Gigabyte GA-EP45T-USB3P help

[Turtle_3]

hello i have this mother board and i am wondering waht can i add to it to max it out as in the bast for what i have like best ram, cpu, etc

 

[cin19]

According to the gigabyte http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3329#sp , best cpu is core 2 extreme or C2Q 9xxx and the RAM DDR2 16GB or 8GB for your MB. But those are very expensive.
For 8GB (2X 4GB) 800mhz DDR2 RAM is over $100 in newegg, 667mhz is about 480, and like Q9550 is about $180 too. So recommend to buy i5 4430 and DDR3 8 GB ( less than $40) + cheaper H97, even the H81, they will much better than the old lga 775 PC, that is my recommendation.