

I got the CPU used on the forums

I wonder why he sold it.