Well the turbo boost on this processor can put it as high as 3.8GHZ so I believe you will be quite fine. The only thing I don't like about this processor is lack of hyperthreading.

buying K processor and not overclocking is like buying a steak and not eating it. return it immediately for a normal 3570 if you dont plan to overclock. do it now. someone out there will treat it right. :p

The OP can always overclock later, let's say if they sli'd or something. 

You are not bottlenecked.

Having a bottleneck depends on your games (whether CPU-intensive or GPU-intensive), and whether it bothers you depends on your preferences (if the frame rates are within an acceptable range).  There is no one-size-fits-all obvious.  Those of us that overclock represent less than 1% of anyone that gets a computer, including gaming; there is no rule where you have to and Intel doesn't sell slow processors. Our preferences are why we do it, we aren't smarter than the designers of the CPU to know better what frequency is good.
 
For instance, I have this strategy game were if I changed the CPU frequency, the max detail frame rates are always in the 50's, this means the graphics card is bottlenecking my performance and not the CPU, that getting a better graphics card will raise frame rates considerably.  Except my comfortability minimum is 24 and my complacency minimum is 40, so I'm more than happy with 50 FPS.  To invest in better graphics to raise those rates would be a waste of my money; I might not tell the difference.  If you discover an upgrade didn't do anything, then you have a bottleneck of some kind.  It is unlikely stock would do it, but that depends on your expectations.
 
We overclock because the component can hold back (bottleneck) our game performance preferences; it says nothing about your preferences, therefore you don't have to overclock.  We don't all have the same configuration or play the same games with the same preferences, afterall.

hoserx

buying K processor and not overclocking is like buying a steak and not eating it. return it immediately for a normal 3570 if you dont plan to overclock. do it now. someone out there will treat it right. :p

Well I can OC it but only if I need to, if I don't need to i'll just be wasting power on no gain 

In a perfect world, ever increasing performance should increase linearly forever with CPU frequency or graphics scaling; but if the performance levels out or doesn't scale, then something is holding it back:  That is the idea of a bottleneck.  Bottleneck are just facts of life, you can't ever get rid of them; anyone that thinks they have has rather made a call due to diminishing returns.   That doesn't mean the bottleneck vanished just because they drew a line in the sand and made a call.  
 
Many think once they increase CPU frequency and frame rates level out, they think they eliminated the bottleneck, yeah the CPU bottleneck is gone, but now they've discovered a new bottleneck relating to resolution or graphics.  In a perfect world, ever increasing CPU frequency should always increase frame rates; it shouldn't level out, but it does.  So they'll upgrade their graphics cards, and they discover the CPU may still hold them back, so they overclock the CPU further or upgrade to a better CPU; the cycle continues.  This is how you can't get rid of a bottleneck; if you can afford to keep up, that's cool; but if you can't then you just have to make a call and get over it. 
 
For me, it just so happens many of my games are GPU-bottlenecked (some are older titles), but because I'm happy with performance, I don't care about it.  If anything is tells me I could have gone with a slower or even older CPU with my choice of games and graphics; or rather I can upgrade graphics and not worry about the CPU at all.

gutcheck

Dude you have to OC that CPU.  Even it it is just to 4GHZ.  You paid for the ability to do so, so you should do it.

 
It's like a $10 difference. If you think of it this way, the $10 is already factored into the processor since it has a slight higher clock and higher turbo than the non-unlocked one, then you don't need to factor in the overclocking capability.  
 
The OP can always overclock later like I said when they have SLI'd or have a actual CPU bottleneck.

ssj92

gutcheck

Dude you have to OC that CPU.  Even it it is just to 4GHZ.  You paid for the ability to do so, so you should do it.

It's like a $10 difference. If you think of it this way, the $10 is already factored into the processor since it has a slight higher clock and higher turbo than the non-unlocked one, then you don't need to factor in the overclocking capability.  

The OP can always overclock later like I said when they have SLI'd or have a actual CPU bottleneck.

+1 Just because you buy a faster car that is easy to mod doesn't mean you have to mod it.

b_horner

ssj92

gutcheck

It's like a $10 difference. If you think of it this way, the $10 is already factored into the processor since it has a slight higher clock and higher turbo than the non-unlocked one, then you don't need to factor in the overclocking capability.  

no. they have the same stock clock, 3.3ghz and 3.7ghz turbo. IF you were refering to the 2500k. with the ivy bridge that you might be refering to, there 2 $200 chips, and then step up $10 twice for 2 others. a 'big' jump for $0 in 3450 and 3450s. 2.8ghz vs 3.1ghz. and $20 more for 300mhz core and 300mhz turbo ? no. not worth buying a k series and NOT overclocking it. thats what they were designed for. the same is true for the mobo's.
but anyone buying a k series and not overclocking is wasting the potential of their chip. up to a certain point, you are not using any more power to push it higher. you are not getting "no gain". its unthinkable you would say you would have no gain by overclocking. that doesnt even make sense.

psi, what mobo do you have ?

 
I was referring to the 3570k vs the 3550. I didn't notice the 3570.