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Picking up a 4760HQ Qualification Sample for my HTPC soon. Hopefully it will work on the Supox IB85MY-Q7 I bought from taobao a while ago. Also @TheRandomness: I don't think this is a particularly special mod. Socket adapters like this have been done before for CPUs that have the same architecture but a different socket (478 to 775 adapter, for example).

Which mobo? The Sabertooth or the Pro? I don't have money to spare, I've been doing a paper route for the past 3 years If prices don't drop sooon, I guess I'll go with the FX.

AFAIK that one has a 6+2 power phase which isn't ideal for OCing octa-cores. I personally hate black and red as well. I might go with 5820k after Broadwell-E is announced and prices drop

How about this one then? http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20 I went with the Sabertooth for the sheer number of USB 3.0 ports, but I can drop in a USB card if necessary (at the cost of aesthetics )

Here is the part list: I live in Australia so I'll be buying all my WC stuff from PCCaseGear. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($258.00 @ Centre Com) Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina Premium Ceramic Polysynthetic 14g Thermal Paste ($9.00 @ PCCaseGear) Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($275.00 @ Umart) Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($139.98 @ Mwave Australia) Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($119.00 @ Umart) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($99.00 @ Centre Com) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($449.00 @ Centre Com) Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($155.00 @ Scorptec) Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Gold S 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($189.00 @ PCCaseGear) Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12WT-A 40.6 CFM 120mm Fan ($20.00 @ PLE Computers) Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12WT-A 40.6 CFM 120mm Fan ($20.00 @ PLE Computers) Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12WT-A 40.6 CFM 120mm Fan ($20.00 @ PLE Computers) Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12WT-A 40.6 CFM 120mm Fan ($20.00 @ PLE Computers) Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12WT-A 40.6 CFM 120mm Fan ($20.00 @ PLE Computers) Case Fan: Thermaltake CL-F038-PL12WT-A 40.6 CFM 120mm Fan ($20.00 @ PLE Computers) Monitor: Dell U2410 24.0" Monitor ($189.00 @ Mwave Australia) Mouse: SteelSeries 62016 Wired Optical Mouse ($33.00 @ Umart) Other: EK Supremacy MX AMD CPU Waterblock Acetal ($59.00) Other: EK Full Cover EK-FC970 GTX Backplate Black ($29.00) Other: XSPC FLX Tubing Clear UV 7/16ID 5/8OD 2m ($19.00) Other: Phobya DC12-260 12V Pump ($45.00) Other: XSPC G1/4 Black Chrome 7/16 Compression Fitting x13 ($65.00) Other: XSPC EX360 Radiator ($75.00) Other: XSPC EX240 Crossflow Radiator ($69.00) Other: Alphacool CKC Cape Kelvin Catcher Clear 1000ml ($15.00) Other: Phobya Balancer 250 Black Nickel ($45.00) Other: EK Full Cover VGA Block EK-FC970 GTX Acetal Nickel ($135.00) Other: Phobya PWM 8x 4Pin Splitter ($9.00) Other: EK CoolStream XE 120 Single Radiator ($79.00) Total: $2678.98 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-31 15:41 AEDT+1100 I'll usually be running around 6 VM's at a time (Windows Neptune, XP x64, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Server and Windows Longhorn build 4074) while gaming. I already have a decent enough keyboard, so I won't require a new one.

Can you PLEASE do a visualization PC build log with an FX-8350 or similar?

Because I do a lot of virtualisation work and I need the extra cores Hmm. What's the best rad/fan and pump/res solution for this build that will fit in a 600C? Or, if it won't fit, what's another similarly sized case that can fit a good rad? EDIT: Thx for the edit, admins! I screwed up the formatting

So, I'm going to be doing a custom loop build next year, but I am a bit worried that a single 360mm rad won't be able to handle the heat generated by an OC-ed FX-8320. Here is my WC Part List: http://www.pccasegear.com/sc/TkpX I'll be buying all my WC parts from PCCasegear, as I live in Australia. Thoughts?

But then the XBox and the TV would be floating, and that would make it kinda hard to play on.