Mighty Pete has an important point. COMDEX is still going on in Las Vegas. About one week after the show is over, most dealers start dropping their prices because they need to acquire the new hardware. I'm upgrading too, but I always wait until February. Got my eye on the AMD 64 FX chip, and can't help noticing that the price has dropped $7.00 every week for the last three weeks. Same with RAM and such. Might be better to wait just a little, and then shop around again for what you need.