The mobo has some big heat pipes that end up next to the cpu cooler

Its also got a huge fan on the front. the whole setup was a major pain in the ass to get installed.

I got an after market cpu cooler due to some overheating issues mentioned online with the quad cores. This was the hardest thing to install, took two hours. Poor instructions and very very hard to bolt down due to a piece that sits behind the motherboard without being attached till the front is screwed down.