Actually, the 2011 socket turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as it's the only one which you can attach the water cooling block directly to the CPU socket from the front without the need to fix back plates to the mobo. But yeh, the 2011 socket may be a bit over the top as far as bang for buck goes, but I'm pretty happy with the build...

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MY99 WRX sedan WRC blue Sold :(
MY99 WRX sedan Dark blue pearl :D
MY97 Liberty Outback Ltd Wagon
1990 Mk3 Supra turbo fully rebuilt 7M-GTE (Older son)
1991 Celica GT4 (Younger son)