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Maybe I'm missing it but I don't see what his brother is running the FX 8350 at. If its at default or only slightly OC'd, I agree with you the 970 mobo with 4 + 1 power phasing should handle it fine. But this is overclockers and if I was running an FX 8350 and trying to get optimal performance, I'd be shooting for an OC between 4.5 GHz and 5 GHz. For that kind of OC, I would want a 990FX mobo personally. And, while I'm not as knowledgeable as many others here on AMD, I'm not aware of any 970 mobo that has a true 8 + 2 power phase design.