This is an extremely awesome thread, and it has helped me decide on the Asus Rampage Extreme Motherboard, as well as many ideas on what to do about the cooling also.

I plan to buy this motherboard for my next build, which I hope to get done with in the next couple of months, and I am wondering if anyone has ran a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 on this board and I am curious on how well it works.

As for RAM, I have seen that a member named eternal_fantasy uses CellShock RAM on this motherboard, and I cannot find that brand on NewEgg nor TigerDirect. As I was curious on how much it costs compared to some of the G.Skill RAM. I thought about Corsair RAM, but since I have heard so many complaints on RAM compatibility, I'm worried on this the most right now.

All help and information is/are greatly appreciated!