Whats the best Motherboard to overclock a 2500k with?

easytim · Mar 4, 2012, 05:40 AM

I just want to overclock to a little over 4000, I'm wanting to know what board is the most stable to do this with.

newtekie1 · Mar 4, 2012, 06:10 AM

I think pretty much any P67 or Z68 board will do that. So find the one with the features you want in your price range and go with it.

easytim · Mar 4, 2012, 07:43 AM

I'm going to buy a Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

DanishDevil · Mar 4, 2012, 08:04 AM

Looks like a great choice. Plenty of CPU power phases to reach 4.2-4.5 pretty easily with a good cooler. YMMV, as always though.

erixx · Mar 4, 2012, 08:35 AM

^+1 good cooler
+ good RAM will give room for more advanced choices

Bo$$ · Mar 4, 2012, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by easytim

I'm going to buy a Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P

Easily will get 4.0ghz

should get 4.7ghz with some tweaking

entropy13 · Mar 4, 2012, 10:35 AM

All P67 and Z68 boards would do 4.0GHz, quite possibly even the Z68 ITX boards. It's with 4.3GHz where some starts to become unstable.

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