TBH, from what I've read on forums. You can reliably overclock the 2500k to 4.5Ghz with air cooling.
As you said, you probably won't overclock, until your system becomes of age. So I's scrap the air cooler for now and just use the stock standard one. No point buying stuff you aren't going to use.
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