Yeah...I've had this preordered since the beginning of November but as you already know Opterons are incredibly hard to come by...the lower end of the spectrum such as the 144 and 165 were impossible to find at any retailer in Canada and they were backordered everywhere
I actually just checked and ncix only has seven 165s left in stock so they are in high demand and I assume they'll be gone quickly...especially once people find out that ncix is selling this batch of cores