clarkjd :
The quick answer is "No". You would need to change out your motherboard for one that is Intel based. The A8N-SLI Premium will only accept AMD CPUs that fit socket 939. Have you thought about overclocking or getting a dual core processor? I'm currently running an Opteron-180 dual core(2.4gHz) in mine.
Hey clarkjd, check out my configurations and tell me what do you suggest my best upgrade or two?
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-53 Processor (2412 MHz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, 32-bit (Service Pack 3)
DirectX version: 9.0c
GPU processor: GeForce 8800 GTX
Driver version: 180.48
Stream processors: 128
Core clock: 576 MHz
Shader clock: 1350 MHz
Memory clock: 900 MHz (1800 MHz data rate)
Memory interface: 384-bit
Memory: 768 MB
Video BIOS version: 60.80.07.00.11
IRQ: 18
Bus: PCI Express x16