i have the 2500 xpm and this chip overclocked well,i got it upto 2687 ghz at with no probs on air at 1.68 vcore with shit ram id love to get some decent ram and cooling to see what i can actualy take his baby too, i ran the comp at 2687 ghz for 3 months in winter but now its getting warmer i put it back down to 2.200 ghz ,(anyone got any spare money they dont want lol)