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Whats the best Motherboard to overclock a 2500k with?
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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.
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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.
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should get 4.7ghz with some tweaking
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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.