"" == Wes Newell writes:

My best advice. Buy the speed adn price you want today, and don't
waorry about upgrading the cpu only.. When you upgrade, upgrade
both cpu and mb.

I would concur with the above statement completely. Unless you plan to
get a low end 754 or 939 cpu and upgrade in within the next 12 months
it is really difficult to upgrade a cpu only. I think that folks
really put to much emphasis on the cpu but the motherboard chipset,
memory, etc. (complete system) are important parts. So once the latest
and greatest stuff comes out it will need hardware support on a new
motherboard that won't be compatible with your old chip. Maybe that is
by design and not necessity but that is the way it is.

Alan