HP Pavilion HPE h8-1114 Processor upgrade

[cojo77]

The motherboard for this PC is a IPISB-CU (Carmel2). Will it support the Intel Core i7 2600k?

 

[Scottray]

HP specs (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03028604) shows that an i7-2600 (95W) is supported. The i7-2600K is essentially the same CPU, but unlocked for overclocking. So, yes, you can use the i7-2600K. However, you might not be able to overclock it. It depends on the features in the motherboard and bios. My guess is that HP doesn't add overclocking features for this type of pre-built.