I'm kinda annoyed by this actually, sooo soon after release (even though it's still hard to find Q9450's) they are discontinuing the Q9450 + making a new revision stepping. So you get hit twice...the problem is the resale value of the Q9450 will drop like a stone and no one will want them at a reasonable asking price, they will want them for half nothing (compared to what you spent to buy them)....sucks.