April 25, 201115 yr Hello guys,I've been doing some research in the last few days.I found some info that I couldn't understand very well.Talking about the system I'm gonna buy.I read over the internet that H67 and i5 2500 do allow some overclock, but of course not as much as P67 and 2500K.Could you tell, since it is the info I couldn't find/understand, which frequency can I expect to obtain from overclocking with H67 and 2500 on FSX?My problem is, as I said, that I'm low on budget and if I switch from those to P67 and 2500K I'll have to pay much more since the store where I'm buying the system from doesn't have those part in their stock.Thanks again.
April 25, 201115 yr With H67 there's no OC available at all.A non K chip + P67 board overclocks max 400MHz (4 multiplier bins)
April 25, 201115 yr If you can't yet afford a P67 motherboard and a K CPU, I would hold out and wait until you can. It's just not worth dropping $500 on a fail system because you were not patient enough to wait until you had the $600 needed to get the appropriate system. Overclocking a 2500K from stock to about 4.8ish will improve FSX performance by about 25%, so it's worth waiting.Also, I understand loyalty to a particular store, but they're going to charge you more just because they will have to order the parts you want??? Have you looked at prices online? How do their prices compare? Corey Meeks FS2020 | AMD 7800X3D | ASUS ProArt 4080 Super | ASUS B650E-I Mini ITX | 2x32Gb DDR5-6000 CL32 | DELL 38" U3818DW (3840x1600) | FormD T1 | Thermalright AXP90-47 | Thermaltake Toughpower SFX 1000W
April 26, 201115 yr Thank you both.I'll see if I can get the P67 + K in my usual store, hopefully the difference in price should kill me.I checked the cost of the different parts online and the total is pretty much the same I'm getting from the store.So I wouldn't be saving that much and I'd have to build it myself.If they can't provide the P67 + K solution I'll see what to do next.I wasn't planning about overclocking in the beginning, so it wouldn't be a big deal, provided that I can obtain al least 20 fps steady in FSX with the H67 + non K solution.Thanks again for your kind help.I'll give a call this afternoon to the store and I'll let you know.
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