[TChris]

Intel Sampling 45nm Chips
Looks like AMD will be in the passenger seat for some time to come... :(

That's entirely possible. But the fact that AMD is there, nipping at Intel's heels and thoroughly embarrasing them from time to time, makes the industry a better place for all of us. :-)

I just wish every industry had the nearly perfect free market competition that the PC industry has going for it!

[Echo Talon]

yep, and AMD's 4x4 might not be to bad "at least" for guys like me(3D apps and video editing) when they get to "true" quad-core and down to 65nm. as 4x4 stands right now the Core2Quad is a better alternative.

But the competition is always good.

[Echo Talon]

GIGABYTE GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $115.99

This one its much more and ISN'T expensive and would suggest this one over the other...

read the customer reviews and see what ram they are using... seems lke some of them are hitting 3GHZ overclock with this board...

DDR2 800
Maximum Memory Supported 8GB
PCI Express x16 (1)
PCI Express x1 (3)
PCI Slots (3)
PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices
SATA 3Gb/s (6)
Audio Channels 8 Channels
S/PDIF Out 1x Optical and 1x Coaxial
Audio Ports 6 Ports
Gigabit LAN
8 X USB 2.0

This one is $25 more but it has faster memory and better North and South bridge.