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Hello Ananders!! For those who have the NZXT Kraken X62 (or any of their coolers), the CAM software has a problem starting up after the first installation. To the best of my knowledge this has been going on for over TWO YEARS!! WHUT? Well, now that I just installed my very first NZXT CPU...

Hi Ananders! Finally received all the parts for my 8700K build just before Thanksgiving, so with the family out of town, guess what I did for Thanksgiving??! Yup, built it and wow is it beautiful. And fast!! And quiet!! Working on a build video, but for now here's one pic of the final...

Thank you!

Probably true, but I did pretty much what you suggested, except I may have multiplied by 1.5 instead of 2. That gave me 700, and I went with a 750 EVGA PSU.

I went with the new Corsair LL140 fans with the Kraken X62. I'll post pix once I've built it.

Thanks! I would be happy to post pix but not sure which would be the right forum... Do we have one?

Awesome, pulling the trigger on the EVGA 80 Gold SuperNova 750 G3. That's the last thing I needed to begin my 8700K build over thanksgiving. Thank you, everyone!

Thank you for the quick reply UsandThem! I was JUST looking at the EVGA fully modular SuperNOVA 750W G3. Maybe I will drop down to the 650W unit, though I wish they made a 700W one. Also, any recommendations on custom cables? I was looking at mod-one.com. I figured I would do the 2 power...

Hello Ananders! So I am building a new PC, carrying over only my EVGA 1080 GTX FTW, and my 3x1TB SSD drives. Everything else is new: Intel 8700K (yes, mine did ship and arrived yesterday) Gigabyte AOURUS Gaming 7 mobo Thermaltake Core P3 SE Snow Edition (bought the tempered glass) 4x8GB...

My wife said buy it now so I can build during the Thanksgiving break, so OK then!!! Bought it and have it in hand. yes I spent $249, but I figure I am helping out the economy :D:)

And here's my reasoning summed up nicely in a review of the Gigabyte AORUS Gaming 7 motherboard I plan to buy:

Hmmmm, thank you for the head's up! I was planning to do this build over the Thanksgiving break, but that's a $70 price drop from where it is now at $249.

After much anguish, went with these: G.Skill 4x8GB Trident Z RGB 3000 15CAS $435

Thank you BonzaiDuck! Wow, that's a lot to unpack. So yes, 4x8GB is ~$430 and 2x16GB is ~$520. From both a money and aesthetics perspective, 4x8GB is the more attractive option. And some slight voltage increases doesn't sound too bad. So then it comes down to whether the speed / performance...

Cool, thank you for the that. Since most folks haven't gotten their 8700K yet, there aren't many people that can report on these mobos.