Yeah fully agree with the non-standard mobo layout preventing any sort of retail heatpipe vrm cooling kit.
Was just commenting on the bending heatpipes thing.
I was thinking of using a heatpipe to cool my vrms but, just as you mentioned, the length issue is preventing me from doing that. Id only need like a 4" heatpipe.
Mentioning the zalman fanless box is note worthy. It supports a lot of boards that have the CPU socket in different locations while not requiring any bending of heatpipes, just sliding the pipes around. Not really a cheap solution for everyone but that sort of design can be applied elsewhere.
But I dont think getting the heatpipe a certain length and position would be the limiting factor. I think mounting them to VRMs or memory would. Not really any option other than epoxy there. bye bye warranty. course replacing the CPU heatsink voids a lot of warranties also. I think there are a lot more people willing to unclip a heatsink then there are those who are willing to permanently glue something to their mobo though.
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