whats the fastest CPU I could use on this mobo??

Go to the Asus website and click "download" It will ask you to input your information (motherboard model, operating system) Then it will take you to the page for your motherboard. On the left side there will be a link that say "CPU Support" Click on that and it will have all the CPUs that will work with you board and the BIOS versions they will work with. I cut some out for you below...looks like it can support 45nm Dual Cores but not 45nm Quad Cores. Don't worry about the 45nm Quad Cores not being supported....my motherboard doe not support 45nm Quads...I threw it in and it runs fine:)

http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N32-E SLI

Core 2 Duo E8300 (2.83GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,rev.C0)
Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.E0)
Core 2 Duo E8400 (3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,rev.C0)
Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.E0)
Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,rev.C0)
Core 2 Duo E8600 (3.33GHz,1333FSB,L2:6MB,65W,rev.E0)
Core 2 Extreme QX6700(revB3,2.66GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB)
Core 2 Extreme QX6800 (rev.G0,2.93GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,4 cores)
Core 2 Extreme QX6850(revG0,3.00GHz,1333FSB,L2:2X4MB)
Core 2 Extreme X6800(2.93GHz,1066FSB,L2:4MB,revB2)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.B3,4 cores)
Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.G0,4 cores)
Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.G0,4 cores)

About the article you posted....look at the date it was posted....the quads were not even out yet:)
 
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