got the cpu today..fits perfect..could you give me a little history on it though? how didyou aquire it?..you said u had it laying around...it was never opened..lol. Plus it's a socket 478 3.2 HT (Hyper Threading)...which are pretty rare and go for no less than $100 on ebay...Now all I need is RAM (I'm working on it...) Oh, and the retention clip to hold it to the mobo, which I should be getting off ebay tomorrow...

Thanks again br0