One question regarding Golden Reference power supply. Using FQFP8N80C instead of C2M1000170D - will that affect performance, else than heat capability?
Found a nice drawing, said to be done by johnwmclean, https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4NVeoQi85GgOTdvOGpxc1hyRFU/edit?usp=sharing. To me it seems that you are going same route as the drawing.