well theres plenty of time before that stuff comes down to reasonable prices anyway. Its not released yet and things will take some time to cool off. I think we're in good shape though. A new pc would be cheap to build after this stuff comes out, (maybe you could afford it right then and there to insure life to your new pc, maybe not), but things are going to get cheap in $$$ and you could still build a great system for the next year while prices on new tech drop. The thing is, new things come out every year, which drives prices down. So trying to jump on the G71 AM2 bandwagon might be a waste of time. AM2 wont last forever. Its just new technology. Trying to beat the system doesn't really work....overall, take the price cut and lets get the word "future-proof" out of our vocabulary, because there really is no such thing.