Quote Originally Posted by iMpathetic View Post
Oh, I forgot, said friend wants me to get a "real" motherboard. Getting to 3GHz or 3.2GHz on my current mobo and cooling is all I really care about, should I bother upgrading?

(If it helps any, at 2.5ish GHz, my CPU is at 1.33V.)
get a passive heatsink for your southbridge,
the p5n-e sli has none there and it gets hot