Check out this board

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Asus_ROG_Pinot_Noir_790i_mothe.../5843.html

Is that hose hook ups for water cooling the chipsets? Brilliant, but that means there isn't much in the way of options on the IO shield and basically forces you to water cool the system.

My guess is that the water cooling hookups are optional, as the standard heatpipe cooling is probably good enough till you really start cranking that FSB up. Still nice to have, but some people with fully internal water cooling setups may not like that the hookups are on the outside.

that thing is freaking intense.

I like the name it makes it seem like an attractive product and very fancy. But just look how much area the heatpipes cover around the cpu, can you even put big coolers on that thing? It seems like nothing will fit.

CPU cooler issue was my thought too. I'd have to suspect they have or can recommend a CPU cooling block with fittings that's compatible with the board.

Of course, it does severely limit the options and flexibility.

odds are if you get the board its gonna be for watercooling and you'd most likely have the CPU Water cooled too so thats probably why its so crowded

That MoBo seriously SUCKS!
Lol joke! Looks awesome!! Be even better if the barbs were 1/2".
I'd imagine the board with the barbs would be optional. So it's kinda like how
you can buy a GPU with water block, or GPU with heatsink/fan.
If i were to buy that board, I'd opt for the traditional, and do my own water blocks
with 1/2" barbs. They look like 10/8" barbs on that mobo. I'd rather mod the board myself.

Barbs is the technical term for "hose hookups" lol


Also, one did get that MoBo and they were happy with were the barbs are, they're gonna
have to mod their case for defo.

Pinot Noir...? That's a wine...

Board looks nice. The arrangement of ports on the back could be better...