Phenom II info leaks out, AMD hints at something

[maroon1]

Core i7 358 usd
Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 358 usd
OCZ DDR3-1600 Platinum EB XTC 4 GB (2 x 2048) 279 usd
Total: 995 usd

here is my estamate how much deneb will cost
AMD Phenom II 940 230 usd
790FX or 790GX chipset 172 usd
OCZ DDR2-1000 4096 MB Platinum Edition 86usd
Total: 488 usd

First: Core i7 2.66GHz cost $309.99 at newegg, and you can get it for $299.99 Microcenter. I think Core i7 will also perform better than any of Phenom II CPUs

Second: There are much cheaper X58 motherboards at newegg than the one you posted.

Third: The DDR3 you posted is very expensive, and you can get much cheaper one. Furthermore, Core i7 performs the best on Triple channel memory

Here is an example
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231222

Forth: Phenom II is not out yet. At the time Phenom II comes out the price of Core i7, X58 motherboard and DDR3 might get cheaper.

Fifth: there is no evidence that Phenom II will be better than Yorkfield which is cheaper than Core i7

Last but not least: Your pricing of Phenom II 940 is based on assumption