Originally Posted by
ducklino
h61 chipset on a 2500k? really? Hahahahahahaha i love when people, that have no clue how to build a computer, burn money doing stuff like this.
You could had got an i3 and saved tons of cash, because i5 and i7 have a really shit cost&benefit ratio at default clock's. (i5 and i7 with overclock have the best cost&benefit ratio in the market)
You're screwed, you got a h61 chipset, that means NO OVERCLOCK for you. if you want to overclock you gotta get z68,z75 or z77 chipsets.
So yeah, you gotta buy a new mobo with those chipsets AND an after market cooler.
(for the people that have no clue wtf im talking about: intel cpu's with the letter K means overclock series, they are more expensive because you can overclock it, and thats the only reason. the op made a mistake of spending tons of cash on something he can't do)