Hey guys

8 cores is pretty amazing. Was looking into parallel processing and GPU based programming at work a few weeks ago, and 8 cores would be cool... but I think I still prefer intel for now (I feel like an old man harping on about tradition or something )

Good to know about the Haswell vs. Ivy Bridge thing too. I'll edit my build as such...

Speaking of which, what MB would you recommend? I've looked at this one: Asrock H87 PRO4 Intel H87 Chipset LGA1150 Haswell ATX Desktop Motherboard
(recommended to me elsewhere - Looks quite impressive)