I purchased my A7V and T-bird 1.1 Ghz from www.tcwo.com, they were very helpful, and the A7V was 159. The mobo box itself was not beat up or anything, I had a prior experience with a pricewatch vendor where I ordered a K7M and the box for the mobo came back looking like someone had tried to use it as a skateboard. The K7M worked fine but tcwo is a good place to purchase I think. Plus tech support (although they don't carry Alpha or Global WIn hsf)