Newegg has the AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Quad Core CPU + Asus ASUS M4A78T-E ATX Motherboard for $246 - $15 rebate [Exp 11/30] = $231 with free shipping. Features 2MB of L2 Cache and 6MB of L3 Cache with Hyper Transport Support. Heatsink and Fan are included. 
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Remember when AMD was the faster processor for a cheaper price. Oh the good ol' Athlon XP days.
Oh it's just nice to have a two players on the field.
While the i7 & i5 are great CPU values for $25-40 more in some cases... tack on a good mobo and decent/proper ram and your easily bumping the $375 minimum. Even with 4Gb a good Kingston DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) your out the door for under $300, and most folk will never miss any performance discrepancy.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134792
Agreed #2.
At this point I will buy from AMD because they are catering to what I want: unlocked multiplier, quad core, virtualization, etc... all the while coming in cheaper than Intel. I don't care that it's not the fastest on the planet... I wouldn't buy Intel's fastest even if AMD didn't exist.
Competition is good.
AMD is good
I would've liked the "black edition" cpu better!