i5-2500K/2600K batch number and o/c results

[PolRoger]

I'm going to pickup some 2500k and 2600k at Microcenter , Any one here have experience with batch code number lately at MC ?

Which MC? At the Twin Cities/Saint Louis Park, MN, there are four batches currently available: L040B305, L042B208/243 and L050A853. Neither of these are great OCers, by the way. I have the L050A853 and it seems to be the better among them. But then again, it could just be my crappy board. Who knows since I don't have two boards to compare, I really don't know.

I've tested a few of the L050A853 and some of them are quite decent but as with most SB batch(s) there is both stronger and weaker samples out there.

I would consider that batch if it were available at your MC... also another decent batch that may still be at some MC is the L041C108 batch.