I have the 2500k, I'm happy with it for the price/performace..its running at 4.4ghz now and I never have any CPU issues.

If you really want to future proof your rig (or have $$ to waste) then the i7 might be the way to go. On the other hand use the money you saved on cpu to get a better video card and more RAM!

As for Osprey I have no clue what his problems are but without touching anything, I hit the "EASY OVERCLOCK" button on my Asus motherboard and sent the thing to 4ghz out of the box. Once i turned it to manual and tweaked a few settings I hit 4.6 without breaking a sweat.

up, it probably should, but when I play a game it would crash. You are welcome to come to England to OC it for me though ;)


I have an Asus mobo with the B3 stepping, I used the "performance" auto overclock but ended up doing hard resets, so I tried manual tweaks at lower speeds - no joy. I took it to stock and then tried going upwards, I think I managed about 3.5, which is utter crap.

Thats why i shop here and just buy the latest bundle just chuck it in go in the bios select the ocuk overclocked profile hit f10 happy days :)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...php?groupid=43

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Osprey, sounds like some setting in BIOS does not like OC at all. I prefer to do it manually. So basically I have Default settings in BIOS and start from there. Most basic is to up core voltage slightly and then change the CPU multiplier only 1-2 steps at a time and test.

And I really should come to England as I want to take my son to Duxford Air Show to see real aeroplanes, no nintendo jets :D