Overclocking i5 2500k On P8H61-M LX MoBo

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Processor : i3 2120 @3.3 GHz
MoBo : Asus P8H61-M LX
Graphics Card : Asus Strix R9 380 OC 4G
Cooling : Liquid
Power Supply : 600+ Bronze

I know my graphics card are bottlenecking.
If I bought i5 2500k can I overclock it by using my MoBo? Most of my friend said the motherboard is not compatible for overclocking.

I tried to overclock my i3 non overclockable(I know that is impossible). and the CPU ratio is stuck at 33 not higher (I know its already the limit) but "IF" I upgraded to i5 2500k "WILL" the MoBo pass through the boost clock over 3.70 GHz and will my MoBo unlock some feature that been hidden when we're using non K cpu?

If my MoBo doesn't support overclocking,
Please help me decide to buy another processor. I'm in a budget range like under $120 for the processor. Besides of Pentium G4560 cos I planned to upgrade to that processor if the i5 is not overclockable with my MoBo

Sorry for the Long Post & Bad English,
Nicholas
 
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You can't overclock your CPU with that motherboard. CPU overclocking on Sandy Bridge was only available on boards with a P67 or Z68 chipset. H61 was the extreme low end stripped down option.

As for buying a new processor, at your budget you have few options. Buying a used Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge i5 might be your best option within $120. Any other option requires a new motherboard and new RAM as well. The cheapest new option worth getting would be a Pentium G4560, the cheapest B250 board you can find, and 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and all that is going to cost more than $120. Aside from that, there really aren't any other options unless you either save up more money, or start scouring the used market for LGA 1150 motherboards and see about...
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You can't overclock your CPU with that motherboard. CPU overclocking on Sandy Bridge was only available on boards with a P67 or Z68 chipset. H61 was the extreme low end stripped down option.

As for buying a new processor, at your budget you have few options. Buying a used Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge i5 might be your best option within $120. Any other option requires a new motherboard and new RAM as well. The cheapest new option worth getting would be a Pentium G4560, the cheapest B250 board you can find, and 8GB of DDR4 RAM, and all that is going to cost more than $120. Aside from that, there really aren't any other options unless you either save up more money, or start scouring the used market for LGA 1150 motherboards and see about getting a Haswell i5.
 
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I mean like $120 for the processor.. i got the money already for the MoBo and the RAM
Any more suggestion for the proc for that budget please?
 
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Sadly for new there aren't many options for you right now. Aside from the Pentium G4560, there are the Core i3 6100 or 7100, which are pretty similar, just slightly higher clocks, a bit more L3 cache, and support for AVX instructions which most programs don't use, likely not worth the money in most circumstances. There's also the old socket AM3+ FX CPUs like the FX 6300, but they are about to be replaced by Ryzen and simply aren't worth buying anymore, they're 4 and a half years old now. If you are willing to wait a few weeks, there might be a quad core Ryzen CPU from AMD available at about $130 is rumours are to be believed.
 
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