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Is the CPU localization standarized?

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zicoz

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Hi, I'm considdering giving heatpipe-cooling a try, but is the CPU placed in the exact same spot on all motherboards on the same standard (DTX/ITX and so on)? Will a heatpipe-set that fitts one mDTX board fitt all mDTX boards?
 
No, it is not always at the same spot. It does not, in general, matter. It might help if you provided more details on what you are trying to accomplish.
 
Thanks for the response,

The reason why I am asking is (as mentioned) because I was thinking of building a computer with pure heatpipe-cooling that is no heatsink and no fan, just a heatsink taking the heat from the CPU to the chassis (or a heatsink mounted on the chassis).

Like the HFX cases.

If I today buy one of these:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1111996

But in the future someone releases a similar card with bitstreaming (perhaps AMD will get this working in their next-gen HTPC platform), and I would want to move to that motherboard instead.

My consern is that I at that point will have to build a completely new heatpipe system. Is this a real problem, or is it possible to build a heatpipe system that will work on the new board if the CPU is moved a little.
 
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