I bought this combo last Sunday and the only processors were customer returns. There were three new boards there, so I took a shot at it. I also picked up the Coolermaster V8 cooler for $29 (AR). Looks like someone returned this processor but I can't see why they would...it does 4.2 at 1.36 and is running 57C under Prime95. This was a nice upgrade from my Q6600. I actually had 4 GB DDR3 RAM waiting for it from Newegg buy at $80 so I was finally able to pull the trigger. I actually think this can go higher with some tweaking.