Just a note and a nudge - the Core i5/i7 chips tend to be very capable overclockers when in a solid motherboard. I have had nothing but joy from my Asus P8Z68-V PRO. The excitement happens with the onboard 'AI Tuner' stuff. I set it to 'auto' and hit go, and now instead of a 3.5/3.8 'turbo', I run a locked 4.3ghz, and I still have all the thermal and voltage protections designed into the chip. I haven't even voided the warranty!
I am unfamiliar with the MSI board in question, but if its plausible, I would not hesitate to recommend that you pay the minor difference to go up to an i5-2500k, the k denoting the unlocked multiplier on the front end.
It is of note that it is on my list to go from my 'conservative' 13% overclock to an agressive overclock. Thanks to the multi-stage power filtering hardware and cooling setup on the motherboard, and my (absurdly easy to setup) Corsair H100, I can plausibly expect to get 5ghz stable.
5 ghz.
BRB COMPUTING EVERYTHING.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
I am unfamiliar with the MSI board in question, but if its plausible, I would not hesitate to recommend that you pay the minor difference to go up to an i5-2500k, the k denoting the unlocked multiplier on the front end.
It is of note that it is on my list to go from my 'conservative' 13% overclock to an agressive overclock. Thanks to the multi-stage power filtering hardware and cooling setup on the motherboard, and my (absurdly easy to setup) Corsair H100, I can plausibly expect to get 5ghz stable.
5 ghz.
BRB COMPUTING EVERYTHING.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies