A true enthusiast will see threw all the fanbois and buy a q6600 go stepping. that chip will do3.6ghz for $265 and is the best bang for the buck out right now,You could also buy a board that supports ddr3 and be set for a while.

I'm not giving up on AMD yet,I'm waiting for some more in dept benching results but so far the cd2's look better with there aggressive mid rang prices.

It's funny how things have turned,I used to say this very same things about intel when AMD had the best bang for the buck mid end parts.