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Would I able to successfully mount an MCW30 waterblock on my GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard's northbridge?

I just bought it for a good price and I was wondering if I would run into any problems with the mounting holes?

If there are any problems, is there something I could do to make it work regardless?

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Forgot to mention it's the MCW30 revision 2.

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CPU cooling
Enzotech Sapphire Waterblock		 GPU cooling
HEATKILLER® GPU-X˛ GTX295		 OS
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Anyone?

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heck this out.

http://www.ekwaterblocks.com/downloa...et_04-2008.pdf
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Thanks that's pretty useful if I was to buy another but I already bought this one so it doesn't really help me much. Thanks for your input anyways.

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If it doesn't fit you can unscrew one side the mounting brackets and open up the bracket a bit like shown below. The pic is a little dark but it shows what I am trying to describe. The mounting holes in the board are circled in red.



By the way the EP45 boards don't benefit from watercooling the chipset.
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If it doesn't fit you can unscrew one side the mounting brackets and open up the bracket a bit like shown below. The pic is a little dark but it shows what I am trying to describe. The mounting holes in the board are circled in red.
Thanks for this.

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By the way the EP45 boards don't benefit from watercooling the chipset.
I got a good deal on it ($15) so I might as well. I don't like how hot the heatsink is even if it's normal and I have a watercooling setup already, I just need to add it in and I'm good. But thanks for the suggestion and the pic.

System: The Great Destroyer
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (4.25 GHz)		 Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R (rev 1.1)		 Memory
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 800 MHz 		Graphics Card
EVGA GeForce GTX295 Plus with Backplate
Hard Drive
Hitachi 500GB (RAID0)		 Sound Card
Creative Audigy 2 ZS		 Power Supply
Corsair TX750W		 Case
Antec 900 (Red on Black Paint Mod)
CPU cooling
Enzotech Sapphire Waterblock		 GPU cooling
HEATKILLER® GPU-X˛ GTX295		 OS
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP2		 Monitor
Hanns-G HG-281DPB 28-Inch
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