If you have a microcenter near you, you can get a 4670K Haswell i5 processor + 1150 motherboard combo package which has a $30 discount on the mobo. Buddy of mine just picked up 4670K + Asrock Extreme 3 mobo for ~300 after tax. Incredible deal and well worth it imo for gaming. i5s are just solid price/performance for the predominantly 1-2 thread gaming market right now. AMD FX processors will be a good deal in the future once more games are truly multithreaded but thats a while off, and even then I think the i5 will still perform incredibly well in those situations (enough to make it worth buying over the FX).