does this happen for anyone else on newegg?

[wjb663]

disregard, I'm not crazy, at least I didn't think so...

 

[mnewsham]

The one beneath it is 159.99 are you adding that one? I just added it to my cart and got 139.99, i wouldn't recommend buying it though if this is for a new build but that is neither here nor there.

 

[wjb663]

actually, while we're on the subject, why wouldn't you recommend it?

 

[mnewsham]

actually, while we're on the subject, why wouldn't you recommend it?

AMD's new platform Bulldozer will be coming out this summer (late june?) and Intel's current Sandy Bridge platform outperforms the Phenom's by a LARGE margin. The new AMD CPU's coming out this summer will be socket AM3+ and NOT socket AM3 so a current motherboard will not be upgradeable (you will need a new motherboard when upgrading next time) So buying the current line of AMD processors will be buying into a dead socket.