oh, thought i remember reading that the phenoms would be available in am2 and 1207 flavors. however, that could have been referring to the future, not the release on monday.

but i didn't know you could use the quad opterons in that board. from what i saw of the board on newegg and asus.com, that board only accepts the FX line of procs.

but i have some money i want to spend on a new webserver/multitasker/crunching box and i want 8 cores. so i just have to wait for the opertons to come back in stock.

i just really want 8 cores. aside from my chinsy intel-based laptops, i have never had more than 1 core in a desktop.