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From the looks of it the Intel socket mounting plate adheres to Intel's Keep-Out Zone restrictions, which that motherboard also does. The VRM heatsink might interfere, but it shouldn't if both are designed correctly. It will definitely limit your available mounting orientations though - there's no way you'd be able to have the ports oriented towards the rear I/O. But either upwards or downwards should be fine, and you might even get away with having them pointed towards the RAM slots.

[QUOTE="Valantar, post: 260943, member: 5738"] From the looks of it the Intel socket mounting plate adheres to Intel's Keep-Out Zone restrictions, which that motherboard also does. The VRM heatsink [I]might[/I] interfere, but it [I]shouldn't[/I] if both are designed correctly. It will definitely limit your available mounting orientations though - there's no way you'd be able to have the ports oriented towards the rear I/O. But either upwards or downwards should be fine, and you might even get away with having them pointed towards the RAM slots. [/QUOTE]

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