I have a P45 Platinum and that's a fantastic board and the Diamond is the next one up so it must be good.
I had a Q6600 in a P5E X38 and that could do 3.8Ghz. My DFI X48 does at least 520 fsb with a 45nm dual core but with the Q9550 it will struggle to get past 440 and even that needs serious voltage through the NB. The Q9550 does at least 3.6Ghz on stock volts which is quite frustrating. I will be swapping boards soon as i got a brand new Gigabyte P43-UD3L for £35 which has gone in my second pc. The MSI P45 Platinum from that will replace the DFI in my main rig and then i will be able to see how far i can push the Q9550.
i ordered one now. i hope it have a long lifespan than my striker! (surely it can last longer than 3 days...) thanks for the help everyone
