Yeah well i guess you are right, i figured you would be paying a lot more for the processor then that, but yup i just checked prices and intel has really been slashing prices recently. Just for comparison though i just spent 398 on an amd athlon thunderbird 800 and an asus a7v133 (new kt133 chipset supporting 133mhz fsb) 256 megs of micron ram(133), and a heavy duty winfop fan. Good luck. Christian