Thansk for the heads up Al, I have not touched an Athlon since the 939 days ....
May have to look in a different direction. Thought the 990FX would be the endall flagship for old and new .....
Have to do some reading on this, maybe holding for LGA2011 is a good idea, just looking for something to bench these days .........

My other hardware is wrapped up in a gaming rig.
Feeling the pain of college tuition these days .............................