Who drops $800 on a gaming CPU anyway? I haven't spent more than $300 on a CPU in the last 6 months. For just under $300 you can currently get:
A64 3400+ (2.2Ghz, 1MB)
Pentium M 735 (1.7Ghz, 2MB)
Opteron 146 (2Ghz, 1MB)
Xeon (2.8Ghz, 512KB)
P4 550 (3.4Ghz, 1MB)
I can think of a dozen other...