Well, here's a solid X58 board from Gigabyte that is 184 after MIR:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128375The i7 920s are going for 229 now at some retailers:
http://f.microcentermail.com//asbs/servlet/WebContView?C=16183650&R=1100361604&K=1PE2&BrCs=498&BrCg=16183650&BrRc=1100361604. . .all that you get totally ripped off on is DDR 3 now. . .it's crazy how quick the other prices have dropped! I still think a simmer will be better off with an E8400 OC'd to 3.8+, with 4 gigs of DDR2 for chump change, but if DDR 3 prices drop an i7 build won't seem so unreasonable.
