What cpu is better for the Asus P5N32-sli Premium

What Cpu is better for my motherboard P5N32-SLI PREMIUM

Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965

Family Intel Pentium Extreme Edition
Model number 965
Frequency (MHz) 3733
Bus speed (MHz) 1066
Clock multiplier 14
1.48" x 1.48" (3.75 cm x 3.75 cm)
Socket Socket 775 (LGA775)


Manufacturing process 0.065 micron
376 million transistors
Data width 64 bit
Number of cores 2

Level 1 cache size 2 x 16 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size 2 x 2 MB 8-way associative cache
Features MMX Technology
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
Execute Disable bit
Hyper-Threading technology
Virtualization technology



Electrical/Thermal parameters
V core (V) ? 1.2 - 1.3375
Minimum/Maximum operating temperature (°C) ? 5 - 68.6 (775_VR_CONFIG_05B)
Minimum/Maximum power dissipation (W) ? 86.28

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Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800


Frequency (MHz) 2933
Bus speed (MHz) 1066
Clock multiplier 11

Socket Socket 775 (LGA775)

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Processor core Conroe
291 million transistors
Data width 64 bit
Number of cores 2
Floating Point Unit Integrated
Level 1 cache size 2 x 32 KB instruction caches
2 x 32 KB data caches
Level 2 cache size shared 4 MB
Features MMX instruction set
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
Supplemental SSE3
EM64T technology ?
Virtualization Technology
Execute Disable Bit technology ?

Low power features Enhanced SpeedStep technology ?
Stop Grant state ?
Halt state
Extended Halt state


Electrical/Thermal parameters
V core (V) ? 0.85 - 1.5
Minimum/Maximum operating temperature (°C) ? 5 - 60.4
Minimum/Maximum power dissipation (W) ? 22 (Extended Halt mode) / 124.42
Thermal Design Power (W) ? 75

Well i currently have the E4400 due, what would you suggest.

I don't think this board can run 45nm processors, i think I'm limited to 65nm ones. as far as I know. Has anyone run this CPU on this MB. Also my manual says that the FSB is 566/800/1066MHz

So of all the cpus that this motherboard can support which would be the best I can get.

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Intel Pentium Extreme Edition is a piece of crap compared to any current CPU.

Even your E4400 dual core is much better than it. Get yourself a cheap 65nm dual core off ebay and overclock it.

The Pentium CPU is a Pentium 4 single core.

The E4400 has two cores.

Not only that, but the dual core architecture of Core2s/Pentium Duals (not Pentium Ds) is much more efficient than Pentium 4s.

A single core Core2 (core solo) running at 2.5GHz will be better than a Pentium 4 running at 4GHz.

You can't directly compare the frequency if the two cpus are entirely different generations.