So who will be getting Phenom 2 right off the bat

[Rammsteiner]

I might be able to wait until RD890+SB800 comes around in 2H09.
Or not. I'm soooo bored with my Q6600.
No, AM2+ CPUs don't work in AM3 sockets.

Unless you're willing to wait for it and remain bored I'd suggest not to put all your money on RD890 though. If I remember my time waiting on SB750 boards... It took ages after I set my pre-order

In that case you'd better get an AM3 chip and set it on a cheap AM2+ board, there's quite a few cheap but quite decent options out there. In that time you can learn the Phenom a bit as well

Also when AM3 is out for a while you might see some better motherboards coming out, and if you wait for RD890 to be released also even more chance there's some good quality boards out like Asus ROG and DFI UT boards.

Some cheap options might be ECS's 790GX/SB750 board or their new 780G/SB750 board (I know it's 780G, but it has support upto 160W TDP, so quite good PWM load out there).

Or, like I do, get a Phenom AM2+ and get an AM2+ board, have loads of fun and just sit back slowly and upgrade when AM3 and RD890 are available. More expensive in the end I guess, but well, being impatient for the win/lose (depends how you look at it)

just to make you all envy :p

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2935/piiyf7.jpg

if I told you that Foxconn's 790GX mobo don't even recognize CPU properly with latest BIOS but overclock it like crazy, I think you would want to go for this awesome blacky

Is that your CPU or what