those motherboard with copper heatpipes will only create more heat on the mobo itself unless proper cooling is applied.

from the past i have been using DFI mobo with simple northbridge cooling, none of them hinder my overclocking ability.

- passive heatsink on socket A DFI Infinity
- passive heatsink on socket 754 DFI LANparty
- normal low profile aluminium cooler on socket AM2 Biostar TF550
- normal low profile aluminium cooler on socket AM2 DFI Infinity

it's odd that all newer DFI Infinity AMD mobos are locating ATX power connectors at the right side of the motherboard already, but not on Intel's, like this mobo for example.

It uses solid caps around the cpu area if you see properly.