Wow Patriote! I love seeing all the stuffs you're getting an unpacking. Excellent choices of hardware. Looks like X-mas arrived a little early for you. Congrats!!!

Sorry to hear about your mobo. Two of my friends went through the same ordeal with evga. One went through 2 RMA's and the other 4 RMA's until they all got a working A1 board. ***Becareful of those caps and resistors around the chipsets if you're going to watercooled those.

Looking forward to your progress and more pics of your uber rig.