Core i5 2500K is a gaming beast

[episteme]

Locknuts said:

episteme said:

I bought my 3770K 4 years ago and it will probably last another 4 years, lol.

Can be overclocked to 4.5 GHz with almost no increase of power consumption at less than 1.2 V. Maximum is 4.8-4.9, but I wouldn't use those settings over a long time.

I remember that the difference between Pentium 3 550 and Athlon XP 2000+ was massive and they were only 2 years apart.

From what I've read that's a pretty good overclock for that CPU. What sort of temps do you get while gaming?

60-62°C @ 4.5 GHz in Prime95 In-place large FFT´s. Gaming is a few degrees lower. Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E with 140mm fan at 5V (very silent). 

I have one of those faulty 3770K's that didn't transmit the heat properly from the DIE to the HS. I shaved it off with a razor blade and used liquid metal as the thermal compound. Quite risky, but it improved the temperatures by ~17°C.