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kibbles: I suggest mounting the motherboard upside down, so all slow leaks drip away. (desktop case upside down)
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Interesting idea kibbles, but I'm not sure it would work well...
It would make drippy leaks have less of an impact on the mobo, but as Bladerunner and others have pointed out, if the plumbing is done right you won't HAVE drippy leaks
1. While WC'ing the CPU helps, there are lots of other heat makers in a PC. Putting the mobo at the top of the case means it's now in the hottest possible area.
2. While mounting upside down would keep drippy leaks from going onto the mobo, it might or might not help the rarer but more problematic 'sprayer' leaks. Also if the mobo is at the top, this implies that everything else is under it, so where do the drips go???
3. Remember that guy Isaac and his apples? Think about what hanging upside down is going to do to keeping cards in their sockets, stress on WB mounts (remember that many WB's and HSF's exceed AMD and Intel weight specs) etc.
4. This would make the WB the highest point in the system, which could make bleeding the system very difficult, and leave any air bubbles sitting between the CPU die side of the WB and the coolant - not a good thing for heat transfer.
Gooserider