AMD Phenom II X4 3.2GHz CPU, ASUS M4A78-E mobo for $280 after rebate + free shipping

newegg.com offers the boxed AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Quad-Core Socket AM3 Processor, model no. HDZ955FBGIBOX, bundled with the ASUS M4A78-E AM2+/AM3 790GX ATX Motherboard for $289.99. This $10 mail-in rebate (paid via Visa debit card) cuts it to $279.99. With free shipping, that's $92 under the lowest total price we could find for these items purchased separately elsewhere. This retail-boxed CPU includes a heatsink and a fan and features four 128KB L1 cashes, four 512KB L2 caches, and a 6MB L3 cache. The motherboard supports up to 16GB of RAM, has two PCIe x16 slots, onboard video with HDMI out, and more. Rebate ends July 31.

• Posted July 6, 2009