Hey I am wondering, I want this board or the premium that is $165 and i have the same concer with both of them. If i watercool and have the waterblock in the way of the airflow of mosfet and chipset pipe coolers does anyone think it will be an issue?
I have the A8N32 SLI and I can tell you that it comes with a fan (mine actually came with a mini blower) that installs onto the heatpipe arrangement in case you intend to watercool (and thus risk reduced airflows around this area). ASUS even mention this in the manual and on their website. Hope this helps.
well... original design relies on cpu fan giving it the air so I guess you're forced to either watercool the fets and nb or then fix a fan to give the fins a little breeze
