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[USER=47]@confusis[/USER] thanks for the round-up. I was really surprised you mentioned the tight clearance of the Asrock Fatal1ty since the Biostar seems to be a LOT worse in this department. The distance between the CPU socket and the RAM sockets is the least with the Biostar, which would be the main culprit for CPU clearance. I'm not seeing any difference between the Gigabyte and Asrock board, can you expand on that perhaps?Also regarding the Gigabyte poor layout: let me explain why it's poor for my situation. In my passive cooling system setup with the board mounted horizontally, and perforations top and bottom (modified Nexus Psile), I would want maximum airflow from both left and right sides. The front has no perforations for airflow, this is the ideal place for all power and SATA I/O. The back has some perforations above the I/O shield, which is basically identical for all boards and provides some airflow. But the left and right side is were airflow from the bottom will move into the cooler. Having one side nearly completely blocked will reduce your passive airflow significantly.
[USER=47]@confusis[/USER] thanks for the round-up. I was really surprised you mentioned the tight clearance of the Asrock Fatal1ty since the Biostar seems to be a LOT worse in this department. The distance between the CPU socket and the RAM sockets is the least with the Biostar, which would be the main culprit for CPU clearance. I'm not seeing any difference between the Gigabyte and Asrock board, can you expand on that perhaps?
Also regarding the Gigabyte poor layout: let me explain why it's poor for my situation. In my passive cooling system setup with the board mounted horizontally, and perforations top and bottom (modified Nexus Psile), I would want maximum airflow from both left and right sides. The front has no perforations for airflow, this is the ideal place for all power and SATA I/O. The back has some perforations above the I/O shield, which is basically identical for all boards and provides some airflow. But the left and right side is were airflow from the bottom will move into the cooler. Having one side nearly completely blocked will reduce your passive airflow significantly.
