Confused on Motherboard for i5-2500K

Psygon_NA · 03-05-2011 10:27 AM

I think I may be missing something but does the i5-2500K fit socket 1155 or 1156 Motherboards ?

Scene_EU · 03-05-2011 10:41 AM

1155 according to intel's specs page

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Hyperstrike · 03-05-2011 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Psygon_NA

I think I may be missing something but does the i5-2500K fit socket 1155 or 1156 Motherboards ?

It's 1155. Give the respun Sandy Bridge chipsets a couple more weeks to saturate the channel partners before buying.

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Father Xmas · 03-05-2011 12:08 PM

Socket 1155.

Also it's important to get a motherboard with a P class chipset to take advantage of the unlocked multipliers in the i5-2500K. Currently only the P67 allows this, the H61/67 does not.

Also the P67 allows the CPU to use faster memory, unlocking the multipliers for DDR3-1600, -1866 and -2133.

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