its a disgrace that AMD suddenly stops a good chip, AMD are trying to be intel ... why dont they just realize that most of us dont need or want a total upgrade every 12 months .. I am in the same boat , whilst I am happy with my AM2+ board with a tri core athlon I would still like to squeeze some extra time out of it ... i.e buying a phenom ii x4 ... but I am damned if I am gonna shell out silly money for a second hand cpu