gigabyte dq6 cpu block question

[RockyC2D]

Taking a look at this board. I notice that there is a massive heatpipe on this board, on the back the bracket holding the heat pipe in place concerns me. Will a cpu block still be able to be attached to this motherboard.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128046

[Sleepy_Steve]

OOOHHHH what is that massive thing??

I seriously doubt it could co-exist on a board with anything that needs any sort of back plate.... And off the top of my head, I can think of a bunch of the more high end air cooling units that might have quite a bit of trouble with that board.

[voigts]

It looks to me like an Apogee Gt or a Fuzion (just to name a couple) would work fine. The CPU area has the standard 4 hole mounting setup.

[RockyC2D]

The only problem i saw was the heatpipe bracket taking up 2 of screw holes from the cpu. I'll contact gigabyte about it.

[voigts]

I see four empty holes on those Newegg pics.