Well, after reading the last few pages of this thread, it looks like 45nm procs are nothing but a pain in the ass on this board... Especially if you want a solid OC.

I have a 2006 e6700 proc running water cooled @ 3.76ghz... stable for 2 years.

Seeing the results that people have had with this board, I don't think it would benefit me much to go the e8500 route.

I am going to be upgrading to 4GB of ram (2x2).. Found 4gb Crucial Ballistix for $41!!! CL4! I will post how that works out..

I will be replacing my old OCZ Titanium (2 x 1gb) kit. That cost me $500 2 years ago!

If I can get 940mhz @ 4-4-4 with this Crucial kit, I will be happy.

LASTLY: I have seen people on this thread having issues with the GTX280 video cards. Is this a known issue? Should I avoid this card? How about the 4870X2 card? Any recommendations would be welcome!