first off, thanks for the help!mkenyon said:www.overclock.net, or you can PM me any and all questions you have. I'll send you a PM to get an idea of the baseline level of WC'ing you're going for.
You are in luck, as last weekend I upgraded a friend's system that was literally the same setup. We put in a 2500K + 8GB DDR3 + H100 + Maximus IV Gene-Z and it was a complete different experience. OC'd the 2500K to 4.8 stable. 5850 was rocking Skyrim, BF3, and Tribes absolutely fine.
As to your PSU, yes.
A few questions:
1: if i dont O/C the 2500k will I still notice speed improvement?
2: Can you recommend a guide/site/video on how to overclock
that 2500k?
3: Never bought a micro-atx board before. Will it line-up/work correctly in a normal sized ATX case?
4: I'll probably just use the stock cpu fan for now. will that be ok for overclocking? If not, what fan do you recommend for the 2500k?
thanks again!