ur sayin 754 is gonna be dead... well yea, people with alot of money and can afford the new shit thats gonna come out will prolly buy it.. but u cant say K8V Deluxe socket 754 mobo with an AMD Athlon 64 3400+ is gonna be horrible... no it wont.. cuz it can handle up to 3GB of RAM and that is fillin up all 3 of its slots, that means u can have 3GB PC3200 RAM.. if that doesnt kick ass, then what does (for the price after all the new extreme parts come onto market)... i mean yea, if money wasnt a thing in life, the new market parts that are gonna come out would be nice n easy to get.. but ummm, whenever new parts come out they cost out the ass.. and technology today, the parts are gettin insane.. cuz now all the 64 bit stuff is comin out... and everyone is waitin on the 64 bit OS to come out..