Considering a mini-itx DAW (Intel B85 chipset)

You are correct, the z series chipsets are more suited to overclocking, which is not really something you need to worry too much about. Therefore, you probably don’t need to do it.

Sounds like you have a processor and such picked out; I don’t think you’ll have chipset compatibility issues. If you use an ASrock motherboard, they are pretty good in my experience.

Make sure you unlock and unpark your processor :slight_smile: