The price on these boards has bounced around a lot. But for those of you wanting to build a system extremely cheap but still have some flexibility, I don't think you're ever going to be able to dip below $60, much less $35-40 I know personally that the K7S5A will support a 2600+, I have heard some people claim that it will support a 2800+ U.S. Depot selling the SV266A: http://us-depot.com/sv266a1.html Target USA selling the K7S5A for $36: http://www.target-sale.com/tusa/items/mbsocketa/i02475.html