If you have a Microcenter near you, I just bought an i5 4670k w/ Asus Maximus VI Hero motherboard for $404 out the door. Motherboard is incredible looking and it booted up first time. It has stellar reviews on Newegg also.
I am looking for a mobo and dual core AM2 processor, preferably a 4000+ or better, and will also buy DDR2 PC6400 ram. I am building a decent system for daughter, don't need anything really high end. Thanks.
I just put mine in, passed 3DMark06 for 13,700 at 715/1787/1000. Maxed out at 52 degrees, running around 36 degrees idle. Tried one more time, putting my processor up to 4.0 ghz and scored a 13,973. I guess I am done. Going to run 24/7 at 675/975.