Atmel STK500 and Atmel Studio Is the Atmel STK500 worth using as a AVR programmer and Dev board? I am starting to get to into AVR programming with Atmel studio. I plan on purchasing the AVRDragon and also looking into purchasing the Atmel STK500. This might be too broad of a question, but are their any benefits in using the Atmel STK500?

Atmel STK500
Benefits of STK500? Sure:
- It has push buttons
- It has LEDs
- It has easy accessible connectors to any controller pin

Actually that's all. If you want/need to make use of this, buy both. Use the STK for "rapid prototyping" and the Dragon for debugging.
But if your budget allows it, have a look at the STK600 instead of 500. It's more expensive, but not so "old-fashioned", and it has much more features.