ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

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I'd also like to get 2GBy dual rank x 4 sticks (8GBy)
Micron D9HNL STT PC-5300/667 DDR2 working on it.

Why?

Would it likely fail to recognize / boot the G0 step Q6600?

Would I be much better off if I get a lower end
older model CPU like some Pentium D and boot it to
update the BIOS before I risk the Q6600-G0? I don't
have such an alternate processor, but if it's going to fail
to properly boot / volt / clock the Q6600 I guess I'd have
to get the BIOS updated.

You'll notice that your Q6600 G0 at this link shows that the P5K Deluxe needs the 0404 BIOS.

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/c...l=P5K%20Deluxe

With luck in about 50 hours I'll know if the BIOS that ships with my new P5K Deluxe will work with a new E6750 G0. I'm only hoping to get in the BIOS to flash. If I can't do that then I'll use a CPU that this board supports. So if you can wait a couple of days then I'll let you know what happened.