I recently purchased a I5-2500K CPU and appropriate motherboard for $300.
Have been able to OC without any effort to 4.4Ghz and others have gotten up to 5 Ghz, so if you want a very fast box that will last for years for a fairly reasonable price, this it the MB/CPU combo I recommend.
PS. There was a flaw discovered in some of the MB chipset silicone after the initial release of P67 and H67 chipset MBs which has been fixed and the MBs are going to be working their way into the channels shortly, so you should wait until those new MBs are available.
PPS. If you already own one of these MBs, Intel is paying for the replacement of all MBs effected by this defect, so contact whomever your purchased your MB from to find out when a replacement will available.
The flaw is with the 3GB SATA interface, the 6GB interfaces are fine on these MBs.
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