well... AMD's are not suppost to be like that. Like intels, a 3.0 is 3000MHZ. Its not the case with AMD's. Like a 2600 only pushes out like 1250MHZ like u said. Thats just how AMD's are. But i mean... The MAX amd only goes up to around 2.6 2.8? around there.. but there is nothing wrong with it. If i OC it then yea but its gonna be the same.