> Bought this motherboard with a lower end processor for my son to play on > line games only used slightly, but since has decided to take over my > laptop since he can take it to friends more easily. I upgraded the CPU > and memory to build an ESXi server, however I just cant bring my self to > leaving it running all of the time and therefore just quit using it. I > understand that the new 2nd generation processors are better in many > ways. But I've found the Q9650 to be faster than some of my friend's PCs > who are running the core I7. $420 Just want to clarify that the price of the CPU/Mobo includes the 8GB of RAM.